Russia - Cossacks Request Weapons As Coffins Pile

T/I: 11:23:05 Leaders of the Cossack community in and around the southern Russian town of Budennovsk on Friday (16/6) asked the Russian government to provide weapons for the defence of their territory against possible terrorism. They met in Pyatigorsk, near Budennovsk where Chechen rebels were holding more than 1,000 hostages after storming the town on Wednesday. In Budennovsk, the first funerals were held for victims of the gunmen. Coffin makers were working around the clock amid concern that elite