POPULATION/RUSSIA: Sexual revolution in the dark proves deadly

Everyone may be doing it, but in Russia, no one is talking about sex.

CIS: Cash Shortages Force Closure of Earthquake Monitoring Stations

The death toll from the Sakhalin earthquake, which has so far claimed an estimated 2,000 lives, could have been considerably less if the system of seismic monitoring stations had not been dismantled, says leading Russian scientist Georgy Elyakov.

KAZAKHSTAN: Nuclear Bomb Too Dangerous To Dig Up, Will Be Blown Up

Some time before Jun. 12 a 10 kiloton nuclear bomb is to be blown up 130 metres under the south western Degelen mountains in Kazakhstan at the former Soviet nuclear testing ground of Semipalatinsk.

AFRICA-MEDIA: Alternative Agencies Can Play Key Role

Alternative news and feature agencies could help Africa overcome its marginalisation by the international media, according to a report just published.

YUGOSLAVIA-MEDIA: Borba’s Reporters Resist State Take-Over of Paper

Serbian journalists, resisting government's attempt to tighten its hold on the national media, are refusing to work with a senior state official who was put in charge of Belgrade's only independent daily newspaper at the weekend.

ZIMBABWE-MEDIA: INDEPENDENT DAILY CRUMBLES

ZIMBABWE'S FIRST AND ONLY INDEPENDENT DAILY IS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.