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...German authorities seized plutonium that appears to have been smuggled out of the former Soviet Union. But a Russian official defended his country's nuclear security, saying it was no better or worse than that of any other nuclear power. "A smart man can cheat any system," said Yuri Rogozhin, spokesman for Russia's nuclear regulatory agency...
...soft, clear evening of April 14, 1961 -- two days after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went into his triumphal orbit and three days before the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion -- Kennedy tilted back on the hind legs of a leather chair in the Cabinet Room and, I believe, decided to send Americans to the moon. I watched it happen in one of those unusual episodes when Kennedy opened a window on the inner White House for an outsider. Maybe he understood that, as astronomer Michael Hart wrote, the moon landing would "be forever remembered as one of the greatest achievements...
Despite his claim of having had "almost no education," the school where Zhirinovsky spent 11 years was actually the most prestigious institution of its kind in Alma- Ata. His fellow students came from the families of top party functionaries and KGB officers. Indeed, as classmate Yuri Anoshin explains, the school, following a popular practice of factories and government offices at the time, was "adopted" by the local KGB administration. This enabled Zhirinovsky and his peers to enjoy such rare amenities as flowers, potted palm trees, upholstered armchairs and pet canaries...
London: Barry Hillenbrand, Helen Gibson, William Rademaekers Paris: Thomas A. Sancton, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: James O. Jackson, Rhea Schoenthal Berlin: Nomi Morris Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly, Yuri Zarakhovich, Felix Rosenthal Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer, Ron Ben-Yishai, Jamil Hamad Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod Cape Town: Peter Hawthorne New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy, Anita Pratap, Meenakshi Ganguly Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz, Mia Turner Southeast Asia: William Dowell Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America...
...latest alarm was set off by a "confidential" document published in a Moscow paper supposedly describing a plot to depose Yeltsin by three prominent officials: Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets, Chief of the General Staff Mikhail Kolesnikov and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. According to the memo, the coup would kick off in March or April with a television broadcast documenting Yeltsin's health problems and excessive drinking. The dramatic revelations would give parliament a pretext to remove the President, replacing him with Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin until elections could be held...