Colourful clowns mark start of carnival time
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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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London's Notting Hill Carnival which is celebrating its 40th year was due to swing into action with a steel band contest setting the tone for three days of Caribbean music.
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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 spectators, including many flag-waving children, lined Sydney&#39;s George Street today to greet Australia&#39;s Olympians in their biggest welcome home parade.
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A man with his face painted participates in a parade during the traditional Carnival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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CORK, IRELAND.- The National Lottery Awakening Ceremony and Fireworks, is set to not only awaken the people of Cork but will awaken interest around the world as Cork 2005 officially begins.
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Thousands of people in costume took to the streets of western Germany as the annual carnival season started with a series of events that will go on until February.
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Carnival season in New Orleans is the prime time to see all the crazy people. Just add their dogs to the mix, as they did Sunday, and it becomes the annual Krewe of Barkus parade.
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Dancers dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London Monday as Europe&#39;s biggest street party pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.
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Police say at least half a million people are expected to attend the main day of the 43rd Notting Hill Carnival.
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This city's Carnival season got off to a rough start when thunderstorms and chilly temperatures canceled or postponed most of Friday's parades.
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The XII Paralympics begins in Athens, after a spectacular opening ceremony.
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Their first hit was a rap song. Their shows featured a dancing dwarf and a painter.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in the streets of west London for the Notting Hill Carnival.
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Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Edinburgh to kick off the world's largest arts festival.
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Gaily costumed revelers shouting for beads lined the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday for the city's annual spectacle of colorful debauchery as Carnival season came to an end with the massive Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, celebration.
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Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ready to be among the first to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties.