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* RUSSIA * PRESIDENT * NATION * ADDRESS * YELTSIN INFORMS NATION ABOUT HELSINKI SUMMIT MOSCOW, MARCH 26, RIA NOVOSTI - http://www.russia.net/ria/hotline/hf260320.htm
Unabridged text of President Boris Yeltsin's radio address. " ... we achieved extremely serious understandings on anti-missile defence and reductions of strategical offensive arsenals. The US stances are displaying certain shifts. "
U.S. Analyst Says NATO Expansion Risks European Stability
AP-Dow Jones News Service -- March 27, 1997 "WASHINGTON (AP)--Michael Mandelbaum, a former Clinton administration adviser, Wednesday said he doubted Russian President Boris Yeltsin could make good on his promise to push the START II nuclear weapons treaty through the Russian parliament."
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The Big Deal of the Day
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/oped/27frie.html FOREIGN AFFAIRS / By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The New York Times - March 27, 1997
" ........ Clinton should give Helms what he wants on reorganizing the State Department.
Jesse may be a Neanderthal, but on this one he's right, even if it's for the wrong reasons.............
......... ..... A special committee set up by Lott and Senator Joe Biden has worked through the 30 reservations that Helms has raised and reached compromise solutions for 21 of them. The nine others are treaty killers. Clinton aides believe that given the 21 compromises, they could easily get a majority for the treaty..."
French bill to implement chemical weapons ban
news:Rfrance-chemicalURqMO_7MQ@clari.net Wed, 26 Mar 1997 6:32:21 PST
"PARIS, March 26 (Reuter) - France introduced a bill Wednesday setting out controls needed to implement a world ban on chemical weapons."
* RUSSIA * MILITARY HARDWARE * SLOVAKIA * CONTRACT FOR DELIVERY OF S-300 AA DEFENCE SYSTEM AS REDEMPTION OF RUSSIAN DEBT TO BRATISLAVA LIKELY TO BE SIGNED THIS YEAR BRATISLAVA, 26 MARCH, RIA NOVOSTI'S VIKTOR PRUSSAKOV - http://www.russia.net/ria/hotline/he260317.htm
Korea: How Long Do We Live With Blackmail?
http://wp2.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1997-03/27/003R-032797-idx.html By Victor Gilinsky and Henry Sokolski; Washington Post 27 March 1997 page A27
"In this year's State of the Union address, in Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's confirmation testimony and in other statements, the administration has reemphasized the importance of its 1994 nuclear deal with the North Koreans under which they quit their indigenous nuclear program in return for two modern U.S.-type nuclear power reactors. Unfortunately, the deal gradually has changed into something even less desirable than the questionable proposition that was negotiated in 1994. At a minimum, we should get back to the original arrangement."
N.Korea agrees to peace talks if aid guaranteed
news:Rkorea-north-talksURr8i_7MR@clari.net Thu, 27 Mar 1997 2:21:07 PST
"SEOUL, March 27 (Reuter) - North Korea has told the United States and South Korea it will join proposed four-nation peace talks if they first offer guarantees of food aid, a Seoul foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday."
Netanyahu says Iran wants missiles to reach U.S.
news:Risrael-iranPRN8F_7MQ@clari.net
Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:51:56 PST
"HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuter) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Iran wanted to develop ballistic missiles that could reach the United States. `We believe Iran is intent on developing ballistic missiles, first to reach Israel, then to reach Europe,
then to reach a range of 10,000 km (6,000 miles) -- meaning reaching the eastern seaboard of the United States,'' he said in a speech in central Israel."
U.N. weapons envoy Ekeus to visit Baghdad next week
news:Riraq-un-ekeusURYsq_7MQ@clari.net
Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:01:23 PST (Reuter / Anthony Goodman) "UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) - Chief U.N. weapons envoy Rolf Ekeus expects to visit Baghdad April 3-5 to discuss Iraqi compliance with Gulf War disarmament resolutions..."
ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR STRENGTHENING IAEA SAFEGUARDS
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/inforesource/bulletin/bull384/pellaud.html are the subject of a special session of the Agency's Board of Governors in Vienna 15-16 May. Specifically, the Board is considering a draft model Protocol to expand the legal basis of the Agency's authority concerning inspection measures that now go beyond comprehensive safeguards agreements that States conclude with the IAEA.
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