Russia kicks off Sochi Games with hope and hubris

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Russia kicks off Sochi Games with hope and hubris

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-kicks-off-sochi-games-hope-hubris-181233247--spt.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MOWUDif0aNpWzoGh_gcvgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e2a5a53c5dfc2b054b0f6a706700e835.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" align="left" title="Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" border="0" /></a>SOCHI, Russia (AP) â€" A Russia in search of global vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics looking more like a Russia that likes to party, with a pulse-raising opening ceremony about fun and sports instead of terrorism, gay rights and coddling despots.</p><br clear="all"/>

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