[Third Issue of the Day]
1. AP: Russian Delegation Opens Talks in D.C. 2. Interfax: Top MP says Russia should drop Cold War treaties. (Rogozin) 3. BBC Monitoring: USA, Russia should work together on anti-missile defence - congressman. (Weldon) 4. AFP: Putin's quickfire Paris excursion testifies to closer ties. 5. The Independent (UK): Patrick Cockburn, Russia invented ambush by Chechens to hide friendly-fire massacre. 6. Moscow Times editorial: TV6 Case Sets a Bad Example. 7. Itar-Tass: Anti-tobacco law comes into force in Russia. 8. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: GAZPROM - SHEREMET, SIBUR - GOLDOVSKY, SURGUTNEFTEGAZ-BOGDANOV...A NEW PHASE OF REDISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS BEGINS IN RUSSIA. 9. Moskovsky Komsomolets: A LABORATORY OF RUMORS. Forecasts on year 2002 by Russian political observers. 10. Washington Post: Peter Baker, U.S.-Russia Ties Suffer A Renewal Of Tension. Sides Trade Barbs On Human Rights, War in Chechnya. 11. Reuters: Ukrainian 2001 GDP grows record nine pct. 12. Reuters: US rescues Russian politician stuck at South Pole. 13. NTV news summary. 14. Izvestia: THE UNITED STATES AGAIN DIVIDES TERRORISTS INTO GOOD AND BAD ONES. 15. Reuters: Zhirinovsky cleans up his act, loves America. 16. pravda.ru: SERGEY SHARGUNOV: NEVER DESPAIR! MY STORY IS ABOUT A DIFFERENT HERO. (literary context) 17. UPI: Bin Laden charge triggers Prague denials. (re Falkon Capital) 18. Reuters: Gap between good and bad Russian firms widens.
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