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Latvians reject Russian as 2nd language

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Hemma JägerFebruary 19, 2012

Latvians have resoundingly voted "no" to a proposal to make Russian the country's second official language. Ethnic Russians had been pushing for the move to end what they say is 20 years of discrimination.

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