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Monday, January 31, 2011

Asian Winter Games officially open

ALMATY, Kazakhstan: The seventh edition of the Asian Winter Games was officially opened on Sunday in Kazakhstan's capital Astana in a spectacular three-hour ceremony staged at the city's indoor football stadium.
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The event curtain-raising show began with a dramatised performance based on traditional Kazakh epic poems accompanied by a group of ethnic drummers, which was followed by a volley of red fireworks.

More than 1,100 competitors from 27 countries will contest 65 titles in 11 categories, with the events staged in the country's two biggest cities - Almaty and Astana - between January 30 and February 6.

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