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1000s cheer after allies register Brazil's Lula as presidential candidate

As thousands of his supporters rallied in Brazil’s capital, Lula da Silva officially registered his candidacy for October’s presidential election from behind bars.

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About 10,000 red-clad Workers' Party faithful cheer in front of the Supreme Electoral Court, after top allies of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva show proof that they registered the two term ex-president, now in jail for corruption, as their champion in Brazil's October election. 

(Source: AFP)