Russian Navy – Work continues on raising the Kursk.

• Associated Press: Kursk to be raised by Monday

Background – Afghanistan – What combat in Afghanistan would be like, from an SAS trooper who trained the Afghanis in the 1980s and served with them in-country.

• The Sunday Times: My life with the mujaheddin

Background – Afghanistan – What life is like today inside Afghanistan, by two BBC correspondents.

• BBC: Life plods on in opposition Afghanistan
  

• BBC: Afghanistan veers towards chaos