Wednesday, 01 September 2004

RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO EVENTS IN N. OSSETIA

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Russian border guards have temporarily stopped letting people across the Russian-Georgian border after people were taken hostage in a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, a source in the North Caucasus department of the Russian FSB\'s border service\'s press service told Interfax. \"The procession of documents of people who want to cross the Russian-Georgian border one way or the other has been halted until further notice,\" the source said, noting that this is related to the events in North Ossetia. (Interfax).
Russian border guards have temporarily stopped letting people across the Russian-Georgian border after people were taken hostage in a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, a source in the North Caucasus department of the Russian FSB\'s border service\'s press service told Interfax. \"The procession of documents of people who want to cross the Russian-Georgian border one way or the other has been halted until further notice,\" the source said, noting that this is related to the events in North Ossetia. (Interfax)
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