Rio Comes Alive to Most Expensive Carnival Yet
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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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The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics on Friday &#151; about &#36;11.6 billion, and it might climb higher. The tally announced by the government was almost double the original estimate, making the games by far the most expensive in Olympic history. The 2000 Sydney Games cost &#36;1.5 billion and the 1996 Atlanta Games &#36;1.72 billion.
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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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The price of gold soars to a new record, driven by concerns about inflation and strong oil prices.
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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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Fashion Wire Daily - Our favorite women's collection so far at Fashion Rio, even if it garnered tepid applause, has to be Cavendish, staged late Wednesday night in the world's most exotic metropolis.
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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.
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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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A two-story high lion led an army of spinning women in gold-and-red hoop skirts Saturday night to open the carnival parade in a Rio stadium, a fierce competition between second-division samba groups seeking a promotion.
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The Green Monkey, the most expensive racehorse ever purchased at auction, will debut Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park.
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Actors posing as Portugal's royal family joined the fictional King Momo at the start of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations on Tuesday to mark 200 years since the court's arrival in Brazil.
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ATHENS - The spectacle and drama of the Olympics enthralled billions. Television paid handsomely to show it and sponsors spent fortunes to bathe in its reflected glory.
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Travel: Where better to master the samba than  Rio, with a chance to strut your stuff at the world's greatest carnival?  Rachel Foster  limbers up.
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London's Notting Hill Carnival which is celebrating its 40th year was due to swing into action with a steel band contest setting the tone for three days of Caribbean music.
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The Notting Hill Carnival began amid radiant sunlight in west London on Sunday with hundreds of thousands of people attending the children&#39;s carnival.
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The final cost of the Athens Olympics has soared to about â¬9bn (Â£6.2bn), at least â¬2.4bn more than estimated, the Greek government said yesterday.
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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.