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A visit by Secretary of State John Kerry was seen as an olive branch and an acknowledgment that Russia is too important to ignore. - News Analysis: A Diplomatic Victory, and Affirmation, for Putin by DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

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A visit by Secretary of State John Kerry was seen as an olive branch and an acknowledgment that Russia is too important to ignore.  - News Analysis: A Diplomatic Victory, and Affirmation, for Putin   by DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Bosnia Arrests 12 Linked to Islamic State by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) Friday May 15 th , 2015  at  7:42 PM Voice Of America 1 Share Authorities in Bosnia have  leveled terror charges against  12 people suspected of fighting for the Islamic State militant group.  A statement Friday from the prosecutor’s office said that suspects had done stints  in Syria and  Iraq in 2013 and 2014. Arrests  followed raids across the country over the past eight months, during which bombs, weapons, ammunition, and military equipment  were  seized. Government authorities in Bosnia estimate at least 150 Bosnians have left the country to fight for the Islamic State in the Middle  East, with fifty others believed to have returned to Bosnia.