1.	AFP	NATO chief offers Russia new post-Cold War partnership
2.	Interfax	Russia not interested in NATO membership, says Putin
3.	Interfax	Putin hopeful of "long-term partnership" between Russia and USA
4.	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer	Taliban Won't Be Pushover
5.	Moscow Times Megan Twohey	Russia, U.S. Look For Place In Kabul
6.	RFE/RL Francesca Mereu	Russia: Forum Aims To Foster Conditions For Civic Society
7.	Christian Science Monitor Daniel Schorr	Dust off those reports on nuclear threats
8.	UPI	Putin OK's plan to cancel conscription
9.	BBC Monitoring	Russia's Putin reportedly approves plan to abolish military draft by 2010
10.	Moskovsky Komsomolets Viktor Sokirko	IN CAMOUFLAGE. Putin loves the army, but his love brings few benefits.
11.	Asia Times Sergei Blagov	Post-Soviet groupings eye Central Asian security
12.	Ekspert Yevgeny Verlin	SMILES DO NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS. Washington still has to show it can take Russia's interests into account.