Eye on a crisis: Russians may send units to help forces

Our roundup of press coverage of the crisis starts in Russia. Izvestia reports that the Russian Defence Ministry has denied rumours that it has sent special troops to Afghanistan, but says the intelligence department of Russia's General Staff may send units to help Nato's forces in their retaliatory operation in Afghanistan.

Moskovsky Komsomolets reports that during talks with European Union and Nato representatives in Brussels, President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready for a new relationship with Nato. And he said Russia plans to help Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to support the United States in its military campaign against terrorism.

The Washington Post in the US also reports on warming relations between the US and Russia.

"Though it remains early, officials in both Governments say by putting the battle against terrorism at the top of their agendas, they are creating an entirely new framework for bilateral relations.

"It has opened the possibility of collaboration in other areas that would have seemed impossible a month ago."

The New York Times reports that as movie and television schedules return to normal, the appetite for popular culture is unchanged.

In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post says an international school in Java has been temporarily closed and dozens of Nike employee family members have left the country for fear of being targeted by radical groups seeking to expel Americans.

In Britain the Independent, Express and Mirror report on British job losses as fallout from the terror attacks. The Independent also says Prime Minister Tony Blair was to reveal evidence of Osama bin Laden's involvement in the attacks.

The Times reports that Afghanistan's Taleban regime has accused reporter Yvonne Ridley of being a member of a special forces unit.

The Daily Telegraph says a poll shows most Britons believe the war against terror should be waged against the IRA as well as bin Laden.

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