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May 1, 2013
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This Monday, April 15, 2013 photo shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in blue baseball cap, and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in white baseball cap. This image was taken approximately 10-20 minutes before the Boston Marathon blast. (Photo credit: AP/Bob Leonard)

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was tracked by authorities during his six-month visit to Dagestan province, a center of Islamic insurgency

By ARSEN MOLLAYEV and Lynn Berry

August 23, 2012
9:49 pm

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov (photo credit: AP/Mikhail Metzel

Russia: We have Syrian guarantees on chemical arms

The potential use of non-conventional weapons in Syria puts Russia, the Syrian regime’s steadfast ally, in a rare point of agreement with the US

By Lynn Berry