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A woman cries over a coffin at a gymnasium where victims of a nightclub fire were brought for identification in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Flames raced through the crowded club early Sunday, killing more than 230 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air and stampeded toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. (AP Photo/Nabor Goulart)
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Agencia RBS)
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Two days after a judge’s order, copies of “Fifty Shades of Grey” and other books were back on store shelves in Brazil, but sealed and out of reach of minors. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken with a cell phone early Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, and released by Brazil's General Superintendency of Prisons of Alagoas (SGAP), guards hold a cat that has items taped to its body at a medium-security prison in Arapiraca, in Alagoas state, Brazil. A prison official says they caught the cat slipping through a prison gate with a cell phone, drills, small saws and other contraband taped to its body. (AP Photo/SGAP)
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Brooklyn Nets' Reggie Evans (30) shoots against Washington Wizards defenders Nene (42) of Brazil and Kevin Seraphin (13) of France during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Washington Wizards' Nene (42), of Brazil, drives the ball around Orlando Magic's Gustavo Ayon, of Mexico, during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. Orlando won the game 90-83.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Washington Wizards center Nene, from Brazil, drives with ball against Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Brazilian transgender model Felipa Tavares is photographed by fashion photographer Emerson Muniz during a Dec. 4, 2012, photo session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 6-foot-tall Tavares is among Brazil's small but growing ranks of transgender models — leggy, high-cheekboned sirens who were born men and are causing a splash here as well as in Paris and other international fashion capitals. (Associated Press)
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Brazil's National Congress building in Brasilia, the nation's capital, was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1960. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Washington Wizards center Nene (42), of Brazil, and Bradley Beal, left, fight for the ball against Charlotte Bobcats forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Washington Wizards center Nene (42), of Brazil, and Bradley Beal, left, fight for the ball against Charlotte Bobcats forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Washington Wizards center Nene (42), of Brazil, and Bradley Beal, left, fight for the ball against Charlotte Bobcats forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
