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officers being injured.Nearly 140 of the estimated 1,500 rioters were detained and their trials moved to the neighboring Stavropol and
standing trial on Fridayguilty of rioting and handed them varying prison sentences, with the longest being nine years in a medium-security
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the time that Ukraine and the West were behind calls to storm the Dagestan airport
devastating offensive on Gaza that was launched after Hamas militant fighters attacked the country on Oct
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