NUMBER 149 
MARCH 5 - 11, 1996
CHECKING IT OUT
World chess champion Garry Kasparov was all
concentration as he confronted St Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak's grandson
and other St Petersburg citizens. He found them easier opponents than computer
challenger Deep Blue.
TOP STORIES
- Scottish lawyer killed in `mafia' gunfight
- Two alleged mafia hitmen are still at large after a Scottish lawyer was killed by stray bullets during a machine-gun attack in a five-star hotel that also killed two policemen and left a prominent mafia figure in hospital, St Petersburg police said.
- Election law slammed by Boldyrev
- St Petersburg's Legislative Assembly has paved the way for the city to hold mayoral elections on June 16 by passing an electoral law -- but their are several twists in the draft legislation.
- St Petersburg cardiologist wins world acclaim
- Professor Vladimir Almazov, head of the St Petersburg cardiology research
institute, has been awarded the title, "Man of the Year in Medicine" by the
International Biographical Center in Cambridge, England.
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