Putin OKs Probe of Deadly School Siege
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President Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to a parliamentary investigation of the bloody school hostage siege in southern Russia, less than a week after he reportedly dismissed the idea by saying it might turn into "a political show."
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Russia will launch a second  parliamentary inquiry into the Beslan school hostage massacre,  Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Thursday, marking a further  climbdown by authorities who initially ruled out a probe.
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The Russian Government&#39;s investigation into the Beslan school massacre has started with officials travelling to the North Ossetian town.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  on Saturday demanded a drastic shakeup of security forces'  tactics against terror after the seizure of a school by Chechen  militants ended in chaos and bloodshed.
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SOCHI, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  said Tuesday investigators were probing a possible link between  al Qaeda and Chechen rebels widely believed to have downed two  Russian passenger planes a week ago.
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President Vladimir Putin said on  Saturday Russia could not forget the &quot;children who would never  go to school again,&quot; recalling hundreds killed when troops  stormed a school seized by Chechen rebels three years ago.
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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Russia will revamp its security forces  and seek international cooperation to hunt militants in the  wake of a school siege which killed more than 300 people nine  days ago, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Sunday.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  rejected any dialogue with Chechen separatists, blamed for at  least 335 deaths in the school hostage siege, as hundreds of  thousands joined rallies against terrorism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin closes the borders of North Ossetia in an attempt to catch fugitives from a bloody school siege.
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The government of Russian president Vladimir Putin has seized on the events around the armed takeover of a school in Beslan, a town in the southern republic of Ossetia, to broaden its âantiterrorism
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MOSCOW - Responding to a series of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday moved to significantly strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power, with new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.    Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake and urged the creation of a central, powerful anti-terror agency...
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After the Beslan school slaughter, the Kremlin's handling of the siege comes under fire. Putin backs an inquiry and promises to crack down on the terrorists. What went wrong -- and what's coming next
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President Vladimir Putin has ordered sweeping changes to Russia&#39;s political system to help combat terrorism, but immediately has drawn charges he is exploiting a bloody school siege to boost his personal power.
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Russia's parliament sets up a commission to investigate the attack on a school in Beslan two weeks ago.
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BESLAN, Russia  - President Vladimir Putin vowed  Thursday to do all he could to save hundreds of children,  parents and teachers held under threat of death by gunmen for a  second day at a Russian school near rebel Chechnya.
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MOSCOW Sept. 10, 2004 - Apparently bending to widespread public pressure, President Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to a parliamentary inquiry into the bloody standoff at a southern Russian school, after having previously said none was necessary.