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Ricardo Moraes / Reuters The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro’s celebrated carnival parade competition. Thousand gathered at the city’s giant Sambadrome arena to watch the top 12 samba schools battle it out for this year’s title. Beija-Flor was crowned winner on Wednesday for the 15th time, narrowly beating second-placed…