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• Boston bombing jury hears of grisly deaths, defense calls first witness

  The two youngest people killed by the Boston Marathon bombing were torn apart by one of the blasts that ripped through the crowd at the finish line, medical examiners testified on Monday as prosecutors wound up their case against accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and defense attorneys began calling witnesses.

• Jury in Boston Marathon bomb trial sees blood-stained note

  Jurors in the trial on Tuesday of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got to see the blood-stained message that prosecutors say he wrote on the inside of a boat he was hiding in before his violent capture, explaining his reasoning for killing innocent people.

• Two charged with Nemtsov killing include former Chechen policeman

  Russian authorities said on Sunday they had charged two men over the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and said one of them was a former senior policeman from the mainly Muslim region of Chechnya who had confessed to involvement in the crime.

• One of Nemtsov killing suspects served in police: report

  One of the men detained on suspicion of killing Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov served in a police unit in the Russian region of Chechnya, Russian news agencies quoted a law enforcement official as saying.

• Austria's first trial of alleged Islamic State fighter starts

  A 30-year old Chechen who Austrian authorities accuse of fighting with Islamic State jihadists in Syria in 2013 and sending them money pleaded not guilty when the country's first such trial opened on Thursday.

• Hundreds of thousands protest in Chechnya against Mohammad cartoons

  Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia's Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the "vulgar and immoral" cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

• Thousands join anti-Charlie rally in Russia's Chechnya

  Tens of thousands of people staged a rally on Monday in Russia's Chechnya region against French magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, which the predominantly Muslim region's leader denounced as "vulgar and immoral".

• Suspect Was on Campus: Tsarnaev At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Where He Is a Registered Student (Video)

  Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this week after the explosions killed three people and wounded more than 180 others

• Chechen Leader Blames U.S: Ramzan Kadyrov Knocks American Authorities For Killing Tamerlan Tsarnaev During Gun Battle Early Friday

  Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian-installed leader of Chechnya criticized Boston police for killing Tamerlan Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing with his brother Dzhokhar.

• Alvi and Ruslan Tsarni: Boston Bombers' Uncles, Aunt, Sister & Father Speak To Press (Video)

  Alvi and Ruslan Tsarni, two uncles of the terrorist suspects of the Boston Bombings, who live in the Washington D.C. area, reacted with shock and anger upon learning of the news of their nephews