AK-47 rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94
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World's deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47 – Life and News – Truth in Life and Journalism
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AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov has died at 94: Russian official – New York Daily News
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AK-47 assault rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94 – Chico Enterprise-Record
AK-47 rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94
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Bulleted list about Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47
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AK-47 designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94, UK, News
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Kalashnikov's remorseful letter ponders impact of his AK-47 invention.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 in the Soviet Union, has died at age 94. Kalashnikov's 1947 model became one of the most widely recognized and used rifles in history. PICTURED
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AK-47 rifle inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94 - India Today
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Rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94
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Mikhail Kalashnikov obituary: Man behind world's most famous assault rifle dies aged 94, The Independent
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Rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dead at 94