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• Russia kills top terrorist who masterminded deadliest attacks

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  One of the terrorists killed in a daylong gun and tank fight in the southern republic of Dagestan was a top gunman suspected of being the mastermind of one of Russia's worst terrorist attacks.

• Russian train derailment caused by terrorist attack

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  A high-speed passenger train derailment that injured at least 60 people on route from Moscow to St. Petersburg was caused by a bomb, Russian authorities. They opened a formal terrorism investigation and announced plans to tighten security ahead of national elections in coming months.

• Al-Qaeda to use Iraq as staging area for attacks around the world

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  Osama bin Laden ordered a top lieutenant in early 2005 to form a terrorist cell to plot attacks outside of Iraq and make the United States the top target.

• Florida doctor provides material support to al Qaeda terrorists

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  A Florida doctor on trial for pledging to help al-Qaida had hoped to convince jurors when he testified that he did not know he had offered his medical expertise to the terror group.

• Bin Laden planned Cheney attack and prepares new Iraq strikes

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  A top Taliban commander said al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was behind the February attack outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney.Bin Laden planned and supervised the attack that killed 23 people outside the Bagram base while Cheney was there.