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Beslan, Russia
Beslan is a town located in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania of Russia and is the administrative center of the Pravoberezhny District. The population in 2002 was about 33,600, making Beslan the third largest town in North Ossetia behind Vladikavkaz and Mozdok. The town is located about 10 miles (15 km) north of Vladikavkaz, at 43°12' N, 44°34' E.
Beslan is an important railway junction, situated on the main line between Rostov-on-Don and Baku, and is the starting point of a branch line to Vladikavkaz. It is an industrial-agricultural town dominated by a large corn processing plant established in the 1940s.
The town was founded in 1847 by migrants from elsewhere in Ossetia and was named Beslanykau ("the settlement of Beslan") after a local lord, Beslan Tulatov. In official use, though, the town was known after Tulatov's surname as Tulatovo or Tulatovskoye. It was renamed Iriston (Ossetia) in 1941 and in 1950, when the rapidly industrialising town was unified into a single municipality, it was renamed as Beslan.
On September 1, 2004, Beslan's Middle School Number One was seized by armed militants. The siege ended on September 3 with a bloody shootout between the terrorists and Russian security forces. See Beslan hostage crisis for more details.
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 31, 2018
In late December, two nominally pro-Khajimba lawmakers, Ilya Gunia and Dmitry Ardzinba, called for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Beslan Bartsits on the grounds that the 2018 draft budget submitted by the government to parliament prioritized financing the government bureaucracy over ...
Billionaire.com
January 31, 2018
She set up the Naked Heart Foundation in 2004, prompted by the horrors of the Beslan school siege, where 186 children died after Chechen militants had taken hostages. Vodianova saw play as a route to healing some of the wounds of the children involved. Since that time, the charity has been able to ...
Deadline
January 18, 2018
Since joining CNN in 2001, Chance has interviewed both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, and reported on major stories such as the Beslan school siege and the conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia. Elsewhere, he has also reported extensively from across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Subscribe ...
MLive.com
January 10, 2018
Belgian theater company BRONKS, will perform "Us/Them" during the first No Safety Net festival in Ann Arbor. Hosted by University Musical Society, No Safety Net will examine a different topic related to contemporary social issues. "Us/Them," is a play based on the hostage drama in a school in Beslan in ...
BBC News
September 20, 2017
Russia says it will comply with a ruling requiring it to pay €2.9m (£2.6m; $3.5m) in damages over the 2004 Beslan school siege. About 330 people, including 186 children, died after Chechen rebels took more than 1,000 hostages. In April the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia used ...
Sputnik International
September 1, 2017
BESLAN (Russia) (Sputnik) — Friday marks 13 years since the Beslan school siege, in which Islamic extremists captured more than 1,100 people, most of them children. The terror attack led to more than 330 deaths. "This year, no violations of public order occurred at the commemoration ceremony, as of ...
Sputnik International
September 1, 2017
The casualties included 10 FSB-led Alpha and Vympel unit troops, two Emergencies Ministry employees and one Beslan resident who took part in the rescue operation. Most of the special forces troops that died did so while trying to protect children with their bodies. In total, as many as 810 hostages and ...
Sputnik International
July 13, 2017
"The Russian representative at the European Court of Human Rights challenged the ECHR ruling in the case 'Tagayeva and Others Vs Russia' concerning the circumstances of the attack of armed terrorists on School Number 1 in the city of Beslan in North Ossetia on September 1, 2004," the ministerial ...
New York Times
April 13, 2017
The school siege, in the town of Beslan in North Ossetia, a part of the North Caucasus region in Russia, began around 9 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2004 — the first day of school — when more than 30 militants stormed School No. 1, taking more than 1,100 hostages, including more than 770 children. The militants ...
The Indian Express
November 26, 2017
The al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, the massacre of schoolchildren in Beslan, the carnage at the al-Rawdah mosque in Egypt, and ...
Bloody Elbow
November 23, 2017
This foray onto German soil includes welterweight Beslan Isaev (36-9) taking on Strikeforce, UFC, & Bellator veteran Nah-Shon Burrell (15-7).
Judo Inside
November 17, 2017
Olympic Champion Beslan Mudranov of Russia is the most remarkable name in the field, he makes his comeback, the Olympics were his last ...
Liberty Nation (blog)
November 1, 2017
On September 1, 2004, a school in Beslan, in the Russian republic of North Ossetia was overrun by Chechen rebels. The Chechens held more ...
Telecompaper
October 6, 2017
Russian national operator Rostelecom has expanded the coverage of its GPON in the town of Beslan in the Republic of Northern Ossetia.
KTVQ Billings News
October 4, 2017
September 1-5, 2004 - Armed attackers storm a school in Beslan, in southern Russia, and take at least 1,200 people hostage, including ...
Eurasia Times
September 22, 2017
A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights criticising the Russian response to the Beslan siege which left hundreds dead would not be ...
Transitions Online
September 21, 2017
The siege of a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan began on the opening day of the school year, 1 September 2004, setting off one of ...
BBC News
September 20, 2017
Russia says it will comply with a ruling requiring it to pay €2.9m (£2.6m; $3.5m) in damages over the 2004 Beslan school siege. About 330 ...
Telegraaf.nl
September 19, 2017
MOSKOU - Rusland lijkt zich neer te leggen bij een uitspraak van het Europese Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens (EHRM) over het ...
TASS
September 19, 2017
PARIS, September 19. /TASS/. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled not to revise its ruling on the Beslan hostage crisis case. According to a ...
Sputnik International
September 1, 2017
Over 1,500 people have payed homage to the victims of the 2004 school siege in Beslan in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia, ...
Sputnik International
September 1, 2017
Friday marks 13 years since the Beslan school siege, in which Islamic extremists captured more than 1,100 people, most of them children, ...
New York Times
April 13, 2017
European Court Faults Russia's Handling of 2004 Beslan School Siege ... The school siege, in the town of Beslan in North Ossetia, a part of the ...
The Guardian
January 28, 2017
In one of the most surprising productions of the year, Carly Wijs has written and directed a show about the Beslan school siege. It was created ...
TASS
December 31, 1999
/TASS/. The North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia will focus on attracting tourists from China, the head of the local tourism committee, Beslan ...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
December 31, 1999
The Beslan Mothers Committee is outraged by attempts to link the assasins' gang leader Aslan Gagiev (Dzhako) to the Beslan topic, Sputnik ...
Open Democracy
September 8, 2017
The decision was linked to the war on terror in general and Beslan terrorist attack in particular, although to this day no one has explained ...
Sputnik Italia
September 1, 2017
Beslan e l'Europa sono vittime dello stesso terrorismo." — spiega Ennio Bordato, presidente dell'Associazione "Aiutateci a Salvare i Bambini ...
Sputnik International
September 1, 2017
Over 1,500 people have payed homage to the victims of the 2004 school siege in Beslan in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia, ...
Sputnik International
September 1, 2017
Friday marks 13 years since the Beslan school siege, in which Islamic extremists captured more than 1,100 people, most of them children, ...
Judo Inside
August 7, 2017
One of the major missing athletes will be Olympic Champion Beslan Mudranov of Russia, who didn't make any international contests since his ...
CNBC
July 31, 2017
After the Beslan school siege in 2004 when 186 children died, Vodianova felt she had to do something to help and set up the Naked Heart ...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
July 18, 2017
Another of his brothers, Beslan Khuchiev, headed the Urban Management Committee and on this basis, as Elbiyv said, constantly interfered in ...
Sputnik International
July 13, 2017
Russia informed the ECHR about its position on the circumstances and stages of the rescue operation in Beslan, during which the law ...
BBC News
April 13, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia failed to protect the hostages of the Beslan school siege in which about 330 people ...
BBC News
April 5, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia used disproportionate force to end the 2004 Beslan school siege. More than 300 ...
The Guardian
January 28, 2017
In one of the most surprising productions of the year, Carly Wijs has written and directed a show about the Beslan school siege. It was created ...
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
Over 50 people have payed homage to the victims of the 2004 terror attack on a school in Russia's city of Beslan during a commemoration ...
Leccenews24
March 17, 2017
Lecce. Il grido di battaglia si leva dal Collettivo Terra Rossa, protagonista di importanti conflitti con l'amministrazione uscente soltanto un anno fa. La questione dell'occupazione abusiva dell'ex asilo nido "Angeli di Beslan", frutto agli attivisti ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
March 17, 2017
In September 2016, at the 14th anniversary of the Beslan massacre, five women wearing T-shirts blaming Putin for the death of the hostages were detained and arrested during the ceremony.
Times of India
March 11, 2017
This is how Russia deals with their enemies, and things quieted down tremendously after their Beslan attack. Let us hope that we too do the same, and do not believe in claptrap like negotiations, diplomacy, cultural exchanges, cricket, and train rides ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 11, 2017
That group in effect functions as an alternative cabinet, according to former Prime Minister Beslan Butba, who stepped down in March 2015 because its members routinely ignored him.
M Magazine
March 9, 2017
Recent factual series include Britain's Biggest Adventures With Bear Grylls (ITV), The Force (ITV) while she's also worked on music for Children of Beslan, 9/11 - The Day That Changed The World, and The Day That Kennedy Died. Nainita is a current BAFTA ...
M Magazine
March 9, 2017
Recent factual series include Britain's Biggest Adventures With Bear Grylls (ITV), The Force (ITV) while she's also worked on music for Children of Beslan, 9/11 - The Day That Changed The World, and The Day That Kennedy Died. Nainita is a current BAFTA ...
Glamour
March 7, 2017
Soms heeft een modepersbericht dat mijn mailbox bereikt net iets langer mijn aandacht dan normaal. Inmiddels weet ik dat dit vaak het geval is wanneer er een printje in het spel is. Vanochtend was het raak bij de schoenencollectie van topmodel Natalia ...
Mission Network News
March 6, 2017
Russia (MNN) - It's been almost thirteen years since the Beslan School terror attack in Russia that took over 330 lives, mostly children.
Bloody Elbow
March 2, 2017
According to Paraszczuk, judoka Beslan Mudranov (an ethnic Kabardian from Kabardino-Balkaria) and freestyle wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev (an ethnic Avar from Dagestan) are primary examples of this homogenization process.
New Europe
February 26, 2017
Terrorist attacks have struck Moscow, Beslan, Ankara, Istanbul, Paris, Nice, Munich, Brussels, London, Boston, New York, Washington, and other cities - and those responsible for carrying them out are determined to strike again.
The Australian
February 26, 2017
... talks about "Zionists [having] tentacles everywhere", has openly broken UN sanctions to fund Hamas, and wrote that the mastermind of the Beslan school massacre in which up to 385 people died, including 186 children, was a martyr whose death ...
The New York Review of Books
February 26, 2017
In 2004, after the Beslan massacre, in which terrorists occupied a school and killed a large number of parents and children during a violent confrontation with Russian forces, Putin abolished the position of elected regional governors.
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