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Global Times | December 21, 2011 09:52
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A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA- 03M spacecraft at the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome Tuesday. The launch of the Soyuz TMA- 03M with an international crew of US astronaut Donald Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday. Photo: AFP

A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA- 03M spacecraft at the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome Tuesday. The launch of the Soyuz TMA- 03M with an international crew of US astronaut Donald Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesday. Photo: AFP

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