U.S. OFFER RUSSIA HELP IN DEFENSE REFORM.

A U.S. pentagon official said in Moscow yesterday that the U.S. is prepared to help Russia with the reform of its troubled armed forces. U.S. deputy secretary of defense John White, on the last leg of a European tour, said that the U.S. has already provided Russia with copies of various American defense studies dealing with increased readiness and force modernization. White met with recently named Russian defense minister Igor Sergeev on June 25. (Reuter, June 26)

Tajik Embassy Car Carried Heroin in Almaty.