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Street dancers open Rio's crazy carnival
Feb 1 2008 11:54PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - To the sound of blasting samba, men dressed as nuns swilled beer and danced down the cobblestoned streets of a Rio hillside Friday night to kick off five days of uninhibited carnival madness.
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Street dancers open Rio's crazy carnival
Feb 1 2008 11:54PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - To the sound of blasting samba, men dressed as nuns swilled beer and danced down the cobblestoned streets of a Rio hillside Friday night to kick off five days of uninhibited carnival madness.
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Bolivian plane crash-lands, all survive
Feb 1 2008 10:23PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A plane carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Bolivia on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another airport hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. All on board survived.
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Bolivian plane crash-lands, all survive
Feb 1 2008 10:23PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A plane carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Bolivia on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another airport hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. All on board survived.
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Bolivian plane crash-lands, all survive
Feb 1 2008 10:23PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A plane carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Bolivia on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another airport hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. All on board survived.
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Aruba reopening Natalee Holloway case
Feb 1 2008 7:09PM (CT)
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruban prosecutors said Friday that they are reopening their investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway after seeing secretly taped material from a Dutch journalist.
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Puerto Rico home of deadly syndrome
Feb 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) - Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.
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Puerto Rico home of deadly syndrome
Feb 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) - Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.
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Puerto Rico home of deadly syndrome
Feb 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) - Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.
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Puerto Rico home of deadly syndrome
Feb 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) - Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.
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Puerto Rico home of deadly syndrome
Feb 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) - Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community.
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Colombian drug lord slain
Feb 1 2008 1:36PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - One of Colombia's most-wanted drug lords has been found slain, Venezuela's top counter-drug official said Friday.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Old traditions live at Brazil's carnival
Feb 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.
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Mexico seeks US probe of border tear gas
Feb 1 2008 12:32AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has formally requested the United States investigate recent incidents in which Border Patrol officers fired tear gas onto the Mexican side of the border, the government said Thursday.
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Mexico to focus on crimes against women
Feb 1 2008 12:18AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has created a new federal position to prosecute violence against women and human exploitation, as rights groups urge the government to do more to investigate the killings of women, especially along the U.S. border.
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