Russia Awarded Its First Winter Games
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi is awarded the 2014 Olympics on Wednesday, bringing the Winter Games to Russia for the first time.
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Russia successfully conducted a test launch on Monday of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the navy said.
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London 2012 chairman Lord Sebastian Coe names the first official Olympic sponsor.
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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Russia successfully conducted a test  launch on Monday of a new intercontinental ballistic missile,  the navy said.
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The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday gave the green light for ski cross to make its debut at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
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Russia on Thursday carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Russia is to set up a special environmental commission to work alongside the country's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, a top official has said after the World Wildlife Fund warned environmental concerns could scupper the bid.
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Britain&#39;s Yngling crew Shirley Robertson (M), Sarah Webb (R) and Sarah Ayton celebrate at award ceremony after winning the first title at the Athens Olympic Games on August 21, 2004.
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More than 25,000 spectators, mostly young people, attended the first day of the Winter X Games.
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ATHENS : Yuriy Borzakovskiy became the first Russian runner to win the Olympic Games men&#39;s 800 metres here. Lying at the back of the eight-man field at the bell, Borzakovskiy unleashed his trademark sizzling
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Backed by President Vladimir V. Putinâs personal lobbying, the Black Sea resort town of Sochi was elected Wednesday as the host city of the 2014 Winter Games.
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Monday that Russia and China would conduct their first ever joint military exercises in the latter half of next year on Chinese territory, news reports said.
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Table tennis players Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak won here Saturday the first Olympic medal for Chinese Hong Kong since the former British-occupied territory returned to China on July 1, 1997.
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Russia and China will carry out their first joint military manoeuvres in the second half of 2005, Russia&#39;s defence minister, Sergei Ivanov, said.
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A victory for Russia's Sochi in the race to host the 2014 Winter Olympics would affect millions of lives in Russia, leaders of the bid said on Sunday.
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BORMIO, Italy Johann Grugger won his first World Cup race Wednesday, taking the downhill on the course that will host the upcoming world championships.