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STUNNING SERPENTS The world's largest reptile zoo, in Tula, Russia, is attempting to improve its occupants' less-than-lovable image by holding a snake beauty contest...
...daughter is 19 months old and is thrilled to the tips of her toes by dogs, any dog, but particularly the neighbors' golden Lab, Tula. She toddles toward her and reaches out to touch, jabbering endearments, trembling for joy. What you or I would feel if an angel appeared, my daughter feels upon meeting...
...TULA, Russia: Six months after he was ousted in a Kremlin power struggle, former Yeltsin bodyguard and right-hand man Alexander Korzhakov has returned to power and is threatening to uncover a dark history of Kremlin corruption. Korzhakov's election to parliament, which gives him the added benefit of immunity from prosecution, gives him a significant base to work against archrival Anatoly Chubais as they jockey in preparation for Russian after Yeltsin. Before his ouster last July, Korzhakov had worked for Yeltsin since his days as head of the Moscow Communist Party. He emerged in the Russian press...
Opinion polls show that Lebed leads the platoon in the presidential race. He is a winning campaigner. When asked by a reporter in the provincial city of Tula whether he had the makings of a tyrant, Lebed described himself as "the very personification of compromise," pointing to his peacemaking role in the war-torn Trans-Dniestr region. A female fan asked him to "smile more often," and he plaintively replied, "What can I do if I was born with this face...
Rumors about Boris Yeltsin's health so alarmed Vladimir Trufanov that he decided a long-distance checkup was in order. The psychic healer, whose reputed restorative powers have made him a celebrity in the central Russian city of Tula, announced that he had "remotely" scanned the body of the Russian leader and concluded, "There are no grounds for concern." Trufanov did offer Yeltsin one piece of advice: It is important for the President to "protect his aura from energy attacks and other negative influences...