Rio de Janeiro faces Carnival under barrel of gun
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As revelers dress up in glittery costumes for a week of singing, drinking and dancing in Rio de Janeiro, many people will be celebrating Carnival under the barrel of a gun.
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More than ever, it is survival of the fittest at Rioâs renowned Carnival celebration â a full-tilt sport in high heels.
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Revelers dressed as cavemen, Arab dancers, pirates and a host of other characters took over downtown Rio de Janeiro's main avenue on Saturday as the world's biggest street party lurched into full swing.
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Wearing nuns' veils, condom-shaped hats and all kinds of silly headgear, Brazilians partied in the beer-slicked streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday as its Carnival started in earnest.
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Nine are shot dead in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown, as police battle drugs gangs and militia groups.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - More than 10 people werekilled in a nearly four-hour-long gunbattle between two druggangs in Rio de Janeiro early on Monday, Brazilian media said.
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.
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By Fernanda Ezabella SALVADOR, Brazil  - Hordes of revelers poured onto the streets of Brazilian cities in Carnival jamborees, ledby the country's culture minister and musician Gilberto Gil inthe northeastern city of Salvador.
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The black berets and uniforms of the brutal police unit featured in the controversial movie "Elite Squad" are a favorite costume for this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro -- and a reminder of the violence afflicting the city.
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To the sound of blasting samba, men dressed as nuns swilled beer and danced down the cobblestoned streets of a Rio hillside Friday night to kick off five days of uninhibited carnival madness.
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Armies of shirtless men pushed opulent floats toward Rio's samba stadium Sunday for the centerpiece of Brazil's carnival celebrations, a hard-fought samba dance competition.
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A Carnival float with a pile of model dead bodies commemorating the Holocaust is causing unease before the lavish parades in Rio de Janeiro this weekend.
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Even the pouring rain couldn't put a damper on this country's famed carnival as tens of thousands of revelers took to the streets Saturday, dancing to the sound of samba drums on the second day of the annual celebration.
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Amnesty International warns of an imminent gang war in two Rio slums unless police in the Brazilian city act.
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Heavily armed police cracking down on crime ahead of carnival celebrations engaged in shootouts with criminals in two slums Wednesday, reportedly killing nine suspects.
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The toll from stray bullets that rain down on Rio from the city's steep hillside slums as police and drug gangs battle with automatic weapons has grown sharply, with one innocent bystander killed or wounded every day.
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Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro have opened fire on a helicopter carrying an actor dressed as Santa Claus