Circus an escape for Brazilian youth
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SALVADOR, Brazil -- Eduard Fioza pedals a unicycle up and down a ramp beneath a blue, red, and yellow big top. Jumping off his seat, he darts past a juggler and does a short, impromptu dance.
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Brazil's raucous Carnival celebrations kicked off in Rio de Janeiro on Friday with tens of thousands dancing and singing in the streets, defying a recent surge of gun violence in the city's slums.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rio de Janeiro erupted  to the beat of drums on Sunday night as the half naked dancers  from the city's samba schools showed off their skills to win  what promised to be the most expensive Carnival yet.
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Thousands of people join in with carnival celebrations in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Nationalist fervor and economic promise spur Brazilians to vote their Redeemer into contention as a new Wonder of the World
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Brazil's Carnival parades got off to a majestic start on Sunday night as dancers dressed as monarchs, courtiers and even roast pheasants at a royal feast shimmied their way through Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome.
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More kids appear to be playing a risky game that can lead to accidental strangulation.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil, one of the Latin  American countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic, will hand  out a record 11 million condoms to prevent the spread of the  disease during its erotically charged Carnival festival when  casual sex rises.
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The kidnapping of a Brazilian football star&#39;s mother shows the dark underbelly of Brazil&#39;s beautiful game and its ransom-fuelled snatch squads.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- 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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Broadway is wooing youths with free tickets and hip marketing.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Beefy private security guards  in dark suits and sunglasses are a common sight outside the  schools where Sao Paulo's elite send their children.
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Rich and poor alike flocked to Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome on Monday night to gape at the fantastic Carnival parades -- but they saw them from different points of view.
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Hordes of revelers poured on to the streets of Brazilian cities in Carnival jamborees, led by the country's culture minister and musician Gilberto Gil in the northeastern city of Salvador.
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Tributes to Brazil'sillegal lottery bosses in this week's Rio de Janeiro Carnivalhave triggered a probe into whether Samba schools glorifycrime, the city prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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As Brazilians get ready for their  annual Carnival celebrations, the government is urging them to  practice safe sex and avoid drinking too much.
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As the international voting to name the new seven wonders of the world draws to a close, Brazilians are doing their part to see Rio's famous Christ statue on the list.