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Thursday, Aug. 02, 2007

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  • SERGEI BALYASNIKOV
  • spokesman for the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, which planned Russia's successful expedition Thursday to plant a capsule on the sea bed at the North Pole, reinforcing Moscow's claim to vast swaths of the Arctic
Photo: RTR Russian Channel / AP | Source: AP