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Reports on the reaction of the U.S. to the plan of Russia to supply nuclear reactors to Iran despite U.S. concerns that Russian technology experts could help Iran develop weapons of mass destruction.

Reports on the efforts of the Group of Seven, after its 1997 summit, to further integrate both Russia and Africa into the economic mainstream. Welcoming of Moscow into the Paris Club of creditors; Top priority of American officials going into the summit; Reasons why the Russians want to enter the Paris Club; Views of American officials on the African initiative; Other information on the summit.

Reports that the United States President Bill Clinton's administration sent David Lipton of the Treasury Department in Russia, in a attempt to forestall a ruble devaluation. Concerns of officials about the instability in Asian markets which affected Russia's economy; Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Amount of money which the Russian government is spending a week to defend the ruble.