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Beslan mothers continue vigil outside school, FM releases international petition

(1 Sep 2005) SHOTLIST Beslan 1. Wide shot people outside school 2. Mid sports hall where hostages were held 3. Set up shot Ella Kisayeva talking to media 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ella Kisayeva, Beslan mother "Even if one of us flees this country it''s only to fight for fairness. We can''t achieve fairness here. It''s not possible when the leader of the country is the most guilty one in the tragedy of Beslan." 5. Wide shot set up Beslan mothers by the school building 6. Mid shot mothers by school 7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alma, Beslan mother "Where else can we go? Anyway, we spend all the time at the cemetery. Now we know they (the children) were here and so we want be here with them." 8. Wide shot woman and girl grieving by grave 9. Mid shot woman and girl grieving 10. Close-up tomb 11. Wide shot cemetery Moscow 12. Tilt down on exterior of Russian Foreign Ministry 13. Mid shot Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shaking hands with Beslan representatives 14. Cutaway journalists 15. Mid shot Lavrov meeting Beslan representatives 16. Mid shot boxes with Beslan Appeal petitions, pan to Lavrov and Beslan representatives STORYLINE: The mothers of the victims of Beslan have been continuing their vigil outside the gutted school gymnasium on the first anniversary of the hostage tragedy that claimed 331 lives - more than half of them children. Policemen lined the streets of the small town in the southern Russian region of North Ossetia, and mourners had to go through metal detectors to reach the school yard on Thursday. A year ago inside the gymnasium of Beslan''s School No. 1 more than 1,100 hostages were forced to sit amid bombs rigged around the hall, enduring thirst, hunger and terror. A large red banner decorated with white doves and the names of children around the world hung on the walls of the school, and the gaping holes left by the windows were stuffed with bouquets of flowers. Many victims'' relatives have accused the government of mounting a cover-up, while critics have sharply questioned how more than 30 heavily armed attackers could have made their way to the school undetected. One of the mothers, Ella Kisayeva, yelled in frustration to reporters: "We can''t achieve fairness here. It''s not possible when the leader of the country is the most guilty one in the tragedy of Beslan." Many of the mourners went from the school to the nearby cemetery, where the rows of grave markers carrying children''s names, dates and pictures testify to the town''s loss. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Ossetian representatives in Moscow on Thursday to give hand over subscription lists to the "Beslan Appeal". The appeal against the events of September 2004 has been signed by 720,000 people in 112 countries around the world. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...