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Calendar
04/12/2012 - 05/12/2012
IOC Executive Board Meeting
Lausanne, Switzerland
27/07/2012 - 12/08/2012
Games of the XXX Olympiad
London, UK
24/07/2012 - 26/07/2012
IOC Session
London, UK
17/04/2012
Joint Meeting - IOC Executive Board / ANOC
Moscow, Russian Federation
13/01/2012 - 22/01/2012
Innsbruck 2012 - 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games
Innsbruck, Austria
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