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Vladimir Putin praises Russia's Paralympic Committee

By David Gold

Vladimir Putin_meets_Russian_athletesDecember 24 - Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has praised and congratulated the country's Paralympic Committee as it celebrates its 15th anniversary and continues preparation for the 2014 Winter Games, which Sochi is hosting. 

Bus service in pay out to Irish Paralympic rowing hopeful Doherty

By Tom Degun

Karol2December 24 - Bus Eireann, one of the biggest bus services in Ireland, has been forced to pay €1,000 (£833/$1,302) to Ireland's London 2012 Paralympic rowing hopeful Karol Doherty following a discrimination charge that left the athlete humiliated as he had to drag himself up the steps of the bus on his hands.