Nukes, Breslauer, Badkhen/ AIDS, Terrorism Cooperation, Wage Arrears, Alternative Service, Police for Hire, Koba the Dread, Russian Tea Room, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Gray/ How Marx Turned Muslim

July 28, 2002: #6374

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1. Boston Globe: Thomas Oliphant, Russian arms at risk from terrorists. US should help Russia dismantle its weapons.
2. George Breslauer: A reply to D'Agostino/6365.
3. San Francisco Chronicle: Anna Badkhen, Russia on brink of AIDS explosion. Ignorance and inaction threaten catastrophe.
4. ITAR-TASS: Russian minister praises "cooperation" with US in Chechen conflict.
5. Reuters: US, Russia agree fight on terrorism top priority.
6. ITAR-TASS: Putin voices concern over growth in state wage arrears.
7. Reuters: Russia gives men alternative to military service.
8. New York Times: Sabrina Tavernise, Police for Hire in Russia's Business Jungle.
9. New York Times book review: Paul Berman, 'Koba the Dread': A Million Deaths Is Not Just a Statistic. (re KOBA THE DREAD Laughter and the Twenty Million by Martin Amis)
10. Reuters: New York landmark Russian Tea Room to close.
11. Lenard Leeds: Closure of Russian Tea Room.
12. Wall Street Journal: Elizabeth Williamson, Moldova Might Not Reap What U.S. Farmers Sowed. Visiting Aid Workers Fear Communists Will Revoke Output-Raising Changes.
13. The Times (UK): Silk, Stalin and the sacks maniacs. Uzbekistan: why go there? For history, beauty and liberal helpings of sheep fat, says Stephen Bleach.
14. The Independent (UK): How Marx turned Muslim. Not ancient, but modern: John Gray argues that Islamist militants have Western roots.

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