Latvian Papers Call Halt
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Associated Press
MOSCOW — Latvia began a week without newspapers and magazines on Monday because of a publishing suspension intended to draw the government’s attention to a paper shortage. Publishers in the former Soviet republic said they had shut down to dramatize their inability to import newsprint from Russia because of high customs duties.
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