[Second Issue of the Day]

JRL #6041:

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1. AFP: Russian women locked in a "cycle of violence": Amnesty.
2. Los Angeles Times: John Daniszewski, Harrowing 911 Calls Point to a Pitiless Moscow. Transcript reveals a desperate young man, trapped in a truck
pulverizing trash, pleading for help but meeting skepticism.
3. Baltimore Sun: Douglas Birch, Soviet spirit, but with cash. Success: Russian oil giant Lukoil blends capitalism with job security and benefits evoking an earlier generation.
4. Reuters: Azerbaijan leader sees Caspian accord.
5. The Russia Journal: Andrei Piontkovsky, 10 miles of Iron Silk Road.
6. Sky News (UK): Geoff Meade, The Trouble With Russia... (re roads and traffic)
7. The Economist (UK): Russia's media. Blank screens. Russia's last independent television station has folded under state pressure.
8. pravda.ru: ANATOLY LUKYANOV: PUTIN FOLLOWS THE LINES OF GORBACHEV AND YELTSIN.
9. AFP: Russian bid to join WTO held up over farm subsidies.
10. AP: Euro Is Catching On in Russia.
11. Los Angeles Times editorial: Disarmament's Glacial Pace.
12. RFE/RL: Franceca Mereu, Military Experts Differ On Significance Of U.S. Military Spending Increase.

 
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