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...With reporting by Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow
...navy is short on funds. Three years after the Kursk disaster, it still hasn't bought the gear necessary for such an operation. The government, meanwhile, has allocated only $70 million for all nuclear clean-up and maintenance in Russia. It cost $150 million to recover the Kursk. --By Yuri Zarakhovich
...Chechen Rebellion Yuri Zarakhovich's article on Chechen suicide bombings in Russia presented a one-sided picture of the Chechen rebellion [July 21]. Although journalist and politician Yuri Shchekochikhin, who died suddenly last month, predicted a wave of suicide bombings?saying "We have entered a new stage. It's Palestine"?he was wrong to identify that conflict with the Chechen rebellion. The Palestinians are fighting to reclaim their homeland. The Chechens call their struggle a "war of liberation." They say Chechnya never voluntarily joined Russia and was conquered only by military force. For its part, the Russian government calls...
...Thierry Henry and Patrick Viera, Juventus' Edgar Davids and Inter Milan's Christian Vieri - Chelsea has only snapped up a few B-listers at wildly inflated prices. Twenty-four million euros for Blackburn Rovers' Damien Duff? Now there's a deal that should be raising questions. - With reporting by Yuri Zarakhovich/Moscow Finding the Swede Spot It's hard to believe that only a year ago Carolina Kluft, currently the world's leading heptathlete, was competing as a junior (admittedly, the world's top junior). Two weeks ago the bubbly 20-year-old Swede graduated to an even higher plane...
...much as they need food and drink - and their big fees the rest of the year." The music industry loves the festival because the unusual collaborations it generates often result in best-selling albums. In 2001, for instance, pianist Argerich and cellist Mischa Maisky teamed up with Kremer and Yuri Bashmet on viola for a rare Brahms quartet that led to an acclaimed CD release. This year's festival is expected to yield several intriguing collaboration albums in addition to the superorchestra. Engstroem's DG label, unsurprisingly, will produce many of them. DG has already released, to critical and commercial...