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Former International Olympic Comittee president Juan Antonio Samaranch stands during the announcement by the IOC of the cities accepted as candidates to stage the 2012 Summer Olympics, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 18, 2004. London, Madrid, New York, Paris and Moscow remain in the running to host the 2012 Olympics. Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul and Leipzig in Germany were dropped from an initial shortlist after a unanimous decision of the IOC's executive board. (KEYSTONE/Fabrice Coffrini)