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Russians Bury Dead from Hostage Crisis

In Beslan, Russia, funerals began Sunday for the more than 330 people killed in a confrontation between Chechen separatists and Russian forces. Many of the dead were children held hostage before Friday's bloody end to the siege. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

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