Curiously, Admiral Crowe implicitly acknowledges that such an agreement is not inherently in the U.S. interest by rationalizing the coupling of American concessions in this area with "major" Soviet concessions in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks.

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When this occurred in 1979, Soviet bosses rushed to seal the area, and insisted that it was merely tainted meat from the black market that was to blame for the few dozen deaths.

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In a full meltdown, such as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union, the rods melt completely and the release of energy causes an explosion that contaminates the surrounding area with radioactive material.

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The relationship between this group and the ISI goes back to the Soviet war, when the Pakistanis channelled weapons to its patriarch, Jalaludin Haqqani, who commanded forces in the border area around Tora Bora.

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It is noteworthy that we have just seen one encouraging indication that, in this area at least, the Bush Administration intends to bring its policies toward the Soviet Union into line with its rhetoric.

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It set up Asia's first export-processing area in 1965 at Kandla, in Gujarat, to provide goods for the then Soviet Union.

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