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Transport police officers helped deliver a baby on a Russian train on Wednesday night

Officer Delivers Baby in Siberian Train

13:34 16/05/2012 NOVOSIBIRSK, May 16 (RIA Novosti)

Transport police officers helped deliver a baby on a Russian train on Wednesday night, officials from the Siberian Federal District Interior Ministry said.

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