WORKER WALKS ON A FLOAT REPRESENTING THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, 1998-02-19 (photo)

A worker steps past a section of a float at the Porta da Pedra samba school warehouse, representing Ronald Biggs and the Great Train Robbery, in Rio de Janeiro February 19. The schools' theme, "Samba in your feet and hands in the air, this is a stick up," is a criticism of generalized corruption. Biggs, who retained his feedom after Brazil's Supreme Court rejected an extradition request, is honored with a float depicting the London-to-Glasgow mail train which he robbed. Biggs will not parade with the school at the Sambadrome. The headlines read: "Mail train robbed" and "Ronald Biggs escapes to Brazil. BRAZIL CARNAVAL