YUKOS Probe & Putin	1	PUTIN AND YUKOS: ELECTION-SEASON POLITICS OR BUSINESS AS USUAL?	RFE/RL Russian Political Weekly Gregory Feifer
U.S.-Russian Cooperation	2	RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES: REVIVAL OF PARTNERSHIP. Common threats are bridging the gap between Moscow and Washington again.	Vedomosti Alexandr Shumilin
Russian Oil & United States	3	USA Interested in Russian Oil and Port of Murmansk. The USA welcomes the decision of the Russian government to increase the oil export to America.	pravda.ru
Korean Nuclear Conflict	4	Moscow Warns About Possible Nuclear Conflict on Korean Peninsula	Interfax
Weldon on Jackson-Vanik	5	Making Good on a Promise (re Jackson-Vanik)	Moscow Times Curt Weldon
Russian Nuclear Scientist Retraining	6	Transition program involving Russian scientists imperiled	Oakland Tribune Ian Hoffman
Perle on North Korea, International Security	7	RICHARD PERLE: WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO DEFEND OURSELVES. An interview with former US assistant secretary of defense Richard Perle.	Izvestia
Alternative Military Service	8	Few Russians to sign up for alternative military service	AFP
Alternative Military Service	9	NO ALTERNATIVES. Experts say the law on alternative civilian service will not be popular.	Vedomost Igor Fedyukhin
Military Reform	10	Ex-Defense Minister: Reform will destroy our army	RosBusiness Consulting
Caspian Sea	11	CASPIAN: A SEA OF CO-OPERATION OR AN APPLE OF DISCORD?	RIA Novosti
Iraq, Deaths of Saddam's Sons	12	Russia says death of Saddam's sons no guarantee of Iraq stability	AFP
Iraq & Chechnya	13	Iraq Is Not Like Chechnya	Moscow Times Pavel Felgenhauer
Iraq Lessons	14	Lesson from Iraq: Foreign Policy Must Be Unpopular	Russia in Global Affairs Fyodor Lukyanov
Nuclear Submarines	15	Nuclear Submarines Project Launched in USSR 50 Years Ago. The competition between the USA and the USSR was immense.	pravda.ru

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