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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN VISITS AUSTRIA

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) watch a performance of Lipizzaners in the Spanish Riding School 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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