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Russia starts 1,000-day countdown for Winter Olympics
Updated: 2011-05-16 10:05
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People walk to attend an event to start the 1000-day countdown to the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in Red Square in Moscow, May 14, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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