CAIRO - The Oct. 31 crash of a Russian passenger jet that killed all 224 on board was caused by a homemade bomb apparently smuggled onto the aircraft at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort, Russian security officials said Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir V. Putin vowed to track down and punish those behind the disaster "wherever they are on the planet." Intensified Russian airstrikes Tuesday hit the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria that also is being pounded by the French...
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