RUSSIA: GUNMEN THREATEN TO KILL HOSTAGES

Russian/Nat Gunmen are threatening Thursday to kill some 300 hostages in a hospital in the Russian city of Budyonnovsk unless the Kremlin ends the war in breakaway Chechnya. Dozens were killed and more wounded in street battles when gunmen, believed to be Chechen rebels, attacked Budyonnovsk on Wednesday. Russian troops and police have poured into the city, some 90 miles (150 kilometers) north of Chechnya. In Moscow, the attack has led to stepped-up security and renewed debate about the 6-month