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  Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 04/02

  A youth plays with an empty camera as he takes a break from fishing in Lake Azuei, near the border with the Dominican Republic in Malpasse, Haiti, on April 1. Fish from Lake Azuei sell for 50 cents at local street markets.

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  Tsarnaev arrives for jury selection in Boston Marathon bombing case

  The trial is perhaps the most closely watched federal death penalty case since Timothy McVeigh was convicted and executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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  Boston braces for jury selection in marathon bombing case

  Jury selection for the trail of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins Monday. The trial against Tsarnaev, accused in the Boston Marathon attacks, is expected to be the most closely watched federal death penalty case since Timothy McVeigh.
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  Sochi terror threat: US concerns focus on region outside 'ring of steel'

  Russian officials are calling Sochi 'the most secure venue ... on the planet,' but a top US counterterrorism official says there's 'substantial potential' for an attack in the city's outskirts.
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  Sochi Games: US hints at need for more security information from Russia

  Mounting threats to target the Sochi Games prompt some Olympians to tell their families and friends to stay home. US officials, meanwhile, offer some reassurances on security – even as they make concerns clear.
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  Black widows: Russia hunts for female suicide bombers near Sochi

  Black widows on the loose? Russian security officials are looking for three female suicide bombers, aka 'black widows.' Officials say one woman may already be in Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics.
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  Kremlin locks down Sochi, but neighborhood still looks dangerous

  Though the Winter Olympics site is heavily fortified, terrorist threats – and deadly attacks – plague the nearby northern Caucasus region.
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  Following Russian bombings, organizers look ahead to 'safe and secure games'

  Russian President Valdimir Putin called for tighter security following two attacks in two days in Volgograd. The attacks came as the country is preparing for the Sochi Winter Olympics. No one claimed immediate responsibility for either act of violence. 
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  The Monitor's View Honor the Olympic Truce

  Terrorist bombings in Volgograd, Russia, may have had the Sochi Olympics as their real target. The ideal of the Olympics as a respite from violence must be defended.
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  Suicide bombs in Volgograd stoke worries of a terror campaign

  A second suicide bomb in as many days in the Russian city of Volgograd stirs fears of a stepped-up terrorism campaign targeting the Sochi Olympics, now a month away.
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  How do Americans feel about NSA surveillance? Ambivalent

  When terrorists strike, intelligence agencies are faulted for failure to 'connect the dots.' If that's what the NSA is trying to do with its mass surveillance of phone records and Internet use, how do Americans feel about that?