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                    [Title] => Islamic State on recruitment spree in Russia
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The Russian province of Dagestan, a flashpoint for Islamic violence in the North Caucasus, is feeding hundreds of fighters to the Islamic State in Syria — and now some are coming back home with experience gained from the battlefield.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-28 16:18:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1285138 [Title] => Sochi chief: city is world's 'most secure venue' [Summary] =>

After all the talk of terror threats, corruption, overspending and anti-gay legislation, the head of the Sochi Olympics is determined to show the world the games will be a huge success.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-31 03:27:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756715 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wilson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/689/xwbq.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1281341 [Title] => Russians study Islamic video threatening Olympics [Summary] =>

Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it's studying a video posted by an Islamic militant group that asserted responsibility for suicide bombings that killed 34 people last month and is threatening to strike the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-21 09:29:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1788576 [AuthorName] => Vladimir Isachenkov [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1275701 [Title] => Romney: Putin's Russia undercuts Olympic spirit [Summary] =>

Russia's slide from democratic reforms and its relationships with international peers threaten to undercut the spirit of the Olympic Games it hosts next month, failed presidential nominee Mitt Romney said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-06 07:04:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653017 [AuthorName] => Philip Elliott [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1275408 [Title] => 'Putin's Games' could still be compliment or curse [Summary] =>

After a journey of joy across nine time zones and into space, the Olympic torch relay is approaching something the 2014 Winter Games' organizers and Russia's leaders didn't plan for and certainly didn't want: a city in mourning.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-05 04:43:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702624 [AuthorName] => Rob Harris [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 790201 [Title] => 3 militants killed in North Caucasus region [Summary] =>

Security forces in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan of Russia on Friday killed three militants who were suspectedly involved in an attack on a polling station on March 4, according to a statement from the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee.

 
[DatePublished] => 2012-03-24 10:45:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 758768 [Title] => Prominent journalist gunned down in Russia's south [Summary] =>

The founder of a leading independent weekly publication critical of authorities in the restive province of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus has been shot dead outside the newspaper's office, police said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-16 14:58:55 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 723068 [Title] => Russian troops kill 2 suspected insurgents [Summary] =>

Russian authorities say two suspected rebels were killed in a raid on a building in the troubled southern region of Kabardino-Balkariya.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-03 16:20:15 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 710957 [Title] => 3 civilians killed in Russia's restive Dagestan [Summary] =>

Police say a village leader and an elderly couple have been killed in a restive Russian province in the North Caucasus.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-29 14:15:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 703357 [Title] => 5 killed, 7 injured in shootout in Russia [Summary] =>

A shootout in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan killed five people and injured seven others, local media reported Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-07 16:20:16 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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