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Russia mobilizes army to fight fires that kill 25 (AP)

July 30th, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, Russia, on Friday, July 30, 2010. Putin on Friday visited the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, where all 341 houses have burned to the ground, and kissed the cheek of one woman who was sobbing.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)AP - Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country’s hottest summer on record.


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