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Russians honor Lenin
MOS2001012101 - 21 JANUARY 2001 - MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Pro-Communist Moscovites carry a Soviet flag, a portrait of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, a wreath and flowers making their way to the Mausoleum of Lenin to mark the anniversary of his death at Moscow's Red Square on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001, with the Historical Museum in the background. Lenin, who led the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and founded the Soviet Union, died of a massive stroke in 1924 at the age of 53. .rw/mm/Maxim Marmur UPI

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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad