Suicide attack targets police station in southern Russia
AFP on April 12, 2016, 1:44 am Two blasts outside police station in south Russia: police Moscow (AFP) - Three suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday as they tried to storm a rural police station in a usually peaceful region of southern Russia, causing no other casualties, police said.After the attack in the village of Novoselitskoye in the southern Stavropol region, regional authorities ordered the tightening of security measures at kindergartens, schools and hospitals.Russia'..>> view originalBrazil congressional committee recommends impeaching President Dilma Rousseff
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