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A volunteer wearing a hat with one of the Olympic mascots smiles in the ski resort Rosa Khutor in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. The snow and sliding sports venues for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are located in Krasnaya Polyana. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

CDC advice for Americans headed to the Winter Olympics: ‘Use latex condoms’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Security concerns won’t stop BSU Olympics trip

By SETH SLABAUGH - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, file photo of a worker leaving after checking ice conditions at the Iceberg Skating Palace, where the figure skating and short track speed skiing will take place, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin Feb. 7th. You'd have to be a dope to try to get away with doping at the Sochi Olympics. That's the picture painted by international Olympic and anti-doping officials as they implement the toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history.Using intelligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk, authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out drug cheats through rigorous pre-games and pre-competition tests. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Sochi Olympics: Toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history in place

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Feb. 19, 2006 file photo of an Italian police officer as he stands outside a house where members of the Austrian Biathlon team were searched on the anti-doping police raid in San Sicario, Italy. You'd have to be a dope to try to get away with doping at the Sochi Olympics. That's the picture painted by international Olympic and anti-doping officials as they implement the toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history.Using intelligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk, authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out drug cheats through rigorous pre-games and pre-competition tests. (AP Photo/Tom Curley, FILE)

Tough drug-testing net in place for Sochi Olympics

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Islamic militant group threatens to strike Olympics

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

An explosion ignites the railway station in Volgograd, the second terrorist attack in southern Russia in three days. The leader of the Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus has lifted a moratorium on terrorist attacks and in a videotaped message instructed rebels to use "maximum force" to disrupt the Winter Games. (Associated Press)

Russia terrorist attack highlights increase in female suicide bombers

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A bus in Volgograd, Russia, was reduced to wreckage after a female passenger set off a bomb, killing six people and injuring about 30, officials said. The attack added to security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi. (Associated Press Photographs)

Jihadist bus bombing raises tensions for Russia ahead of Olympics

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times