Place: North Ossetian

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Death toll from North Ossetia blast hits 12

The death toll from yesterday's bus stop bomb blast in the troubled North Caucasus has reached 12, with President Dmitry Medvedev saying today the attack showed that terrorism remained a threat for Russia.

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Fears of revenge as Beslan ends 40 days of mourning

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Caucasus braced for school siege revenge

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Warlord Basayev 'directed school attack': Russian minister

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Putin performs U-turn over siege public inquiry

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Mourning Russians protest against terrorism

Russians rally against terror

Waving flags and banners, tens of thousands of Russians demonstrated against terrorism today, massing outside the Kremlin in response to government calls for solidarity after a series of deadly attacks that have killed more than 400 people.

Tue, 07 Sep, 2004

Russia mourns victims of school massacre

Two days of national mourning in Russia begin today to commemorate more than 350 children and adults who died in the bloody school siege.

Mon, 06 Sep, 2004

‘They killed children here’

THE evening light fades from the charred shell of the gymnasium at School Number 1, and Vitaly throws his hands out wide and spits out a string of profanities.

Mon, 06 Sep, 2004

Shaken Putin vows all out war on terror

The first funerals for the victims of the Russian school siege will be held today as a shaken President Vladimir Putin vowed an “all-out war” against terrorism.

Sun, 05 Sep, 2004

More than 100 feared dead as commandos end school siege

More than 100 bodies were reported to be lying in the burned-out gym of the Russian school where an armed siege ended in its third day after commandos stormed the building.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Children die as Russian commandos end school siege

Commandos stormed the Russian siege school today as near-naked children fled the building amid explosions and gunfire.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Interfax: 'Five children killed in school'

Interfax news agency has reported that five children were killed in a siege at a school in the North Ossetian city of Beslan.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Russia: 250 hostages reported wounded, 180 of them children

Emergency officials said 250 hostages were wounded in the Russian hostage crisis, including 180 children.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Near-naked children flee as forces move to end school siege

Dozens of near-naked children fled the Russian siege school amid explosions and gunfire today and special forces stormed in to end the stand-off.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Hostage-takers demand independence for Chechnya

Hostage-takers in Russia have demanded independence for Chechnya, a local news source has reported.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

'At least 1,500 held in Russian school siege'

A hostage released from a provincial Russian school said there are at least 1,500 people being held there by armed militants, the Izvestia newspaper reported today, and a local legislator announced a similar figure challenging far-lower official numbers.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Putin in crisis talks over school hostage crisis

Suicide attackers seized a packed school in Russia’s troubled Caucuses region today and threatened to kill 50 children for every gunman “destroyed".

Wed, 01 Sep, 2004

46 killed in mass rebel attacks in Russian region

Heavily-armed militants launched near-simultaneous overnight attacks against police headquarters, border guard stations and other government offices in Ingushetia, a Russian region bordering warring Chechnya, killing 46 people including three high-ranking regional officials.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2004