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• Terrorism & Security Attacks in Russia's Dagestan grab international attention after Boston

  Dagestan and the rest of the Caucasus republics of Russia have been the site of a long-running Islamic insurgency against Moscow and its local allies. A bombing and separate shooting killed six today.

• Female DNA on bomb? FBI checking suspects

  Female DNA on bomb? The FBI took DNA samples from the wife of suspected Boston bomber Tamerian Tsarnaev Monday.

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  Global News Blog Why the alleged Boston bombers' mom probably won't be extradited

  Zubeidat Tsarnaeva may stay out of American custody because the US and Russia do not have a bilateral extradition treaty, despite efforts by Moscow to negotiate one.
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  Did a foreign hand guide Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev?

  US investigators are interested in a trip that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older brother suspected in the Boston bombing, took to the North Caucasus region of Russia in 2012. They want to know whether he had contact with foreign extremist groups.
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  Were motives of Boston bombing suspects embedded in Chechen heritage – or not?

  The suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were immigrants from a violent region of the Caucasus, but experts say disaffection with the US, rather than radical ideology, is the more likely motive.
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  Suicide bomber kills 17 in Russia's North Ossetia

  A suicide bomber killed 17 people at a market in Russia's North Ossetia on Thursday, the latest evidence of a resurgent Islamist insurgency in the area.
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  For the first time, Western troops march on Red Square

  Russia's Victory Day, the country's most important secular holiday, was marked by an unusual emphasis on international cooperation as American, French, and British troops commemorated the the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany by marching across Red Square for the first time ever.
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  Russia Islamist network takes shape as Caucasus hit by another terrorist attack

  An attack in Ingushetia today, the fifth to shake Russia in a week, underscores the threat posed by an Islamist insurgent network that has emerged from the ashes of Chechnya's nationalist rebellion.
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  String of bombings hits Russia's Caucasus: first Dagestan, now Ingushetia attack

  An Ingushetia attack killed two police officers on Monday, continuing the near daily terrorist attacks in Russia’s Caucasus since the devastating Moscow metro bombings last week.