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Sochi hoping for one million visitors during 2018 World Cup
AFP, Published on 14/07/2015
» SOCHI (RUSSIA) - The Russian resort of Sochi, which hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, is hoping to attract one million visitors during the 2018 football World Cup finals, city mayor Anatoly Pakhomov said on Monday.
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China bets on North Korea in gamble to save rustbelt
AFP, Published on 22/07/2015
» HUNCHUN, CHINA - At China's very farthest limits, a town sandwiched between North Korea and Russia stands at the heart of Beijing's plan to revitalise its bleak, frigid northeastern rustbelt.
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French farmers vow to step up protests over prices
AFP, Published on 22/07/2015
» PARIS - French farmers protesting over falling food prices threatened to step up blockades of cities, roads and tourist sites on Wednesday, as the government prepared to unveil emergency aid for them.
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North Korea girl bands rock China's border
AFP, Published on 23/07/2015
» HUNCHUN, CHINA - Like many Chinese hotels, the Kunlun International hotel has rock bottom prices. It also boasts rooms with round beds and dance poles, and an all-female North Korean rock band who belt out "Anthem of the Worker's Party" and other socialist classics every night.
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Farmers block France's second city as Hollande bids to ease crisis
AFP, Published on 23/07/2015
» PARIS - Hundreds of furious farmers on Thursday blocked access roads to France's second city Lyon with their tractors, unimpressed with a 600-million-euro government plan to ease a dire financial plight sparked by falling prices.
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New boys Bournemouth enjoy rags-to-riches rise
AFP, Published on 05/08/2015
» LONDON - Just seven years after coming within hours of going out of business, Bournemouth will complete a remarkable rags-to-riches rise when they kick off their first Premier League campaign this weekend.
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Wildfires threaten Russia's unique Lake Baikal
AFP, Published on 04/09/2015
» MOSCOW - Raging wildfires have turned the shores of the world's largest freshwater lake in Siberia into an inferno, threatening the health and livelihood of locals and raising questions about Russia's ability to protect its natural heritage.
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Egypt tourism dealt body blow by Russia airliner bomb fears
AFP, Published on 05/11/2015
» CAIRO - Concerns raised by Britain and the United States that a bomb may have downed a Russian airliner in Egypt have cast a shadow over a once popular holiday destination already hit by years of political turmoil.
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Russia, Britain ramp up efforts to return stuck Egypt tourists
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» CAIRO - Moscow and London were ramping up efforts to pull out thousands of stranded tourists from Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, after Egypt said it was too early to know whether a bomb brought down a Russian plane.
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11,000 Russian travellers fly home from Egypt: deputy PM
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» MOSCOW - Some 11,000 Russian tourists have returned home from Egypt in the past 24 hours after Moscow suspended flights to the country over the Sinai plane crash, an official said Sunday.
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