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Fans of England's bid for the 2018 soccer World Cup, react after the announcement that Russia will host the tournament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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A young man holding a Russian flag hands out free national flags to motorists in downtown Moscow, to celebrate FIFA's selection of Russia as host to the 2018 World Cup, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Russia was announced as host of the 2018 tournament. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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Igor Shuvalov, left, Deputy Prime Minister, and Alexei Sorokin, right, CEO Russia 2018 Bid Committee, celebrate after Russia was announced as host for the 2018 World Cup during the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bid Announcement in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Patrick B. Kraemer)
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Igor Shuvalov, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, holds the World Cup Trophy after Russia was announced as host for the 2018 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone, Patrick B. Kraemer)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting in Moscow, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Putin says Russia could import grain in the aftermath of last summer's drought to help keep domestic prices low. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
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The delegates from Russia celebrate after winning hosting the 2018 Soccer World Cup Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, left, hands over the trophy to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalow, right, after Russia was announced as host of the 2018 Soccer World Cup, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, during the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bid announcement in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone /Walter Bieri)
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Igor Shuvalov, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, holds the World Cup Trophy after Russia was announced as host for the 2018 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone, Patrick B. Kraemer)
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Members of the Russian delegation celebrate after Russia was announced as host for 2018 during the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bid Announcement in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Prince Wiilliam of Wales, right, looks on after it was announced that Russia will host the 2018 FIFA Soccer World Cup, in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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A fan of England's bid for the 2018 soccer World Cup, draped in an English flag, pauses after the announcement that Russia will host the tournament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Ruud Gullit, President of the Holland Belgium bid, right, and Guus Hiddink, left, look on after it was announced that Russia will host the 2018 FIFA Soccer World Cup, in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Members of the Russian delegation celebrate after Russia was announced as host for 2018 World Cup during the FIFA meeting in Zurich on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Russia's chief rabbi, Berel Lazar lights candles on the menorah during the lighting ceremony marking the start of Hanukkah outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Dozens of people gathered in below-freezing temperatures outside the Kremlin to watch the lighting of the menorah. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during his annual address to both houses of parliament. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS WANTS TREATY: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is pressing for a new anti-ballistic missile treaty with the United States.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gives his annual address to both houses of parliament at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Russian scientist Sergey Zimov demonstrates the emission of methane trapped under the ice of a Siberian lake near the town of Chersky, Russia. In the last few decades, as the Earth has gradually warmed, the icy ground has begun thawing more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane - a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide - at a perilous rate.
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** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, clinks glasses with officials during a signing of trilateral agreement before the opening of the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Russia, Japan and China signed an agreement to build a chemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, Prime Minister of Nepal Madhav Kumar, center, and, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina attend the International Tiger Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
