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March 14, 2013 15:14
Police negotiating with Astrakhan hostage-taker
ASTRAKHAN. March 14 (Interfax) - Officers from the Interior Ministry department for the Astrakhan region have started negotiations with a man who has taken hostages at the Volga-Caspian Fishing Industry College, the department told Interfax.
"Negotiations are under way now," it said.
It was reported earlier that a man armed with a pistol had taken three people hostage, including two girls, at the Volga-Caspian Fishing Industry College in the center of Astrakhan.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has given an interview to Interfax ahead of his visit to Russia on May 16-19 in which he speaks about the goals of his visit, pressing tasks that the UN face, the organization‘s reform, as well as topical issues on the international agenda, including situation in Syria and the Middle East settlement.
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