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FILE -- In this Oct. 1, 1988, file photo members of the Soviet Union Communist Party Politburo in Moscow vote to remove Andrei Gromyko, bottom center, as Soviet president. Eight members shown are, front row from left: Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Gromyko, Mikhail Gorbachev, second row: Viktor Chebrikov, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Lev Zaikov, back row: Alexander Yakovlev, Nikolai Slyunkov. The photographer, who took this photo, Boris Yurchenko, died of cancer at the age of 72 in a Moscow hospital late Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. He served for 23 years in the Associated Press and was a Pulitzer Prize winner, 3 times winner of the Overseas Press Club and winner of World Press Photo prize. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)