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...heavily hammered theme has been the bombing in Philadelphia last May of the headquarters of Move, a radical cult. "American authorities recently gave the whole world a demonstration of their democracy," TASS declaimed, "when they publicly slaughtered more than a dozen black-skinned inhabitants of Philadelphia and bombed a whole city block." The Soviet press, however, omits any mention of the fact that the mayor of Philadelphia is black and that the bombing has provoked much soul-searching in addition to searing criticism and lengthy hearings and investigations...
...near the village of Bezhta, Dagestan. Gelayev was a formidable military commander in the 1994-96 war against Russian forces. Even some foes showed grudging respect for Gelayev, who was known as a ruthless fighter but not as a terrorist. Moscow-backed Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov told the Itar-Tass news agency that fighting in Chechnya would continue despite the warlord's death...
...SEMYON MAISTERMAN/AP-ITAR TASS Russians celebrate raising the wreck of the Kursk...
...wasn't well enough to greet MADELEINE ALBRIGHT. And he hasn't made it to his Kremlin office once this year. But what really got BORIS YELTSIN upset was missing the wedding of his eldest grandchild. KATYA OKULOVA, ITAR-TASS was pleased to report, married at the tender age of 19. The groom, we are cryptically told, is a "fellow classmate." (Katya is a history major at Moscow State, although she has been on "academic leave.") Kremlin handlers are willing to discuss the particulars of the President's bleeding ulcer, but Katya's nuptials--which, given her grandpa's state...
...wasn't well enough to greet Madeleine Albright. And he hasn't made it to his Kremlin office once this year. But what really got Boris Yeltsin upset was missing the wedding of his eldest grandchild. Katya Okulova, ITAR-TASS was pleased to report, married at the tender age of 19. The groom, we are cryptically told, is a "fellow classmate." (Katya is a history major at Moscow State, although she has been on "academic leave.") Kremlin handlers are willing to discuss the particulars of the President's bleeding ulcer, but Katya's nuptials -- which, given her grandfather's state...