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...promised highlight of the three-day bash was a Friday afternoon parade. But the closest thing to Rio's sumptuous Samba schools was a float from a local Brazilian restaurant, with two dusky dancers and a band. The rest of the dozen or so floats looked hastily cobbled together from tinfoil, and the bulk of the parade comprised local schoolchildren...
...more stylish Koh Samui is emerging from the bars and backpacks, then its avatar is undoubtedly Zico's, tel: (66 77) 230 500, a multilevel Brazilian bar and grill on Chaweng beach. Skewers of meat are carved straight to your plate, and in full swing it's a carnivorous orgy, with devastating desserts thrown in. Meanwhile, those who think meat is murder can head for the mezzanine and Koh Samui's coolest bar. If there's room, of course...
...Mello, 55, fearless and elegant U.N. representative in Iraq, who promoted peace and nation building in such war-torn countries as East Timor, Kosovo and Cambodia; in the suicide bombing that struck U.N. headquarters, killing 23 and injuring 100; in Baghdad. After a 34-year diplomatic career, the Brazilian diplomat was seen as a possible candidate for the U.N.'s top job. "I can think of no one we could less afford to spare," eulogized U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. De Mello survived the initial blast and was heard calling from the building's debris, but died before rescuers were...
...After failing a pop quiz on the Beatles, six Brazilian tourists were told to get back home by immigration officials at London's Heathrow Airport. The tourists said they were headed for a tribute to the Fab Four in Liverpool, but missed simple questions about the band; they were unable to identify Yoko Ono and claimed wrongly that Ringo Starr was dead. So officials refused entry. The tourists blamed their poor showing on fatigue, youth and a preference for Brazilian music...
...ROBERTO MARINHO, 98, media magnate and one of Brazil's richest and most powerful men; in Rio de Janeiro. Inheriting a small newspaper from his father when he was 20, he built O Globo into an empire whose television stations reached 99.9% of the country's homes and broadcast Brazilian soap operas around the world...