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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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New era begins for Rio as Olympics flag arrives in Brazil
The flag landed on Brazilian soil for the first time Monday evening as the countdown towards the 2016 Games began. #Brazil #Olympics #Rio de Janeiro #London 2012
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After a medal record in London, Brazil eye top-10 finish in Rio
Team Brazil won 17 medals overall in London, two more than it did in 2008 in Beijing and in 1996 in Atlanta. It finished with the same three gold medals as in Beijing, two short of its record from the 2004 Athens Games, when Brazil was 16th overall. #Brazil #Olympics #Rio de Janeiro #London 2012
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Rio Summit: India disappointed with rich nations shying from commitment
India sought to point out the dichotomy between the environmental concerns of the rich countries and those of the developing economies, particularly since the latter were being asked to reverse the consequences of what had been done earlier by the developed world. #India #Manmohan Singh #Environment #ConnectTheDots #Jayanthi Natarajan #Rio de Janeiro
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Rio Summit: India, China agree to step up defence, trade
India and China have agreed to step up their defence and security dialogue and work to take steps to ensure that the two countries achieve a $100 billion trade target by 2015. #Manmohan Singh #NewsTracker #Wen Jiabao #Sino-Indian relations #Ranjan Mathai #Rio de Janeiro
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Images: Manmohan Singh arrives in Brazil
The prime minister landed at the at Air Force Base Galeao to attend the Rio+20 Conference. #Manmohan Singh #Rio de Janeiro #ImagesOfTheDay
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UNIDO to unveil 'green industry' agenda in Rio+20 summit
The UNIDO will present its flagship agenda of 'green economy' to improve the industrial performance in the ongoing United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20). #United Nations #Environment #NewsTracker #Rio de Janeiro #G20 #Sustainable development
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Rio summit: India to oppose EU's Green Economy norms
Developing countries feel it is extremely difficult for them to develop a green economy and that the international community should provide favourable terms for them to address major environmental concerns. #India #NewsTracker #European Union #Rio de Janeiro #Environmental Issues
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More jobs and subsidies lift over half of Brazilians to middle class
The number of Brazilians categorised as middle class has risen rapidly in recent years, climbing from 34 percent of the population in 2004 to 54 percent in 2011. #Business/Finance #Brazil #didyouknow #Rio de Janeiro