Carnival crowds likely to top 1m
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Police predict a million people will attend the Notting Hill Carnival by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Europe's biggest street party burst into life on Sunday as thousands of revelers blowing whistles and hooters packed west London for the Notting Hill Carnival.
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Bank Holiday sunshine is expected to draw in the crowds for the grand finale of the 40th Notting Hill Carnival.
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Carnival Corp. & Plc  , the world's largest cruise operator, posted slightly higher quarterly profit on Tuesday as growth in Europe more than offset weakness in the Caribbean.
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Dancers dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London Monday as the Notting Hill Carnival -- Europe&#39;s biggest street party -- pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.
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Revelers packed Rio de Janeiro's beaches and danced in streets littered with pieces of glittery costumes Tuesday, soaking up the final hours of merriment after the climax of the city's world-famous carnival.
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In a bid to ease severe overcrowding on trains, the Department for Transport will Wednesday announce the provision of an extra 1,000 railway carriages.
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Arts & entertainment: Almost 1,500 people queue for hours to get into surprise performance in east London
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More than 100,000 people sign up for Glastonbury tickets on the first day of the festival's registration system.
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A record 1.7 million tickets were sold for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, organisers say.
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Australia's largest city, Sydney, geared up Monday for its biggest night of the year, with around one million revellers expected to turn out for its harbourside fireworks spectacular.
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Racing fans are gathering as the four-day Cheltenham Festival gets under way on Tuesday.
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Because so many members of Red Sox Nation are expected in Boston today to celebrate the team&#39;s World Series triumph, the victory parade won&#39;t be making any stops and won&#39;t culminate with a staged rally, either.
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The final weekend leading up to Mardi Gras has been a boon for hotels, restaurants and bars, with business generally brisker than last year, the first Carnival since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.
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Thousands of people in costume took to the streets of western Germany on Thursday as the annual carnival season started with a series of events that will go on until February.
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Lourdes 'Disneyland of God' expects record 8m visitors for 150th anniversary of first vision
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But as soon as Mayor Thomas M. Menino&#39;s staff announced that the crowd at Saturday&#39;s Red Sox &#39;&#39;rolling rally&quot; celebration totaled 3.2 million people