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MOSCOW (AP) A little known Russian group, Baikalfinansgroup, has bought Yukos' core production unit at auction for $9.3 billion.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) An Iraqi official says three employees of the organization running next month's elections have been killed in an ambush on their car in Baghdad.
Adding on to post no. 3571
THANKS JP.
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Google Search Term: "Baikalfinansgroup"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Baikalfinansgroup%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141971,00.html
"Attacks Across Iraq Kill More Than 60"
Sunday, December 19, 2004
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BAGHDAD, Iraq — Car bombs rocked Iraq's two holiest Shiite cities Sunday, killing at least 62 people and wounding more than 120, while in downtown Baghdad (search) dozens of gunmen carried out a brazen ambush on car, pulling out three election officials and executing them on the pavement in the middle of morning traffic.
The bombs exploded an hour apart. First, a homicide blast ripped through parked minibuses at the entrance to the Karbala (search) bus station. Then a car bomb shattered a central square in Najaf, crowded with residents watching a funeral procession. The city police chief and provincial governor were among the group but were not hurt.
Also Sunday, a militant group claimed to have kidnapped 10 Iraqis working for an American security contractor, threatening to kill them unless the company pulls out of Iraq."