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| WARSAW, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Poland and Ukraine are all set to lodge a joint bid to host the 2012 European soccer championships after the Warsaw government gave its official go-ahead on Tuesday, Polish ministers said. Deputy Sports Minister Wieslaw Wilczynski said the bid would be launched by the end of January, pitting the European Union's largest newcomer and its poorer eastern neighbour against rivals including Italy, Russia and Greece. |