JRL #7060

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Population	1	Russia reports birth rate rise in otherwise gloomy demographic picture	RIA Novosti
Iraq	2	Russia's Role in Iraq: Consequences and Expectations	Washington Profile A View from the Kremlin Alexander Budberg
Iraq, Putin & France	3	Cozy Talks In Paris, But Putin Still Aiming To Strike Delicate Balance On Iraq	RFE/RL Jeremy Bransten
Media Repression	4	IFJ condemns draft law as "statement of failure" on media freedom	BBC Monitoring
Elections, Children's Vote	5	Desperate rightists turn to children for support	gazeta.ru
Chechnya	6	Chechnya Debate	Robert Bruce Ware
Oil, Investment, BP	7	BP investment sounds unprecedented trust in Russian economy	AFP
Oil, Investment, BP	8	Pioneer deal or Russian roulette? BP's Lord Browne is heading an oil rush into the East - but it's not without risk.	The Independent (UK) Michael Harrison
Oil, Investment, BP	9	Russia's British turning point	UPI Sam Vaknin
Kremlin Portraits	10	President Ubiquitous. Vladimir Putin's likenesses. On a chiming watch, at 1,680 rubles. On a Safronov canvas, at 18,000.	Moscow News Mikhail Gokhman
Investment	11	Head of Chamber of Commerce and Industry on planned investment growth (Primakov)	RosBusinessConsulting
Chechnya, Terrorists, Putin	12	Putin Says Al-Qa'ida Sends Money, 'Instructors' to Chechnya	AFP
Iraq & Russian Veto, Putin	13	Russia sees no need for Iraq veto yet, Putin tells French TV	BBC Monitoring
Media Repression, Pasko	14	Pasko Interviewed on Prison Experience, Discusses Future Plans	Vremya MN