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14, 2012 – A delegation from Rio de Janeiro has brought the Olympic flag back to the city, which will host the next summer games in 2016. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: E-mail · Save/Share · Embed · Comments · Permalink · NEWS · paul

The 2012 Olympic Games came to a close as London's mayor, Boris Johnson, passed on the Olympic flag decorated with the four symbolic rings to Eduardo Paes, Rio de Janeiro's mayor, who waved the over-sized flag with pride. Following the Brazilian

Following a series of floods and mudslides that killed nearly 100 people in April 2010, the City of Rio de Janeiro announced a major overhaul of its operations. Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, turned to IBM to help design what is

Following a series of floods and mudslides that killed nearly 100 people in April 2010, the City of Rio de Janeiro announced a major overhaul of its operations. Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, turned to IBM to help design what is

14, 2012 – A delegation from Rio de Janeiro has brought the Olympic flag back to the city, which will host the next summer games in 2016. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: E-mail · Save/Share · Embed · Comments · Permalink · NEWS · paul

words like passion and embrace and emphasized the tagline "a city leaps forward." But Leonardo Gryner perhaps put it best when the CEO of Rio de Janeiro's organizing committee offered a hint of what to expect at the 2016 Olympics in the Carnival City.

What they did was trot out every British cultural icon from decades past — from George Michael to Kate Moss to Annie Lennox to the Spice Girls to The Who — and turned over the party list to Rio de Janeiro, which in 2016 will be the first South

LONDON — For all those beach volleyball players who thought Horse Guards Parade transformed itself into the sport's best Olympic venue yet, wait until they arrive on the Brazilian sands of Ipanema Beach in four years. It's Rio's turn – and if anybody

2, 2012 photo, relatives watch аѕ Romulo Coelho holds hіѕ newborn daughter, Hadassa, birthed via cesarean section аt thе Perinatal Clinic іn Rio de Janeiro. Brazil hаѕ one οf thе world's highest rates οf cesarean births – thе

Following a series of floods and mudslides that killed nearly 100 people in April 2010, the City of Rio de Janeiro announced a major overhaul of its operations. Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, turned to IBM to help design what is

RIO DE JANEIRO — The snuffing out of the Olympic flame in London Sunday marks a conclusion for most, but for 2016 host city Rio de Janeiro it kicks off four years of pre-games jitters and a race against the clock to ready this notoriously laid-back

The host of the next Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The host of the next Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

words like passion and embrace and emphasized the tagline "a city leaps forward." But Leonardo Gryner perhaps put it best when the CEO of Rio de Janeiro's organizing committee offered a hint of what to expect at the 2016 Olympics in the Carnival City.

LONDON — — They used words like passion and embrace and emphasized the tagline "a city leaps forward." But Leonardo Gryner perhaps put it best when the CEO of Rio de Janeiro's organizing committee offered a hint of what to expect at the 2016

As the London Olympics closed, the next host, Rio de Janeiro, was set to kick off four years of preparations for games that some see as Brazil's entrance onto the world stage. Many are bracing for a rocky ride as Rio — a laid-back beach city not known

2, 2012 photo, relatives watch as Romulo Coelho holds his newborn daughter, Hadassa, birthed via cesarean section at the Perinatal Clinic in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has one of the world's highest rates of cesarean births – the result of a widely held

LONDON — For all those beach volleyball players who thought Horse Guards Parade transformed itself into the sport's best Olympic venue yet, wait until they arrive on the Brazilian sands of Ipanema Beach in four years.

Rio de Janeiro: Wallpaper* City Guide by Phaidon Press. Fast-track guides for the smart traveller. Compiled by Wallpaper* magazine's travel experts, Wallpaper* City Guides provide an insider's checklist of the best a city has

FILE – In this May 10, 2012 file photo, the Christ the Redeemer statue stands back dropped by Sugar Loaf mountain, right, as the sun sets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympic flame goes out in London on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, and all eyes turn to Rio