...where war has raged for most of the last decade. About an hour earlier, the head of the Federal Security Service, Nikolai Patrushev, said the approximately 50 rebels' lives would be guaranteed for the freedom of all hostages -- including 30 children...

...gunmen were believed to have fled into the Russian capital of 9 million people, but Federal Security Service chief Nikolai Patrushev told President Vladimir Putin hours later that none of the captors escaped. In that meeting, Interior Minister...