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MOSCOW (AP) - IOC inspectors cited security as a key issue for Moscow's 2012 Olympic bid Thursday, wrapping up their four-day visit on the same day a prominent businessman survived an assassination attempt just outside the Russian capital.
The head of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission said Moscow had a "very serious bid" and should not necessarily be considered an outsider against Paris, London, New York and Madrid. The full IOC will vote for the host July 6 in Singapore.
Russia's security problems were underscored Thursday by the attack on Anatoly Chubais, head of the national electricity monopoly and a chief of staff for former President Boris Yeltsin. Assailants detonated a powerful bomb and then fired at his armored limousine. No one was injured.
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