Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Preteen samba queen to parade at Rio's Carnival (AP)
• CORRECTED:Brazil mayor bans funk, rap music as Carnival begins (Reuters)
• Down and dirty at Brazil Carnival mud party (Reuters)

Preteen samba queen to parade at Rio's Carnival (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:31 PM PST AP - Thousands of boisterous samba fans came together to watch the first night of Rio's Carnival parades Sunday, and all eyes are on a 7-year-old girl who is the youngest drum corps queen in memory.

CORRECTED:Brazil mayor bans funk, rap music as Carnival begins (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:04 PM PST Reuters - (Removes reference to U.S. origins in fifth paragraph)

Down and dirty at Brazil Carnival mud party (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:34 AM PST Reuters - Near one of Brazil's most traditional colonial towns, a bizarre Carnival craze erupts each year -- a "parade" in which the only costume required is layers of thick, dark, sticky mud.

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