A Brazillian samba dancer performs at a promotional event in Beijing on August 13, 2008. Rio de Janeiro has "everything needed" to stage the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently boasted when he met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge at the opening of the Beijing Games. The cities shortlisted for the 2016 Games must submit a detailed dossier to the IOC in February next year and the final decision will be made at an IOC meeting in Copenhagen on October 2, 2009. [Agencies]