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Russian President's Dogs Win It Big!!!

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Two of President Dmitry Medvedev's dogs won top prizes in the Eurasia 2009 dog show! I thought he would be too busy writing best selling novels, composing award winning operas or ruling Russia to enter his dogs in contests and stuff. Tags: Stupid.

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Sandpiper Species Heading Towards Extinction

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Spoon-billed Sandpipers nest only in the far north-east of Russia. In 2000, around 1,000 breeding pairs were known, but by 2009, the number had plummeted to just 120-220 pairs, a decline of 88%. Tags: birds hunting endangered species.

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