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Carnival group hit by fire cheered in Rio parade

JULIANA BARBASSA Yahoo! News 03/07/2011
Carnival group hit by fire cheered in Rio parade

Strutting in a rainbow of glittering colors, Rio's samba groups opened two days of Carnival parades with a dazzling show that included a rousing welcome for one of the elite bands that lost most of their elaborate costumes and floats in a fire last month.

Spotlight proves too much for 7-year-old samba queen at Rio carnival

A Michael Jackson impersonator performed atop a silver float, and Madonna and Jesus watched from a crowded balcony, but all eyes were on seven-year-old samba queen Julia Lira as she strutted her stuff in front of thousands of people at Brazil’s world-famous carnival parade in Rio de Janiero last night.

Carnival Cruise Lines to start sailing from Seattle in 2010

Kristin Jackson Seattle Times 03/11/2009
Carnival erupts in Rio amid scorching heat wave

RIO DE JANEIRO — Carnival's raucous street parties flooded Rio with drum-beating local revelers and sweaty foreigners escaping snowbound cities.

Carnival Cruise Lines to start sailing from Seattle in 2010

Carnival Cruise Lines will start sailing out of Seattle in 2010 for Alaska cruises, the first time the popular cruise line will base a ship here.