TWO HOSTAGE GROUPS REPORTED STILL HELD IN CHECHNYA.

There was still no reliable news today on the whereabouts of 29 Russian workers apparently snatched from the hostel of a Grozny heating plant January 16. In another hostage situation, Russian authorities yesterday claimed to have determined the place of detention of 30 Russian construction workers seized last month in the Achkhoi-Martan district, an area controlled by Chechen resistance forces. Russian security forces are reported to have captured one of several mobile TV studios used by the Chechen resistance. (4)

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