Israel presented Russian authorities with the names of eight Jews believed to have been kidnapped by Chechen gangs, Interior Minister Natan Sharansky said. The move followed the return to Israel of Adi Sharon, a 12-year-old boy held for 10 months before a Russian anti-terror unit rescued him.
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