One million party-goers awaited at London&#39;s Notting Hill Carnival
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More than a million people are expected to attend this weekend&#39;s Notting Hill Carnival in London, an annual extravaganza of Caribbean music and dance that is the biggest street party in Europe.
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It&#39;s news that has film studios, bookshops, printers and merchandise-makers licking their lips, and hundreds of millions of fans booking their place in the bookshop queue.
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Despite competition from the Super Bowl, thousands of revelers lined up along streets Sunday as New Orleans wrapped up a big Carnival weekend with another day of parades leading up to Tuesday's finale.
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Retailers hailed a âfantasticâ last-minute Christmas shopping rush tonight amid predictions of the dayâs sales topping the Â£1 billion mark.
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The 40th Notting Hill Carnival parade in west London got off to a good start, police say - despite a series of reported arrests. The colourful carnival attracted around 250,000 people on Sunday and more than a million are expected overall.
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London&#39;s colourful Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world&#39;s biggest street parties, has got off to a relatively peaceful start with eight arrests for minor offences on Sunday.
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One of the world's biggest carnival celebrations opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Thousands of cheering onlookers gathered outside the royal palace in Stockholm Saturday to greet Crown Princess Victoria, the heir to the Swedish throne, on her 30th birthday.
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Fireworks celebrations across the UK attract thousands of people on the eve of Diwali.
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Millions of fans around the world are fiercely anticipating âHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.â
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Dancers dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London Monday as the Notting Hill Carnival -- Europe&#39;s biggest street party -- pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.
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Thousands of people gather on the streets of west London for the opening day of 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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Thousands of sports fans are expected to line the streets of London as Britain&#39;s Olympic medalists parade through the city to celebrate their performance in the Athens Olympic Games
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Police predict a million people will attend the Notting Hill Carnival by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend.
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The national and international promotion of London&#39;s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games began yesterday with 200,000 people lining the streets of the capital and partying in Trafalgar Square.
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As the Notting Hill Carnival enters its final day, police say they are pleased with how it has gone so far. About 250,000 people took to the streets on Sunday - more than double the first day last year - to celebrate 40 years of the west London event.