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Bear and cub breach security at Russian nuclear site
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (AFP) Aug 19, 2003
 A female bear and her cub caused a major security breach after they walked into a top-secret nuclear research site in southern Russia on Tuesday, local officials said.

The bears were chased away from the compound at Sarov -- where the first Russian nuclear bomb was built -- and made it back safely to a nearby forest, according to officials quoted by the Itar-Tass agency.

The centre had previously been "visited" by a number of animals, including elk.

Russian environmentalists have frequently decried what they see as poor security at Russian nuclear sites.

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