Winter Olympics Opens in Sochi

Russia is preparing for a glitzy opening ceremony for the Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend, along with some 40 other heads of state and leaders from around the world. However, President Barack Obama and a number of other European Union leaders will be conspicuously absent, as Russia battles criticism of its new law banning the spread of so-called "gay...

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