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Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev reported killed

The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service today said that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev has been killed, Russian news agencies reported.

Mon, 10 Jul, 2006

'Honouring the dead with hours of lies'

ONE Russian journalist commenting on the TV coverage said that in the first two days Russians, who relied on television for their news, might have not even have known that hundreds of hostages were being held in Beslan.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2004

Russian security point finger at Basayev

Russian security officials accused Shamil Basayev of planning the seizure of the school with al-Qaida financing, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported today.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Moscow mourns after blast kills 10

DISTRAUGHT Moscow residents laid flowers yesterday outside a subway station where a suicide bomber killed 10 people.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2004

200 children held hostage in school terror attack

Armed men wrapped in suicide-bomb belts seized a school in the Russian region of North Ossetia today and were holding hundreds of hostages, including some 200 children.

Wed, 01 Sep, 2004