Russia says two rebels killed in North Caucasus

Police and investigators work at the scene of a car blast in MakhachkalaMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security forces killed two suspected militants in the North Caucasus during a night-time sweep in the region plagued by an Islamist insurgency, investigators said on Tuesday. A spokesman for local investigators said the men were killed in a gunbattle with officers after refusing to surrender during a raid on a house in a suburb of the capital of Ingushetia, a region to the west of Chechnya. The wife and child of one of them left the house before the firefight, he told Reuters by telephone. …

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In Ukraine, no way to avoid a bumpy ride

Cars drive over a pothole along a road near KievBy Olzhas Auyezov KIEV (Reuters) – As the snow and ice began to melt in Ukraine this spring, exposing fresh cracks and potholes in the roads, hundreds of motorists gathered outside a government building carrying unusual burdens. They laid them down like funeral wreaths — torn-off bumpers, crushed shock absorbers and ruptured tires — demanding those inside the building, the state roads agency, carry out urgent road repairs and threatening to sue them for damages. …

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Committee nears final big immigration decisions

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

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