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Suicide Car Bomber Kills 17 in Russia

By Lauren FrayerSep 9th 2010 – 9:22AM
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(Sept. 9) -- A suicide car bomber struck a busy market today in Russia's North Caucasus, killing 17 people and wounding more than 130 in a normally quiet Christian enclave that has mostly avoided previous attacks by the region's Muslim separatists. The bomb exploded at the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market around...

Background on caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia (for endonyms, see below), is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea.

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