BESLAN, Russia -- The city of Beslan in Russia's North Caucasus region of North Ossetia is marking the 20th anniversary of one of the worst terror attacks in Russian ...

Chechen terrorists crossed a new line over the weekend, when a hostage-taking at a school in Beslan, in southern Russia, ended in the loss of some 500 lives--nearly half of them young children. The ...

Terrorist attacks, including the terrorist attack at the Beslan school in 2004, are a nationwide pain, and they should not be ...

More than 1,000 people were held hostage for some 50 hours during the siege - Copyright AFP YURI TUTOV More than 1,000 people were held hostage for some 50 hours ...

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- The Beslan school siege trial ended Friday much as it began, with grief-crazed mothers venting their anger at the sole known surviving attacker and at a government they say lied ...

Sept. 1 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1715, France's King Louis XIV died after ruling the country for 72 years, the longest reign for a French monarch. In 1807, Aaron Burr, vice president of the ...

BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Mourners lit candles and placed icons on Sunday beneath photographs of the schoolchildren, teachers and parents who died 20 years ago when Islamist gunmen staged the ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Beslan school siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at ...

(Releads, adds quotes, background) BESLAN, Russia, May 29 (Reuters) - Women who lost relatives in Russia's Beslan school siege ransacked a courtroom on Tuesday as the judge granted an amnesty to three ...

BESLAN, Russia, Oct. 13, 2004 -- -- In the Russian Orthodox religion, people believe that when a person dies, the soul lingers near the body for 40 days before it is finally released. Today marks the ...

Sept. 1 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1715, France's King Louis XIV died after ruling the country for 72 years, the longest reign for a French monarch. In 1807, Aaron Burr, vice president of the ...