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Moscow (AFP) Dec 21, 2005 A Russian supply vessel left the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday bearing Christmas presents and supplies for the two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), the Interfax news agency said. The Progress M-55 left at 9:39 pm (1839 GMT) carrying the gifts for Russian cosmonaut, Valery Tokarev, and US astronaut William McArthur who started their six-month mission on the ISS on October.
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