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    Olympics: Countdown to Sochi 2014

    One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 25 miles along the coast and up into the mountains. For Russia and its leadership, the 2014 Sochi Games is a point of national pride. President Putin has made the Olympics his personal project and, determined to use them to showcase a powerful and prosperous Russia, has spared no expense to make sure the games are a success.

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    1. Olympic rings for the 2014 Winter Olympics are installed in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, late Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. With the Winter Olympics a year away, IOC President Jacques R
    2. FOR STORY RUSSIA SOCHI YEAR TO GO - In this photo dated Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, the sun shines over the ski stadium during the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Sochi, Russia. With just one year till the o
    3. FOR STORY RUSSIA SOCHI YEAR TO GO - In this photo dated Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, The inside view of the Adler-arena speed skating venue at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, with just one year
    4. FOR STORY RUSSIA SOCHI YEAR TO GO - In this photo dated Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, the outside view of the Bolshoy ice dome, main ice hockey arena, at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi The Olympic
    5. FOR STORY RUSSIA SOCHI YEAR TO GO - In this photo dated Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, an aerial view of the Olympic Park as construction works continue in the lead up to the upcoming winter games in Sochi, R
    6. El presidente ruso Vladimir Putin visita una instalación de salto con esquí cerca del balneario ruso de Sochi el miércoles, 6 de febrero de 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)
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