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Most headlines report the Moscow mayor's declaration of a "terrorist act," while one frames it as a development in the Ukraine-Russia war, omitting the mayor's specific characteriz
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26 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Philadelphia Inquirer · Center-left · News report
WMUR Hearst WLKY32 (Louisville) · Center · News report
New York Post · Center-right · News report
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Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow's mayor has called a bomb attack on a restaurant a "brutal terrorist act" but hasn't specified who is responsible
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a…
The explosion occurred near an upscale Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow's seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinkskaya Square
The blast on Saturday evening at the Balzi Rossi left three dead and at least 21 wounded
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible.
An explosion Saturday at a Moscow restaurant that killed three people and wounded 21 others was a bombing, Russian authorities said.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Russian state media say an improvised explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the bomber.
Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act.
Security officials said a woman tried to enter the restaurant with explosives but was stopped by a security guard.
A blast near the centre of Moscow has killed at least three people and injured 21 others. It happened at around 8pm local time, when a homemade explosive device detonated as a woman tried t...
A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, the authorities said.
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