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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN VISITS AUSTRIA

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in the historic Hofburg palace in Vienna on May 23, 2007. Putin arrived in Austria for a visit focused on trade talks which are likely to prove a respite to recent problems between Moscow and other European Union members. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)

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