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SNIPPET: "Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics security will be beefed up following Boston Marathon explosions, officials say Russian sports officials said they will beef up security at forthcoming sports events and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the wake of deadly explosions at Boston's marathon that killed three people, and injured over 140 others." "Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics security will be beefed up following Boston Marathon explosions, officials say" SNIPPET: "The World Athletics Championship takes place in Moscow on Aug 10-18, and the event is seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort...

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish official says a passenger claiming there was a bomb on board tried to divert an Istanbul-bound plane to Sochi, Russia, where the Olympics are kicking off.

MOSCOW. Sept 14 (Interfax) - Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Bank Andrei Kozlov died in hospital at 5.30 a.m. Moscow time (0130 hours GMT), following the attempted attack on Wednesday night, a medical source told Interfax. "Kozlov died without coming to," the source said. A medical source told Interfax earlier that Kozlov had heavily been wounded in the head, and had sustained less sever wounds in the chest and the stomach. The banker was operated on, with the operation completed at about 5 a.m. Moscow time (0100 hours GMT). The source also noted that Kozlov had been taken...