Holocaust float banned from Rio carnival
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A judge today banned a float depicting naked Holocaust victims from taking part in the Rio de Janeiro carnival
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A rally meant to promote tolerance was scrapped, after rumours were spread that it was in fact a gay parade.
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A far-right German political party's walkout over a Holocaust observance has deeply embarrassed German leaders, the International Herald Tribune reports.
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Activist Peter Tatchell is removed from the Holocaust Memorial Day service after he stages an asylum protest.
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Serbia's police on Wednesday banned a neo-Nazi march planned for next month, while Czech Jewish leaders voiced opposition to a rally by right-wing extremists in their country.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 24 -- A YMCA director has been fired and overnight facility rentals have been banned after the parents of young children arriving for a morning swim meet clashed with participants in an overnight transgender fashion show and ball.
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Berlin&#39;s local government on Monday banned a planned Islamic conference in the German capital that security officials feared would be a forum to preach support for terrorism.
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Recently, TV news reported that the âTargetâ chain of retail stores has decided to ban the Salvation Army from the annual kettle collection at its stores, beginning this Christmas season.
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A German court today sentenced infamous Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel to five years in prison for holding a particularly unpopular opinion.  The irony of jailing people for their beliefs in the name of fighting the neo-Nazi movement seems to be lost on most of the western world, including Canada, which jailed Zundel for two years in a maximum security facility before deporting him to Germany.  Many organizations, such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center, applaud the decision, but sadly lacking is a sense of outrage over the blow that this decision strikes against free speech.  Whatever happened to "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
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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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Underworld figures fixed the results of Rio de Janeiro's carnival parade this year, according to Brazilian police. Press reports suggest that top criminals used bribes and a hitman to buy and intimidate members of the carnival jury.
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Germany is reportedly stripped of its three-day event team gold medal after a joint appeal was upheld.
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Tens of thousands of revelers jammed the streets of Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the city's world-renowned carnival, putting aside the violence that has cast a shadow over the city in recent weeks.
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An organizer of a controversial Arab Islamic Congress scheduled to be held in Berlin next month to rally support for &quot;resistance and intifada&quot; in Iraq and Israel has been deported from Germany, police stated.
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BERNE, Switzerland  - Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has been banned from next month's world championships because of his possible implication in the Operation Puerto doping investigation.
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Â· New case occurs less than a week after all clear  Â· Government imposes national movement ban
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) bans all commercial sales of the rare Asian Irrawaddy dolphin.