[PEN-L] Fwd: News Alert: Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin Dies

[Jim Devine]

yay!

Monday, April 23, 2007 -- 10:14 AM ET
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin Dies

Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the
Soviet Union and pushed Russia to embrace democracy [sic] and a
market economy, has died at 76, a Kremlin official said
today.

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na

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Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
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