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Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers

Nine in custody, gunman still on the run

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 8, 2007 8:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the assassin who gunned down journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, whose murder caused international outrage a year ago. Since her death nine people have been arrested, but the gunman and the person... Read full story »

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