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Protesters place stickers and hit the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team as it departs the airport hotel for the Granja Comary training center, where the team will train and stay during the World Cup, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Protesters demonstrate near the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team departing for the Granja Comary training center, where Brazil's team will train and stay during the World Cup, outside an airport hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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People demonstrate near the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team departing for the Granja Comary training center, where Brazil's team will train and stay during the World Cup, outside an airport hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Protesters hold banners and shout next to the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team as it departs for the Granja Comary training center, where the team will stay during the World Cup, as riot police try to keep demonstrators away from the bus departing a hotel at the Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. The sign reads in Portuguese "There will be not Cup. There will be a strike." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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In this May 20, 2014, photo, graffiti on the street against World Cup reads in Portuguese "Less weapons, Less jails, More schools, Peace, More health and Demilitarization" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As opening day for the World Cup approaches, people continue to stage protests, some about the billions of dollars spent on the World Cup at a time of social hardship, but soccer is still a unifying force. Brazil will host the World Cup soccer tournament starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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In this May 15, 2014 photo, a member of the Homeless Workers Movement carries a Brazilian flag past burning tires during a protest against the money spent on the World Cup near Itaquerao stadium which will host the international soccer tournament's first match in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilians are angry at the billions spent to host the World Cup, much of it on 12 ornate football stadiums, one-third of which critics say will see little use after the big event. (AP Photo/Andre Penner,File)