Raising the Kursk; Chinese capitalists; Cry for Argentina.(submarine in Barents Sea; China becomes a member of the World Trade Organization; economic conditions in Argentina)(Brief Article)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: December 31, 2001| Author: Stein, Lisa; Kurlantzick, Joshua; Omestad, Thomas | Copyright information

Raising the Kursk

One day after U.S. bombs began raining on Afghanistan, another drama was unfolding in the Barents Sea off Russia's northern coast. A Russian-Dutch salvage team was hoisting the Russian submarine Kursk from the ocean floor. The recovery capped months of preparation to reclaim the nuclear sub, which sank during naval exercises in August 2000, killing 118 crew members and civilians on board. Now in dry dock near Murmansk, the Kursk was the scene of a despe...

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