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Death Toll in China Quake Mounts to Dozens - Media

11:00 20/04/2013

Obama Hails Arrest of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect
09:26 20/04/2013
President Barack Obama praised the work of the U.S. law enforcements after the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was held in a massive daylong manhunt.
Boston Marathon Explosions
09:26 20/04/2013
At least three people were killed and 144 others injured, some critically, when a pair of powerful explosions ripped through a crowd near the finish line while the prestigious Boston Marathon was still in progress.
At Least Five Killed as Earthquake Hits Southwest China - Media
07:45 20/04/2013
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, killing at least five people on Saturday, Chinese media reported citing the provincial seismological bureau.
Nicolas Maduro Sworn in as Venezuela President
06:01 20/04/2013
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in on Friday as Venezuela’s president following a disputed election last Sunday.
Presidential election in Venezuela (2013)
06:01 20/04/2013
The late Hugo Chavez’s protégé, socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro won 50.7 percent of the vote, whereas his rival, Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, gained 49.1 percent, according to preliminary official results announced by the National Electoral Council.
Second Suspect in Boston Bombing Captured
05:35 20/04/2013
The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been detained, ending a massive manhunt, CNN quoted local police as saying Friday.
Police: Second Suspect in Boston Bombing Captured - CNN
05:02 20/04/2013
The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been detained, CNN quoted local police as saying.
Police Say Boston Bombing Suspect in Custody - CNN
04:49 20/04/2013
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23:59 19/04/2013
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Tigran Sargsyan Reappointed Armenian PM
23:51 19/04/2013
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree too reappoint Tigran Sargsyan as the country’s prime minister, the presidential press service said on Friday.
UN Envoy to Syria Denies Resignation Rumors
21:57 19/04/2013
The UN and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday denied media reports that he was about to quit his job.
Protests in Syria
21:57 19/04/2013
Syrian mass protests started in Daraa on the border with Jordan on March 18. They were prompted by the arrest of a group of school students who wrote anti-government mottos on walls. The unrest later spread to other Syrian regions.
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Egypt Invites Russia to Join NPP, Uranium Mining Projects
21:35 19/04/2013
Egypt has invited Russia to join a project to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the country and to develop Egyptian uranium deposits, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.
Suspect Linked to Boston Blasts Flew to Russia in ’12 – Report
21:34 19/04/2013
One of the brothers suspected of involvement in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings left on a Russia-bound plane in January 2012 and returned to the United States seven months later, the NBC 4 New York television station reported Friday, citing travel records the network said it had obtained.
Boston in Grips of Manhunt for Surviving Bomb Suspect
21:10 19/04/2013
The city of Boston remained on lockdown Friday as police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) mounted a massive manhunt for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is suspected of being one of two men who planted bombs at the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured almost 200 others.
Chechen Brothers Linked to Boston Bombing Excelled in Sports, Classroom in US
20:38 19/04/2013
The two ethnic Chechen brothers US authorities believe were behind the deadly Boston Marathon blasts this week found success in academics and athletics after moving to the United States with their family, which fled the violence of Russia’s restive Caucasus region a decade ago, according US media interviews with relatives, friends and acquaintances.
Kadyrov Denies Chechen Links of Boston Blast Suspects
20:17 19/04/2013
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday that the two suspects in the deadly bombing of this week’s Boston Marathon had no links to Russia’s republic of Chechnya.
LIVE: Boston Marathon Bomber Manhunt
20:11 19/04/2013
The Boston suburb of Watertown was shut down as police launched manhunt on Friday for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing.
US Troops in Jordan Will Only Add to Syrian Crisis - Russia
19:34 19/04/2013
The deployment of US troops to Jordan will only make the Syrian crisis worse, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Friday.1

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As investigators hunt for evidence about the Boston bombing suspects, some of their questions – like the American public’s – will focus on Russia’s restive North Caucasus, including the war-scarred republic of Chechnya, a region that has produced a number of violent militant groups, but none that has been linked to terror attacks against the West.

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Obama Talks With Putin, Lauds Anti-Terror Effort on Boston Attack

President Barack Obama spoke Friday with President Vladimir Putin and praised US-Russian anti-terrorism cooperation in the wake of the twin bomb attack this week at the Boston Marathon, the White House said.

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