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The Olympic torch has certainly made the rounds in its time, but now it's heading for a different location. A team of Russian cosmonauts plan to take the torch for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games into orbit, aboard the ISS.
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A gas pipeline explosion and mild earthquake has struck near the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi, the second earthquake in the area in the past three days.
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A decree has been issued by the Russian Government which will regulate the maximum price for accommodation and services during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
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When Siberian tiger mother, Bagheera, refused to feed her newborn cubs, a white Swiss Shepherd dog, named Tally, came to the rescue and is feeding them herself.
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As Russia seeks to modernize, citizens are finding a stronger voice, and they have plenty to say. While environmentalists built barricades this weekend in the ancient Khimki Forest Park, in another part of the country, 4000 protesters gathered in Sochi.
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And Vancouver thinks it has problems...Sochi's extensive building plans have been thrown into confusion by Oleg Deripaska's net worth falling by 85% due to the credit crunch. He still has $3.5 billion but owes 4 times this amount to his creditors.
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The 22nd Winter Olympics isn't until 2014 but that hasn't stopped Russia from starting to build a 350-hectare island complex. The infrastructure being built in the Black Sea is shaped like Russia and is expected to house Olympic athletes.
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Swiss Shepherd Tally adopts 3 Siberian tiger cubs.
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