Corruption Plagues the Russian Military
Acting chief prosecutor Alexei Ilyushenko told Rossiiskaya Gazeta that corruption spans the Russian army from bottom ranks to top brass. He cited theft embezzlement and misconduct as a systemic issue tied to budget cuts and delayed salaries, with the Defense Ministry acknowledging an $18 billion budget this year insufficient to meet urgent needs.
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Moscow
Russia
Alexei Ilyushenko
Ilyushenko
Rossiiskaya Gazeta
Russian
Defense Ministry
Thieves Target Rare Russian Library Books
Russian counterintelligence officers have shifted to tracking stolen medieval library items from the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg. Since 1993, 38 texts aged 250 to 700 years vanished, including Torah scrolls and prayer books, surfacing on international antiquities markets in New York and Jerusalem. four titles in French and German have recently disappeared.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Federal Counterintelligence Service
Yevgeny Lukin
Russian National Library
New York
Jerusalem
Vladimir Zaitsev
Prince Charles Nude Photo Sparks Palace Outrage
A German tabloid published a grainy color image showing Prince Charles in a villa robe with one shoulder exposed during a French vacation. Buckingham Palace condemned the intrusion as unjustifiable and said no British papers had printed the photo while Paris Match was expected to publish it.
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London
Eper
Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace
Bird
Charles
France
Britain
Daily Mirror
Paris Match
Vietnam still bears scars from Agent Orange effects
Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City warn dioxin from Agent Orange continues to cause cancers and birth defects in a second generation. Retired Adm Elmo Zumwalt plans a Vietnam visit to assess countermeasures as specialists call for long term studies and U.S. funding. officials fear the eco nomic and political repercussions of the war’s chemical legacy.
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Ho Cat Minh City
Vietnam
U.S
Elmo Zumwalt
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong
Tu du Hospital
Zumwalt
Phuong
Arnold Schecter
State Universe of
New York
Binghamton
Zumwait
le Cao Dai
Hanoi
Dai
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Institutes of Health
Schecter
Lennart Hardell
South Vietnam
Shau
le Anh Minh
Luai
South
Apphoves
Tu Do
Ho Chi Minh City
Friedensdorf International
Tu Do Hospital
Author Clavell dies at 69 in Switzerland
James Clavell, author of Shogun and Tai Pan, died after a stroke in Switzerland at age 69. Born in Australia, he wrote novels and screenplays including The Great Escape and To Sir With Love. He is survived by his wife April and two daughters. funeral plans were not announced.
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London
James Clavell
Switzerland
Clavell
Eric Major
Hodder and Stoughton
Far East
Rat
Major
Chang Yi
Singapore
Sydney
Australia
Asia
Sun-Tsu
United States
France
April Clavell
Major Said
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