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Brazilian drug mafia shut down shops, schools in Rio
Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early on Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics. #Brazil #NewsTracker #Rio de Janeiro #Drug mafia
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Images: Thousands party on the streets at Brazil's Rio carnival
Brazil's annual Carnival reached the fourth day on Tuesday with hundreds thronging roads in vibrant and colourful costumes. Here are some images. #Brazil #Rio de Janeiro #ImagesOfTheDay #Brazil carnival
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In Rio, Japan wrestlers will have tears in their eyes: Sushil Kumar
Sushil Kumar vowed that the next Rio-de-Janerio Olympics, he will ensure that "Japanese wrestlers have tears in their eyes. #TheySaidIt #Rio de Janeiro #Sushil Kumar #London 2012 #Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu
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Société Perrier
A Arte Urbana De Antonio Bokel
Intervenções, desenhos, esculturas... tudo isso retratando o universo urbano. Assim pode-se falar de Antonio Bokel, artista carioca emergente do qual já falamos aqui. Street art, drawings, sculptures... all of it portraying the urban universe. That’s wha #Rio de Janeiro #Paris #Budapest
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Schools, shops close after Rio drug dealers order curfew
Police officers stand guard as people walk past shops in a Rio de Janeiro slum ordered closed by drug traffikers. - Source: Reuters Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro have ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums, defying efforts to restore order #Rio de Janeiro #Brazil national football team #Complexo do Alemao
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Surfing - the Magazine
#TourNotes: Rio de Janeiro // 5:48
Whilst in Rio we put our time to good use: we held an impromptu Rip My Shred Stick with the kids from the favelas, surfed heats, signed some autographs and had a few free surfs. Somewhere during this time, Brett Simpson got ahold of a video camera, and c #Rio de Janeiro




