Kazakhstan

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USA forward Brock Nelson, left, fights for the puck with Kazakhstan defender Alexei Litvinenko during the Group B preliminary round match between USA and Kazakhstan at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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USA forward Craig Smith celebrates his goal during the Group B preliminary round match between USA and Kazakhstan at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Russia's Danis Zaripov,left, Yegor Yakovlev, center and Viktor Tikhonov celebrate a goal during the Group B preliminary round match between Russia and Kazakhstan at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Russia forward Danis Zaripov, left and forward Viktor Tikhonov during the Group B preliminary round match between Russia and Kazakhstan at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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** FILE ** Russian space agency rescue crew members carry U.S. astronaut Rick Mastracchio shortly after the Russian Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule landed, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of town Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule with Mastracchio, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, returning from a half-year mission to the International Space Station, landed safely Wednesday in Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)