OPINION

CATHOLIC VS. ORTHODOX

THE Russian media's attention to the pope's foreign trips is intensifying as recent papal visits form a ring around Russia.

The five-day visit of John Paul II to Ukraine has resonated widely through Russian society. This is in no small measure due to ...

FORBES LIST BOTH HIDES AND REVEALS

SO what happened to former prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin's missing $4 billion? Can it be that Kremlin darling and Chukotka governor Roman Abramovich ...

THE ACTIONS OF OUR LEADERS SPEAK VOLUMES

TELLING images. First, Russian Orthodox leader Patriarch Alexy II coming to the support of Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. Second, Pope John Paul II, at almost the exact same time, apologizing to 300,000 Ukrainians in their native tongue.

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RUSSIA NEEDS SOME TOUGH LOVE

TWO days before presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin met on June 16 in Slovenia, U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice told reporters ...

Hope for AIDS Victims In Global Fund Proposal

THIS week's United Nations special session on AIDS is the latest sign that the international response to the crisis is gaining momentum. Pharmaceutical companies that once resisted the idea of discounting AIDS drugs for poor countries have recently relented. Governments of developing countries that hesitated ...