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Death rate on federal highways during Carnival in Brazil drops 9.6%

Brazil's highway death rate during Carnival drops from last year's numbers.

A general view shows the Tietê express highway, one of the ring roads most prone to traffic-jams in the city, in mid-morning time during the World Car Free Day, in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 22, 2010.

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