Zarina Kastuyeva, who survived a hostage-taking that left hundreds dead at her school, speaks with psychotherapist Yuri Marusov in a hospital in the town of Beslan, September 6, 2004. Flags flew at half-mast across Russia on Monday at the start of national mourning for 338 people killed when Chechen rebels seized a school, while questions mounted over President Vladimir Putin's policies. REUTERS/S.Dal PP04090021 GD/ACM