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/ 7 September 2004
Tens of thousands of Russians massed outside the Kremlin on Tuesday to express their anger at terror after the Beslan school hostage tragedy, as families pressed on with an agonising search for loved ones still missing. The Interfax agency cited official police figures as saying 130 000 people turned out for the rally.
The crashes of two jetliners minutes apart raised fresh questions on Wednesday about aviation security in Russia, but though experts admit shortcomings they said the industry is far safer than it was a decade ago. A civil aviation analyst said the planes that went down were safe and their pilots well-trained.
Alert after double jet crash