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Prominent journalist gunned down in Russia's south

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The Interior Ministry says that the founder of a leading independent weekly publication critical of authorities in the restive province of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus has been shot dead outside the newspaper's office.

 

Khadzhimurad Kamalov founded the Chernovik weekly in 2003. He worked as its editor for several years and remained its publisher until his killing late Thursday. (AP)

 

 

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