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Consequences of wildfires in Russia’s Volgograd Region

11:56 05/09/2010

The Russian Emergencies Ministry is investigating the causes of wildfires in the Volgograd Region, which destroyed over 800 buildings.

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International military music festival Spasskaya Bashnya (Tower)
17:25 04/09/2010
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