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BBC World News, 23.04.13 23:58 UTC

Belarus's university in exile

The country of Belarus, between Russia and Poland, has been described as Europe's last dictatorship. But there is a university where students can study in a democratic climate - across the border in Lithuania. It sees itself as educating a generation that will be ready to step in when, one day, change comes to Belarus.

Communist Party European Humanities University Academy of Sciences in Minsk Europe Olga Karach Belarus +29 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 20:18 UTC

US to press China over repatriation of NKoreans

A U.S. envoy says Washington will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea. He likened the North's vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

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Daily Mail, 21.04.13 09:28 UTC

Suspect was 'on the radar': FBI under growing pressure for missing signs that bomber posed a threat after Russia raised alarm at 'radical ties' in 2011

PUBLISHED: 01:57 GMT, 21 April 2013 | UPDATED: 08:31 GMT, 21 April 2013 The U.S. intelligence community is being blamed for failing to adequately spot the national security threat posed by the Boston ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 21.04.13 04:12 UTC

Boston attacks turn spotlight on troubled region of Chechnya

The possible motivations of the two brothers linked to the Boston Marathon bombings are as yet publicly unknown. Of Chechen heritage, they lived in the United States for years, according to friends ...

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Daily Mail, 21.04.13 03:05 UTC

'It's very disturbing he's on the FBI radar screen:' Congressman questions how officials lost track of suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev even after Russia warned of his extremist ties

PUBLISHED: 01:57 GMT, 21 April 2013 | UPDATED: 02:04 GMT, 21 April 2013 The U.S. intelligence community is being blamed for failing to adequately spot the national security threat posed by the Boston ...

Texas A&M's Bush School Dzhokhar University of Texas Law School U.S. Department of Justice House Homeland Security Committee Senate Select Committee +41 more

CNN Top Stories, 20.04.13 22:49 UTC

Chechens: Macho and misunderstood?

Editor's note: Thomas de Waal is a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the co-author, with Carlotta Gall, of the book ...

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Seattle Times, 20.04.13 17:00 UTC

Boston suspects' Chechen family traveled long road

The two brothers accused of blowing up homemade bombs at the Boston Marathon came from a Chechen family that for decades had been tossed from one country to another by war and persecution.

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Seattle Times, 20.04.13 16:25 UTC

NY authorities deal Russian mob a losing hand

It's a case teaming with colorful characters: a reputed Russian mob boss once accused in an Olympic scandal, a wealthy art world impresario who hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio and a woman named Molly Bloom who gained a celebrity following by hosting them at high-stakes poker games.

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Daily Mail, 20.04.13 15:09 UTC

Did the Chechen bombers deliberately plant explosives under Russian flag on race route? Questions raised about motive behind attacks as Obama speaks to Putin about the bombings

PUBLISHED: 14:01 GMT, 20 April 2013 | UPDATED: 14:33 GMT, 20 April 2013 With the 19-year-old suspected Boston bomber in custody but too weak from his injuries to speak to police, officials are ...

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Chigago Tribune, 20.04.13 12:01 UTC

Boston Marathon bombing: Second suspect captured, Boston celebrates

WATERTOWN, Mass. A 19-year-old suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother was captured by police after a day-long manhunt on Friday that closed down the city and ...

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