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Report: Rebel Leader in East Ukraine Killed in Blast

by Reuters

   MOSCOW --

   The leader of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk
   region, Alexander Zakharchenko, is believed to have been killed in an
   explosion in a cafe in the region's capital, Interfax news agency cited
   a source in the separatist administration as saying Friday.