Agreement reached with hostage-takers in N. Ossetia to evacuate the dead

BESLAN. Sept 3 (Interfax-AVN) - North Ossetian presidential spokesman Lev Dzugayev told journalists on Friday that an agreement had been reached to evacuate the bodies of those killed during the hostage crisis in Beslan.

"The agreement was reached during today's contacts with the terrorists," Dzugayev said.

He said the number of those killed is being verified.

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