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08/12/2005

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Global Eye

It is rather quaint to talk of ""bribes"" when oceans of legalized thievery are gushing from the Great Potomac Grease Pit.

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Elite military pilots carry out a smoky finale in their Su-27 fighter jets at the MAKS-2003 air show.

Reel Life

Nikolai Khomeriki won a prize at Cannes for his short film ""The Two of Us."" Now, back in Russia after four years in France, he is making the leap into features.

Wordsmiths

Translit, a band consisting of two Russian emigres from Amsterdam, aims for musical success with quirky wordplay and homemade percussion.

Bedtime Stories

An exhibition dedicated to Hans Christian Anderson shows the evolution of Russian art, as seen in the pages of children's books.

The Terrible Tsar

Isabel de Madariaga probes the mind of a ruler whose legendary reputation for tyranny and sadism has left his personal life a mystery to this day.

Salon

In today's fast-paced and money-obsessed world, the lofty standards of Inostrannaya Literatura, a venerable journal specializing in translated works, might seem excessive.

Wanted

Purring down the phone with a husky American accent, Kate described the qualities of the two cars -- one white, one silver, both enormous -- that she had up for sale.

Funny Business

Prominent Russian clowns reveal how they achieved fame, what it's like to work outside the state-owned circus and why they're not impressed by their American counterparts.

Tragedy at Sea

Five years after the Kursk disaster, a stage performance portrays the anger and despair of Murmansk residents in the days after the submarine went down.


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