1. Chicago Tribune: Colin McMahon, Bin
Laden link resurfaces as rebels strike.
2. Vremya MN: RUSSIAN PUBLIC OPINION IN NEW POLITICAL
REALITIES.
3. Reuters: Russia says U.S. should observe international
law.
4. Moscow Times: Alexei Pankin, Journalists Ready for New
World Order.
5. Krasnaya Zvezda: Yuri Pankov, FIRST WAR OF THE 21ST
CENTURY. The United States is not ready to fight internationl terrorism. The US
government is drawing the wrong conclusions from this tragedy.
6. New Carnegie paper on Central Asia.
7. Vremya Novostei: Arkady Dubnov, THE BASIC QUESTION.
United States attempts to gather support in Central Asia.
8. Los Angeles Times: Maura Reynolds, Baltics Train Their
Eyes on NATO. Europe: As Latvia and its neighbors increase military contacts
with the alliance, membership seems almost inevitable.
9. Washington Post: Susan Glasser, A Communist Comeback in
Russia. As Living Conditions Fail to Improve, 'Red Governors' Return to Power.
10. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Sergey Ptichkin, Is Kremlin
Protected Against Air Attack? Poor Defense Funding Blamed for Russia's Potential
Vulnerability to Air Attack.
11. strana.ru: Vladimir Putin holds intensive
consultations with CIS colleagues. Russia's president calls on Western leaders
to create a new world security system.