Updated Sept. 1
N. Korea fires rocket over Japan
By Nonna Chernyakova
North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile over Japan Aug. 31, and the first stage of the rocket dropped into waters claimed as part of Russia's economic zone, 300 kilometers south of Vladivostok.

Food costs jump with ruble's fall
By Janina de Guzman
Browsing the through the brightly lit Riviera food shop, you'd hardly think anything was amiss. Shoppers bustle in and out of the store located in the First River area, stopping to sample paprika- and sour cream-flavored chips offered as part of a Pringles promotion.

Few think new government will improve Vladivostok life
By Russell Working
Tatiana Nikulina gets by selling foreign clothes and shoes in the Second River Market, but every time she goes home to her Second River apartment she does a slow burn. She hasn't had water for four months.

Kiriyenko's fall sets bureaucrats chattering
Around the country, it seemed everyone had something to say about Yeltsin's dismissal of Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko and appointment of Viktor Chernomyrdin as acting prime minister. Here are reactions from several regions, reported by Interfax-Eurasia.

Miners say new government reneges on deal
By Russell Working and Nonna Chernyakova
Striking Sakhalin coal miners say the firing of Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko and his cabinet threatens an agreement to pay workers back wages and may force them to again shut down the power supply throughout the island.

FESCO allegedly hires sleuth
Chairman says finances are fine
Combined reports
The Far Eastern Shipping Company's board of directors will ask an international sleuthing agency to look into alleged corruption at the company, a board member told the Interfax-Eurasia news agency Aug. 25.

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