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Moscow joins race for Olympics

Moscow has joined the list of cities bidding to stage the 2012 Olympics.

Moscow joins race for Olympics

Fri, 23 May, 2003 - 10:43

Moscow has joined the list of cities bidding to stage the 2012 Olympics.

Its candidature was officially announced by city mayor Yuri Luzhkov after a meeting of the Russian Olympic Committee on Friday.

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