Chechen leader Basayev killed on eve of G8 summit
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Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev,   Russia's most wanted man, was killed on Monday, handing a huge   boost to President Vladimir Putin as he prepared to host a   Group of Eight summit.
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MOSCOW - Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a recent series of terrorist attacks in Russia but put ultimate blame for a school massacre on Russian President Vladimir Putin.    In a letter posted Friday on the Kavkaz-Center Web site,Basayev said he had sent a letter to Putin proposing "independence (for Chechnya) in exchange for security." It was impossible to confirm whether the letter was genuine, but the Web site is considered a mouthpiece for Basayev and his previous claims of responsibility have appeared there...
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Shamil Basayev, the ruthless Chechen rebel leader responsible for terror attacks that led to the deaths of more than 800 people, was killed Monday when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded in this village of red brick houses next to a muddy field.
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Attacks by Chechen separatists in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway Russian republic, have left several people dead. Russian news agencies reported that a number of Chechen fighters had been killed along with several pro-Russian policemen.
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At least 22 Chechen rebels were killed by Russian troops in the separatist republic, including a man officials say was linked to the assassination of Chechnya âs pro-Moscow president Akhmad Kadyrov.
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Gunmen have murdered a Russian central   banker who led a fight against money laundering in the highest   profile assassination in Moscow during President Vladimir   Putin's six years in power.
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Chechen security forces killed 22 separatist rebels, including the alleged organizer of the assassination of the republic's president, a top republic official said Monday, according to news reports.
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Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, the purported author of modern Russia&#039;s worst terrorist attacks, was killed Monday, the head of the Federal Security Service said.
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Among over 20 killed separatists in combat in Chechen on Monday morning, one was identified as one of the organizers of the May 9 terrorism act in Grozny, in which Chechen President
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Chechnya's feared warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in southern Russia that killed more than 330 people.
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Chechen warlord and Beslan mastermind Shamil Basayev scoffs at rumours of his demise.
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Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a recent series terrorist attacks in Russia but put ultimate blame for a school massacre on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev has apparently taken responsibility for a recent series of terrorist attacks in Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the breakaway republic of Chechnya to honor its slain pro-Russian leader Akhmad Kadyrov, hours after rebel attacks left several dead in Grozny, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
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MOSCOW Shamil Basayev, the elusive Chechen guerrilla commander who has become Russia&#39;s most wanted man, has claimed responsibility for planning terror attacks that have killed more than 440 people here in recent weeks and is threatening to strike anew, a
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Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claims responsibility for the Beslan siege in which more than 320 hostages died.
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GROZNY, Russia  - A Moscow-backed policeman was  set to become rebel Chechnya's president after a fraught  election Sunday marked by a bomb blast in which only the  attacker was killed.