Rio's Carnival spectacle lures foreign paraders
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A samba singer's war cry pierces the tropical night, rockets roar, drums roll and 4,000 troupe members in glittering costumes swing into the spotlights of the Sambodrome parade avenue.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 17 -- Revelers clad in black and white flocked to the city's center Saturday for the traditional Black Ball band, putting aside the violence that has cast a shadow over Rio de Janeiro in recent weeks.
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SALVADOR, Brazil  - 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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Hundreds of thousands of revelers took to the streets Monday for the climax of the Notting Hill Carnival, a loud, proud and raucous celebration of Caribbean cultures.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- From the pool to the shooting range to the balance beam and uneven bars, the Americans have made Rio their personal playground.
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Over 420,000 tickets sold for Pan American Games    RIO DE JANEIRO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Over 420,000 tickets have been sold for the Rio de Janeiro 2007 Pan American games' competitions, opening and closing ceremonies, the organizing committee said on Friday.
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The main day of the Notting Hill Carnival is under way with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets.
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New York City is spending more money overseas to try to lure millions of tourists.
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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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An estimated 3 million gays, lesbians and transvestites paraded down the main avenue of Brazil's business capital Sao Paulo on Sunday, showing their pride in a blaze of color and festive music, organizers said.
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In a retail market keen on the word ânatural,â exports of Brazilâs beauty products have been rising quickly in the last few years.
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Hundreds of police and troops from Brazil's elite security force raided a Rio de Janeiro slum on Thursday, even searching children in an operation against gangs one month before the Pan American Games start in the city.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- At mid-morning last Sunday, a group of neighbors met at a corner bar in one of Rio's southern, middle-class neighborhoods. They drank beer and watched newcomers arrive steadily until the group, some two hours later, numbered more than 6,000.
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There were several reasons for the sellout crowd (67,584) at the Brazil-Mexico game at Gillette Stadium last Wednesday and for the traffic problems that caused many fans to arrive late or miss the match entirely.
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The mere idea that U.S. soldiers on leave from Iraq see Rio's carnival as a free-floating sex party has Brazilians outraged.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The closing ceremony of the Athens Games is underway in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the Olympic Stadium. The arena, which has been the main venue for the sporting carnival for the past
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