NO PROGRESS IN RELEASE OF RUSSIAN PILOTS.

A Russian delegation has verified that the health of seven Russian pilots held hostage by Afghan Taliban rebels since last August is "satisfactory." But, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry source in Moscow April 26, the entreaties of Russia and the international community appear to have moved the Taliban leadership no closer to releasing the pilots. (Itar-Tass, April 26)

Polls Find Yeltsin Still Behind.