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To: The Street who wrote (23940)	3/25/1999 8:34:00 AM
From: Joe Copia	Respond to of 122088

ICEHD even lower so far this a.m. OTC Bulletin Board ICEHD Domestic Best Bid/Ask... 5.500 10.000 0 x 0 Bid Ask Bid x Ask Date Time ________ ________ ___________ ________ ________ NITE 5.500 10.000 5 x 5 03/25/99 08:29:47 FRAN 4.000 14.000 5 x 2 03/25/99 07:35:09 HILL 5.000 10.500 5 x 2 03/25/99 07:35:09 MHMY 0 x 0 03/25/99 07:35:09 NAIB 0 x 0 03/25/99 07:35:09 PGON 0 x 0 03/25/99 07:35:09 SHRP 0 x 0 03/25/99 07:35:09 SHWD 3.000 11.000 5 x 2 03/25/99 07:35:09 WIEN 0 x 0 03/25/99 07:35:09

To: The Street who wrote (23940)	3/25/1999 8:35:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122088

Neither. Surprise, surprise with the following: March 25, 1999 Russia Won't Use Force Against NATO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES \| NEWS \| SPORTS \| BUSINESS \| TECHNOLOGY \| ENTERTAINMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filed at 8:03 a.m. EST By The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- President Boris Yeltsin said today that Russia has decided not to use force to counter NATO attacks against Yugoslavia and will continue its efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Kosovo conflict. ''Russia has a number of extreme measures in store, but we decided not to use them so far,'' Yeltsin said after meeting with his top ministers at the Kremlin. ''Morally we are above America.'' Instead, Moscow called for an urgent U.N. Security Council vote today to stop NATO attacks. A Russian call for a council meeting on Wednesday failed to halt the bombings. Several hundred people demanding an end to the attacks protested today outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg, hurling bottles, eggs and other objects. Police detained several protesters in brief scuffles outside the Moscow embassy. ''We would have liked to use grenades, but all we had were eggs,'' said protester Denis Yasov in St. Petersburg. When the attacks began Wednesday, Yeltsin said Russia was halting cooperation with NATO and pulling out of the alliance's Partnership for Peace, a program designed to promote military and political cooperation between the West and former Soviet bloc countries. Yeltsin had initially ordered the recall of Russia's chief military envoy to NATO, Lt. Gen. Viktor Zavarzin, and the closure of Russia's offices at NATO headquarters in Belgium. But after its initial harsh reaction to the bombings, Moscow appeared to be backing away from confrontation with the United States and its NATO allies. The ITAR-Tass news agency reported today that Russia would keep its mission at NATO headquarters in Brussels open and apparently would continue to take part in other alliance programs. Despite its staunch support for Yugoslavia, Russia's options are limited. It is no longer a major military power, and it desperately wants Western aid to revive its shattered economy. The IMF chief was due in Moscow on Saturday for loan talks, Primakov's spokeswoman, Tatyana Aristarkhova, said today. Russian newspapers expressed broad sympathy for Yugoslavia today, but said Moscow is too weak to challenge the West and can do nothing except protest loudly. Some papers assailed Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov for his decision to abruptly cancel his trip to Washington to seek new loans from the International Monetary Fund when he heard that NATO attacks were imminent. ''It's much easier to brandish rusty weapons and assail Americans than properly hold talks with the IMF,'' the daily Segodnya said. Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Moscow was not considering giving Yugoslavia any military help, according to the Interfax news agency. ''There is no talk about using force in response to force,'' he said. Some officials had suggested Moscow might provide aid to Yugoslavia. Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin hinted that Moscow could break an international arms embargo against Belgrade. But Stepashin also played down the situation, saying Russia had to maintain good relations with Europe. ''We must not find ourselves face to face against all of Europe, which unfortunately happened during the Cold War,'' he said. Yugoslavia's ambassador to Russia said his country would welcome military support from Russia if it did decide to ignore the arms embargo. ''If Russia now leaves the sanctions regime -- that's up to the Russian leadership to decide -- but I say that it would be absolutely legitimate,'' said Ambassador Borislav Milosevic, the brother of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Also seeking to calm the situation, Primakov said he had assured German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that Moscow would continue cooperation with the European Union despite the NATO attacks.