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Special forces shoot four men

ALMATY: Kazakhstan's special forces have killed four members of a criminal group accused of attacks on police in the main oil-producing Atyrau region, prosecutors said.

The oil-rich, mainly Muslim nation has been proud of its stability. But this year bomb blasts and skirmishes have become almost weekly phenomena.

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