Tragedy puts Kremlin in spotlight
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The BBC's Humphrey Hawksley gauges the mood in the Russian capital, after the tragic end to the Beslan school siege.
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MOSCOW -- As Russia&#39;s summer of terror reached a bloody climax Friday, it might be easy to forget that a long and agonizing conflict is behind the headline-grabbing horrors that have included exploding airliners, suicide bombs in crowded subway stations
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russia on Monday mourned the  deaths of hundreds of children and adults in its worst hostage  drama as criticism mounted over the way President Vladimir  Putin and his security forces handled the crisis.
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Russia is observing a day of mourning for the 89 people killed in two plane crashes that occurred within minutes of one another late on 24 August.
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Two years after a bloody hostage siege at a Moscow theater, survivors and victims' relatives on Tuesday commemorated the tragedy &#151; a precursor to the string of terrorist attacks blamed on Chechen rebels that have sent Russia reeling in recent months.
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President Vladimir V. Putin's plan to concentrate more power in the Kremlin has inflamed popular discontent.
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The Russian president's announcement came as questions multiplied about the events in which more than 300 people died in Beslan.
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Â· Kremlin sets up 'open' media information centre Â· Outgoing president tackles Russia's tarnished image
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Tragic, despicable, inhumane, cowardly,  barbaric, evil, and astonishing -- the deaths of a hundred or  more people including children in a siege in Russia sparked  strong words for the hostage-takers from world leaders.
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His government had just suffered one of Russia&#39;s worst terrorist attacks, apparently stemming from a war he has neither won nor ended.
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MOSCOW (CP) - As Russia's summer of terror reached a bloody climax Friday, it might be easy to forget that a long and agonizing conflict is behind the headline-grabbing horrors that have included exploding airliners, suicide bombs in crowded subway stations and hundreds of schoolchildren taken hostage.
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Russia is observing an official day of mourning for the 89 people who died in the near-simultaneous crashes of two passenger jets.
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Shifting alliances raise tension with Moscow.
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British newspapers have turned the spotlight on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the radiation poisoning death in London of one of his fiercest critics.
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Their watercolors have focused wide attention on a vulnerable population in the booming Russian capital.
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More controversy brews over Russia's handling of the hostage crisis in Beslan
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.