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Around the World: 'Day of the Dead' celebrated in Mexico

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    Annual holiday marked with rituals

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Democratic Republic of Congo.

United Nations forces teaming up with -- government troops to fight off a rebel attacks.

A UN spokesman says those rebels have been targeting innocent people and advisor to the GRC's president -- neighboring -- -- and Uganda.

For arming the rebels those countries deny the -- Brazil police in the country's largest city of -- -- accidentally stumbled on the drug tunnel that leads right into a major university.

They say the fifty foot tunnel starts under the house of a major drug trafficker and ends up a few feet from that school.

Cops say dealers would sell drugs disputed through a hole in the wall.

Mexico.

Folks across the country -- celebrating the Day of The Dead with a series of ancient rituals.

One -- in tradition involves cleaning the bones of dead relatives before -- burying them.

Other customs include decorating graves and dressing it cost you.

Thousands of fans gathered to watch an annual series of both races in a southern state.

The races feature so called snake votes which folks typically spend about two years building.

That's a wrap this -- through.

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