Parliament to Look Into School Hostage Crisis
From Times Wire Reports
President Vladimir V. Putin agreed to a parliamentary investigation of the bloody school hostage siege in southern Russia.
The move appeared intended to deflect criticism after Putin had ruled out a public probe of the standoff in Beslan.
At least 329 hostages died.
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