New crisis for Putin as terror gang takes hostages at school

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Series Details 2.9.04
Publication Date 02/09/2004
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130 children and their parents were taken hostage in a school in Beslan in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia on 1 September 2004 by fighters demanding withdrawal of troops from Chechnya and the release of suspected rebels from prison.

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BBC News: Talks begin in school siege drama, 2.9.04 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3619610.stm

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