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King Momo kicks off "royal" Carnival in Rio
11 months agoRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Actors posing as Portugal's royal family joined the fictional King Momo at the start of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations on Tuesday to mark 200 years since the court's arrival in Brazil.
MPs face long EU treaty battle
11 months agoParts of the Lisbon Treaty, signed by Gordon Brown, are the same as the abandoned EU Constitution, UK MPs say.
Militant threat on Eiffel Tower intercepted: source
11 months agoLISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese air traffic authorities have intercepted a message describing a militant threat against the Eiffel Tower and have passed it to French authorities, a Portuguese source said on Friday.
EU leaders sign landmark treaty
12 months agoEuropean Union leaders sign a reform treaty in Lisbon designed to replace the ill-fated EU constitution.
Ambitious EU-Africa summit ends in trade deadlock
13 months agoLISBON (Reuters) - Africa and Europe's first summit in seven years ended on Sunday without agreement on the key issue of trade, dealing a blow to efforts to forge a new economic partnership between the two continents.