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A Russian environmentalist who campaigned against damage caused by Olympic development was sentenced to three years in a penal colony on Wednesday after a court rejected his appeal. 
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Ukraine's political turmoil undermined efforts on Sunday by former Olympic champion Sergei Bubka to promote a bid by its western city of Lviv to host the 2022 Winter Games.Bubka,
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Officials fear anti-government protests that have dwindled to hardcore of 'Black Blocs' could flare up again before tournament
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has criticised world leaders who have chosen to stay away from the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games in a hard-hitting speech here tonight.
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Activists ramp up call for a boycott of the Games and sponsors’ products.
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Athletes competing at Sochi 2014 should not use the event as a platform to protest against Russia's controversial anti-gay propaganda law, the Mayor of the Olympic Village in the mountains warned here today.
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An activist who has reported on the environmental fallout from construction for the Sochi Olympics was found guilty Monday of
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Current and former Olympians criticise Games officials and sponsors for lack of action over anti-gay measures
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Estimates say somewhere between 80 and 100,000 people turned out for the Moral March on Raleigh.
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Hundreds of young tourists in Bangkok - some of them British - are ignoring the travel advice of the Foreign Office to “avoid all protests” in the city following the general election last Sunday
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian security forces are using undercover agents, intercepting e-mails, and rigorously monitoring social media to try to ensure that violent anti-government protesters do not
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Norwegian Health Minister Bent Høie is set to make a stand against Russia's controversial anti-gay propaganda law by bringing his husband here for the Games.
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IOC response at http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/winter-olympics/2014/1018389-ioc-seeking-clarification-after-sochi-2014-environmental-campaigner-sent-to-penal-colony