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T.I. 10:08:29 10:38:34 Chechen gunmen in the southern Russian town of Budennovsk on Saturday (17/6) freed about 200 women and children from among more than 1,000 people they hold hostage in the town’s hospital. Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency said the gunmen still held most of the captives, who included hospital patients, on the upper floors of the building. Russian officials were negotiating with the gunmen during a lull in fighting, following a raid by the security forces on Saturday morning
