A Soviet intelligence-gathering ship with sophisticated electronic equipment is once again cruising the eastern Mediterranean, it was reported Tuesday. The vessel, which had been absent for several months, remains outside Israeli territorial waters but follows a course paralleling the Lebanese, Israeli and Egyptian coasts.
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