Gay rights demonstrators organize Olympic rallies
Protests are being organized around the world against Russia’s anti-gay law, as athletes prepare to compete in the Sochi Winter
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Global protests of Russia’s anti-gay laws before Sochi Olympics
All Out, an international nongovernmental organization calling for the equality of LGBT individuals, announced a Global Speak Out to support
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European Olympic committees receive threats to athletes at Sochi Games
The Olympic committees of several European countries say they have received messages containing terrorist threats connected to next month’s Winter
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev to attend Sochi Olympic Games closing ceremony
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has confirmed that he will attend the February 23 closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Bulgaria’s Oresharski spurns boycott of Sochi Olympics
Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, will attend the opening ceremony of
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Fifth time lucky for legendary Jágr
It was 16 years ago that Jaromír Jágr was part of the team that won Olympic gold for the Czech
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Behind Putin’s surprise release of Khodorkovsky: Sochi and self-confidence?
Two weeks ago, Russian prosecutors told reporters they were preparing a third case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil tycoon
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Russia’s anti-gay law tests Olympic tenets
The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are less than six month months away. But a controversy over a Russian
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Russia Watch: Russia promotes safe Olympics, downplays Caucasus link
Why was British Prime Minister David Cameron helicoptering around the Caucasus Mountains recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin? Ostensibly Putin,
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