1. World Briefing.
- Author
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Chivers, C. J. and Tagliabue, John
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PRACTICAL politics , *SPIES , *SECURITY classification (Government documents) , *ENDORSEMENTS (Negotiable instruments) , *PRESIDENTIAL elections , *DRAGONS , *EGG incubation - Abstract
The article offers news briefs related to socio-political developments in the world. Russian President Vladimir V. Putin said that foreign spies in Russia had been trying to get classified economic information. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the leader of the National Front political party in France, has got support in his bid for the presidential election due in April 2007. The eggs of a Komodo dragon at Chester Zoo in northern England are due to hatch in January 2007.
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- 2006