Brazilians put new swing into small Irish town
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Brazilian flags hang from pubs, posters in  Portuguese advertise the agricultural fair and the vibrant  green-and-yellow paintwork of the 'Real Brazil' food store  stands out in a drab row of shops.
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Ireland&#39;s Padraig Harrington and Briton Darren Clarke gave Irish fans cause for celebration with rousing performances in the WGC-American Express Championship third round on Saturday.
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Ireland&#39;s fine start to the World Cup qualification endures. Four points from two matches provide strong foundations, though the performance here might have yielded less.
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - The music is pre-rockand even pre-jazz, yet the Brazilian musicians jamming on old"choro" standards are often in their 20's and the crowds theygather are full of dancing teen couples.
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Tourists and expats are flocking to the city's favelas for 'authenticity' while fearful middle-class Brazilians stay away.
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Former Irish soccer stars to play with Team USA in Monday&#39;s semifinals vs. Germany (Aug. 23, 10:00 am South Bend time on MSNBC); Gonzalez and Mexico fall to Brazil in quarterfinals.
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A growing number of Brazilians are finding it increasingly difficult to get good jobs in big metropolitan areas like SÃ£o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and are looking elsewhere.
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Two moments of magic from Brian O'Driscoll guide Ireland to a workmanlike victory against Italy.
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Brazil coast to victory over New Zealand in their first match of the Women's World Cup.
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DUBLIN -- Ireland elected its first black mayor yesterday, the latest sign of how immigration is rapidly changing this once all-white nation.
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Irish accents are the flavor of the  month on Broadway with three out of five of this year&#039;s Tony  Award nominees for best actor starring in plays set on the  Emerald Isle.
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With players from Norway, Germany, Egypt, and the Netherlands, the Northeastern men's soccer team has an international feel. Starting with coach Brian Ainscough, who hails from Dublin.
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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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It may be known as the land of slender supermodels, champion soccer players and itsy-bitsy bikinis, but Brazil is increasingly fattening up like the United States.
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They play with a confident air these days, even a swagger, more befitting the Brazilians and Germans.
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Sifting through the best investments Brazil has to offer.
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FOR decades, the chummy inner circles of Chicago&#39;s business and political worlds have been marked with the footprints of men steeped in very muscular, very Irish traditions.