Russia awarded 2014 Winter Games
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games after beating off challenges from Pyeongchang of South Korea and Salzburg of Austria in an International Olympic Committee vote on Wednesday.
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One of Russia, Austria or South Korea will be celebrating later on Wednesday when the host venue of the 2014 Winter Olympics is decided.
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Russia&#39;s Evgeni Plushenko performs during the men&#39;s free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing Saturday Dec. 18, 2004.
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Tropical Guatemala will be the unlikely venue when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) picks the host of the 2014 Winter Games from a trio of bidding cities after a campaign in which no clear favorite has emerged.
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NOVOIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia  - The Russian city of Sochi can relish its victory in the race to host the 2014 Winter Olympics but some local residents fear for their homes ahead of large-scale construction work.
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For the Record: 30 December 2004, Thursday. Sports: 15 April 2004, Thursday. Bulgaria officially submitted its bid for hosting the 2014 Olympics.
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Zurich has abandoned plans to bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics because of the financial burden in staging the event. The Swiss Olympic Association said the authorities had decided not to proceed due to the &quot;current precarious financial position&quot;.
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Russia's government approved the Kyoto  Protocol on Thursday and sent the climate change pact to the  State Duma, the lower house of parliament, for ratification.
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A year before the final vote, the race for the 2014 Winter Olympics is about to get serious.
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Gerhard Heiberg of Norway, the Olympicsâ top marketing official, was re-elected yesterday to the powerful executive board of the International Olympic Committee, defeating three other candidates. Heiberg, who oversaw the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, won on the first round of a secret ballot. He received 49 votes and was followed by Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain with 22 votes, Mustapha Larfaoui of Algeria with 15 and Anita Defrantz of the United States with 6.As head of the I.O.C. marketing commission, Heiberg is responsible for negotiating sponsorship deals with global corporations.
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Russia formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for the environment pact to come into force in February 2005.
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The Russian city of Sochi, which  will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, will offer online  monitoring of venue construction to allow the International  Olympic Committee to keep track of progress, its bid leader  said.
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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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South Korea's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics is impressive but the country may need to bolster its winter sports competitiveness, an International Olympic Committee evaluation official said on Saturday.
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The Black Sea resort town will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, thanks partly to the Russian president's personal campaign
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Russia hailed its winning bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday as proof of the country's return to global prominence following a post-Soviet slump, and as a personal triumph for President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia expects the transfer of $25 million in unfrozen North Korean funds to be completed on Monday, Russian news agencies quoted a Russian government source as saying on Friday.