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align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="160" border="0"> <tr width="160" valign="top"> <td width="160" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/endpanel.gif" width="160" height="15" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/hplinks.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#LINKS"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#003399"><b>VISIT RFE/RL'S</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Links from more than 23 countries</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/links/"><span class="promolink"> links library</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> </td>   <td width="440" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff">  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="440" border="0"> <tr width="440" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="30"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td align="left" width="380"><span class="date">Saturday, 07 June 2003</span><br> <span class="date1">Last Updated: 15:31 GMT/UTC <br> [ Prague 17:31 | Washington DC 11:31 ]</span><br></td> <td align="left" width="30"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="440" border="0"> <tr width="440" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="30"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td align="left" width="380">  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380"><td valign="top"><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/07062003153039.asp" class="storyheadline">TAJIKISTAN: TWO KILLED, TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS BY STORM</a><br></td></tr> <tr width="380"> <td valign="top"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/nca/images/small-maps/tajik-map.jpg" border="1" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="left" color="#000000"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="5" height="15" border="0"><br> <span class="story">Dushanbe, 7 June 2003 (RFE/RL) -- At least two people are reported dead in Tajikistan after torrential rainfall and strong winds overnight caused mudslides and flooding in the north of the country. <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/07062003153039.asp"></span><span class="more"><span class="under">more...</span></span></a></td> </tr> </table><br><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="380"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/newslinehd.gif" width="380" height="25" alt="RFE/RL newsline" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380"> <td valign="top"> <span class="regions">RUSSIA</span><br> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/1-RUS/rus-060603.asp" class="headlines">Russian Prime Minister Presents Draft Budget</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">TRANSCAUCASIA & CENTRAL ASIA</span><br> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/2-TCA/tca-060603.asp" class="headlines">Kazakh President Rules Out Referendum On Land Code</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE</span><br> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/3-CEE/cee-060603.asp" class="headlines">Belarusian Authorities Tighten Screws On Independent Press</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE</span><br> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/4-SEE/see-060603.asp" class="headlines">Pope Hails Croatia's 'Cultural And Spiritual' Contribution To The EU</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">SOUTHWESTERN ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST</span><br> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/6-SWA/swa-060603.asp" class="headlines">Iraqi Tribal Chief Assassinated In Al-Basrah</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">END NOTE</span><br> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/5-NOT/not-060603.asp" class="headlines">Fears Grow That Ukrainian Authorities Will Rig 2004 Elections</a><br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/newsline/"><span class="more"><span class="under">archive</span></span></a><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> <span class="ctk">Photos provided by CTK (Czech Press Agency)</span><br> </td> </tr> </table><br><br><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="380"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/weekdmhd.gif" width="380" height="25" alt="RFE/RL Weekday Magazine" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380"> <td valign="top"> <span class="weekday">Iraq  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003171831.asp" class="headline">Is Poland Up To The Task Of Directing A Peacekeeping Zone?</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">EU  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003164841.asp" class="headline">Poland Heads Into Referendum With Chorus Of Encouragement</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">Iran  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003165153.asp" class="headline">U.S. Rhetoric Against The Regime Could Boost Hard-Liners In Tehran</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">UN  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003161648.asp" class="headline">Blix Urges Role For UNMOVIC In Iraq, But U.S. Continues To Oppose UN Inspectors</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">Eastern Europe  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003173058.asp" class="headline">Study Suggests Ways To Improve Political Involvement By Roma</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">Central Asia  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003172224.asp" class="headline">In Tajikistan And Elsewhere, Islamic Groups Still On The Fringe</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">Russia  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003164100.asp" class="headline">City Anniversary Changes Little For Residents Of Petersburg's 'Kommunalki'</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">U.S.  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003170224.asp" class="headline">Trip Seen To Have Helped Bush In Mideast, Russia, But Not In Europe</a><br> <br> <span class="weekday">Western Press Review  </span><a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/06062003170830.asp" class="headline">The Week's Mideast Summits, Myanmar's Crackdown, And Iranian 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<td> </td> </tr> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/bottom_mail.gif" width="150" height="8" border="0"><br><br></td></tr></table>    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/new.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#NEW0"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>RELEASE:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Prague Hosts Radio Liberty Celebration</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/174-060603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see release</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/new.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#NEW1"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Activists Say Human Rights Violations Rampant in Russia</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/173-060603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/goulnara.jpg" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#GOULNARA"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>RELEASE:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">RFE/RL Mourns Death of Georgian Service Director</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/172-040603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see release</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/caucasus.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#CAUCASUS"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Caucasus Ambassadors Discuss Post-Iraq Regional Stability</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/171-030603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/georgia-icon.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#GEORGIA-ICON"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Working To Prevent An AIDS Epidemic In Georgia</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/170-030603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/rusmedia.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#RUSMEDIA"> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Author Says Soviet Collapse Led To Criminality Rise in Russia</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/05/169-300503.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td width="150" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/endpanelgray.gif" width="150" height="15" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td>  </tr> </table>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750" border="0"> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="750" height="15" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/specreport.gif" width="750" height="25" border="0"></td> </tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750" border="0" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="30"> </td> <td align="left"><br><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030608053251/http://www.regionalanalysis.org/publications/regionalvoices/en/2003/02/AA1FC7F9-4875-4700-879E-BA9D249DF3CC.ASP"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/putin-midterm.gif" width="54" height="76" hspace="5" vspace="2" border="0"></a> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#333333"><b>RFE/RL's Don Jensen</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Putin At Midterm</span><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030608053251/http://www.regionalanalysis.org/publications/regionalvoices/en/2003/02/AA1FC7F9-4875-4700-879E-BA9D249DF3CC.ASP"><span class="promolink">see reports</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  </td> <td align="left"><br><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/iraqinsp-promo.gif" width="54" height="76" hspace="5" vspace="2" border="0"></a> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#003399"><b>UN Inspectors in Iraq: Daily Reports</b></span><br></b>   <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/specials/iraq-inspec/"><span class="promolink">see reports</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  </td> <td align="left"><br><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/realvideo/ram/milosevictrial.ram"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/hp-milosevic.gif" width="54" height="76" hspace="5" vspace="2" border="0"></a> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF0000"><b>LIVE VIDEO:</b><br>   <span class="promotext"></span>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/realvideo/ram/milosevictrial.ram" class="promonewlinks"> War Crimes in Bosnia and Croatia</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  </td> <td align="left"><br><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"> <a href="/web/20030608053251/http://www.rferl.org/specials/stpetersburg/"><img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/hp-stpet-kal.jpg" width="54" height="76" hspace="5" vspace="2" border="0"></a> <img src="/web/20030608053251im_/http://www.rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  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