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Mild weather disrupts Winter Olympics in Sochi

February 11, 2014 VOANews Sochi Olympics

A spell of warm weather is disrupting events at theWinter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, presenting a challenge for Olympic organizers with

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Sport 

Norway’s Bjoerndalen chases record 13th medal at Sochi Olympics

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 VOANews Sochi Olympics

Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen goes for a record 13th career winter Olympic medal Monday as the 2014 games continue in

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Sochi Olympics: Two Olympians win second straight gold medals

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 VOANews Sochi Olympics

Two athletes defended their Olympic titles Sunday as eight countries won gold medals at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

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World 

Sports Blog: Sochi opening ceremony sparks controversy

February 9, 2014 The Kyiv Post Sochi Olympics

Russian’s Sochi held a grand three-hour Winter Olympics opening ceremony at Fisht Stadium on February 7 2014. Konstantin Ernst, the

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Europe 

Would-be Sochi hijacker wanted Ukrainian prisoners freed

February 9, 2014 VOANews Sochi Olympics, Ukraine

Investigators say the Ukrainian man who tried to hijack a Turkey-bound commercial flight and divert it to Sochi – the

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Perspectives 

The Olympics of Control — 2014 or 1984?

February 8, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

Sochi may be sunny and the skies bright blue, but I feel as if the Olympics are in 1984. I

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World 

Turkish Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 hijacked

February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Sochi Olympics, Turkey, Ukraine

A hijacking took place on February 7 2014 on an aircraft belonging to the Turkish Pegasus Airlines, which was flying

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Passenger on Turkish airliner tries to divert it to Sochi

February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 VOANews Sochi Olympics, Turkey, Ukraine

A passenger on a flight from Ukraine to Turkey on Friday attempted to divert the Turkish airliner to Sochi, Russia,

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World 

Russia prepares for opening Olympic ceremony

February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

Russia is preparing for a glitzy opening ceremony for the Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort city of

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