(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121206-brazil-architect-05.photoblog900.jpg)Evaristo Sa / AFP - Getty ImagesBrazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's funeral cortege arrives at Planalto presidential palace, designed by Niemeyer, in Brasilia on Dec. 6.
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