Carnival celebrations in Germany kicked off on Thursday as huge costumed crowds began cutting loose amid tightened security, especially in the twin Carnival capitals of Cologne and Dusseldorf. By ...

COLOGNE, GERMANY (AFP) - Cologne opened its annual carnival Thursday (Feb 4) with ramped-up security to prevent a repeat of the sex assaults that marred New Year and triggered a debate about Germany's ...

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BERLIN — Police arrested two suspected Islamic extremists on Thursday as part of a series of raids across Germany as the city of Cologne began a five-day carnival amid heightened security following ...

COLOGNE, Germany — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing off their ...

Parades, music, dancing in the streets — joyous Carnival celebrations marking the final days of revelry before Lent are peaking in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and other locales in the Americas and ...

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Germany's Carnival festivities have begun, drawing enthusiastic crowds to cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf. In light of recent incidents at public gatherings, enhanced security protocols have been ...

Carnival revelers celebrate despite the rain in Cologne, Germany Monday Feb. 8, 2016. Duesseldorf , Mainz and Essen have joined several other German cities in calling off their main Carnival ...