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BESLAN, Russia — Cam
ouflage-clad commandos car
ried crying babies away from a
school where gunmen holding
hundreds of hostages freed at
least 26 women and children
Thursday during a second day of
high drama that kept crowds of
distraught relatives on edge.
Men and women wept with
disappointment or hugged each
other with relief as a man read
the names of the freed hostages
over a loudspeaker. Some of the
toddlers released were naked, ap
parently because of the stifling
heat in the school, where the
hostage-takers refused to allow
authorities to deliver water, food
and medicine for the captives.
Tensions had risen earlier when
the militants fired grenades at two
cars near the compound ringed by
security forces, and hours later
two blasts interrupted a nervous
calm during the night. A police
man was reported injured by one
of the explosions alter midnight.
President Vladimir Putin
said everything possible would
be done to end the “horrible”
crisis and save the lives of the
children and adults being held
at School No. 1 in Beslan, a
town in the southern region of
North Ossetia.
But it was uncertain how
much either side was willing
to give to avoid further blood
shed in the siege — the latest
incident in a series of violent
attacks believed linked to Rus
sia’s war in Chechnya. A dozen
people were reported killed by
the attackers when the school
was captured Wednesday, but
one official said Thursday that
16 died.
Reports after the standoff be
gan Wednesday said the attackers
demanded the release of people
jailed after attacks on police posts
in June that killed more than 90
people in Ingushetia, a region be
tween North Ossetia and Chech
nya. But officials said Thursday
that the hostage-takers had not
clearly formulated their demands.
Late Thursday, Lev Dzugayev. a
North Ossetia official, said his pre
vious statement that 354 hostages
were seized Wednesday might
have been too low, and many in
the anxious crowds said the num
ber was much higher. “Putin: at
least 800 people are being held
hostage,” read a sign held up for
television cameras.
Relatives, friends and neigh
bors crowded outside barri
cades blocking access to the
school gasped when iru
release was announced
gayev, an aide to the preside:
of North Ossetia.
Dzugayev and other ofticiii
said 26 women and childrenc
various ages were released, k
Russian media reported that®;
woman went back to be with he
still captive children. An officu
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another group of five hosta:
was let go separately.
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women and at least three infair,
being led away by soldiers.
Dzugayev called the releas
“the first success” of negotia
tions and said they came aftr
mediation, including inside tk
school, by Ruslan Aushev.afor
mer president of the Ingusheti;
republic who is a respected fit
urc in the northern Caucasus.
Stocks soar despite mixed data
By Meg Richards
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Stocks strode higher in a latc-ses-
sion buying surge Thursday, as oil prices stepped back
from their highs and investors shrugged off mixed eco
nomic data, focusing with renewed optimism on the
government’s upcoming jobs report. The Dow Jones
industrial average jumped more than 120 points.
The markets grew increasingly more upbeat Thurs
day as rumors swirled among traders that President
Bush would allude to bullish job growth numbers in
his speech on the final night of the convention. Still,
analysts were puzzled by the strength of the rally.
“Could it just be that there’s no one in, volume is
low, and there’s nothing new negative?” said Janna
Sampson, director of Portfolio Management at Oak-
brook Investments. “People might be thinking, ‘You
know, 1 want to be in for September, I want to do it
today, and I’m taking a four-day weekend.”’
According to final results, the Dow t soared
121.82, or 1.2 percent, to 10,290.28, its highest
point in seven weeks.
The broader gauges also rose sharply. The Nas
daq composite index added 23.02, or 1.2 percent, to
1,873.43. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained
12.40, or 1.1 percent, to 1,118.31.
In economic news, worker productivity rose a
disappointing 2.5 percent in the spring, the smallest
gain since late 2002. The reading by the Labor De
partment, which measures the amount an employee
produces for every hour on the job, missed econo
mists’ estimates for a rise of 2.8 percent, and was
down sharply from the 3.7 percent pace posted in the
first quarter.
Market watch
Dow Jones
+ 121.82
industrials
10,290 28
Nasdaq
+ 23.02
composite
1.873.43
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+ 12.40
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1.118 31
Russell
+ 7.32
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Volume:
1.399,117,478
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1 iQQ4 New lows
Unchanged:
440 33
Volume:
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