Navy families afloat under cramped PK-30 at Kronstadt
At Kronstadt base near St Petersburg, over 2,300 naval families lack housing. Many live on the PM-30, a 400-foot submarine tender, with 20 wives and about 30 children in crowded cabins. Officers describe dire conditions, small playroom for children, shared bathrooms, and families facing money woes and uncertain futures.
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Kronstadt
Russia
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Latvia
Estonia
St. Petersburg
Lomonosov
Navy
Defense Department
Moscow
Nationalists dominate Russian by election in Moscow area
In Moscow district 109 a dozen candidates including ultranationalists and a billionare vie to replace murdered deputy Andrei Aizderdzis. Sergei Mavrodi linked MMM pyramid scheme seeks parliamentary immunity if elected. nationalists press for law and order amid distrust of reformers. Voters express apathy as local concerns trump broader political stakes.
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Moscow
Andrei Aizderdzis
Khimki
Sergei Mavgrodi
Mavrodi
District 109
Alexander Fyodorov
Russia
Edward Ivanian
The
Russian Institute For
USA
Canada
Konstantin Borovol
Borovol
Associated Press
National Democratic Institute
U.S
Les Campbell
Prince Charles greeted warmly at Wales rugby match
Prince Charles received enthusiastic cheers from fans in Llanelli as Wales faced South Africa, with organizers abandoning plans to drop God Save the Queen after fears of boos. A recent biography had sparked concerns he doubted his marriage to Princess Diana and his fidelity.
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Llanelli
Wales
Prince Charles
God Save the Queen
Princess Diana
Ken Parfitt
Llanelli Rugby Club of
South Africa
Charles
Israel opens to world as borders crumble and peace nears
The piece traces Israel's dramatic shift from isolation to global engagement after Jordan peace, Rabin Arafat rapprochement, and Arab openness. It notes fears of Islamic extremism, settler resistance, Gaza hardship, and the challenge of integrating Western society with the Arab world while Rabin urges patience and long view.
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Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv
Israel TV
Rabin
Aimog
Menachem Begin
Arafat
Hitler
Israel
Gaza
Almog
Ron Maiberg
Maariv
Uri Avnery
Syria
Hussein
Jordan
Liberation Organiza
West Bank
David Ben-Gurion
Zvi Elpeleg
Bahrain
Middle East
Clinton
Jerusalem
Marcus Eliison Returns to Israel for Peace Treaty Signing
Marcus Eliison, former AP bureau chief in Jerusalem now in Hong Kong, travels to Israel to sign the Jordan-Israel peace treaty. He finds a transformed nation compared with 18 months earlier.
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Israel
el al
Hong Kong
Tel Aviv
Vietnam
India
China
el al Fes
Jordan River
Meron Benvenisti
Oz Almog
Haifa University
Jordan
Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Rabin
Bahrain
Arafat
Marcus Eliison
Forme
Associated Press
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