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Samba school Salgueiro was crowned champion of Rio de Janeiro's fiercely competitive Carnival parades, beating off formidable opponents and overcoming a shooting that left three dead outside its headquarters just months ago.

Torrential rains killed four people and left dozens homeless as roads were washed out and houses collapsed in Rio de Janeiro and surrounding cities, civil defence officials said today.

Brazilian police detained more than 50 people in Rio de Janeiro after a crowd of slum-dwellers blocked a road with barricades to protest alleged police abuses.