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DJ Over 400 Hostages, Residents Hurt In Russian Siege-Agency

 

BESLAN, Russia (AP)--More than 100 people were killed and 400 others wounded as Russia's hostage crisis came to a chaotic climax Friday, reports said.

 

Some 100 bodies lay on the floor of the school gymnasium where the hostages were held for three days -some apparently killed when the roof collapsed, reports from the Interfax news agency and private U.K. television ITV said.

 

Russian authorities said they were in control of the school, but sporadic gunfire continued to ring out in the area some three hours after the commandos' raid.

 

Part of the building's roof had collapsed - apparently killing many of the hostages and leaving a jagged opening to the sky, Interfax said.

 

More than 400 others, hostages and local residents, were injured in the chaos, reports said. A cameraman for private British television ITV reported catching a glimpse of some 100 bodies inside the gymnasium.

 

A regional health ministry spokesman said there were 376 wounded in hospitals in Beslan and the regional capital Vladikavkaz, including 101 children. A hospital chief said 69 children were admitted to one hospital, five in grave condition, the head of the hospital said.

 

There were conflicting reports of the number of hostages, with officials saying about 350 and people among a small group freed on Wednesday saying there were about 1,500.

 

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. service sectors business accelerated hiring amid

still notable price pressures in August, but the overall rate of growth for the

sector nonetheless slowed markedly compared to July, according to a report

released Friday.

 

The Institute for Supply Management said that its August non-manufacturing

index stood at 58.2, after 64.8 in July and 59.9 in June. The gauge is designed

to capture the activity of service-related businesses, which account for the

bulk of U.S. economic output. Index readings above 50 point to growth in the

sector and seek to describe the breadth of that change, although they don't

capture the size of the change seen by respondents to the poll.

 

The median finding of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected

to see a reading of 62.8 for August.

 

"Many of members' comments regarding business in August indicate continued

positive business conditions but with concern for slowing growth rates and

continued concern about inflationary pressures," the private research group

said in its report. It noted that some respondents noted stabilizing growth

levels, while other saw slowing conditions, and still others fretted about

higher energy prices.

 

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