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August 25, 2003 3 Bombs in Russian City Kill at Least 3 By STEVEN LEE MYERS MOSCOW, Aug. 25 — Three bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in a regional capital in southern Russia early today, killing at least 3 and wounding 17, some of them seriously, officials said. The coordination of the explosions in Krasnodar, not far from the Black Sea, prompted senior officials to attribute the bombings to a summer-long wave of terrorist acts stemming from the war in Chechnya. Seven suicide bombings and one botched attempt attributed to Chechen militants have killed more than 165 people in Russia since...