The Russian national football team beat the Albanian team in Volgograd in the qualifying match of the 2004 European Championship, Interfax reports. The Russians won with a score of 4:1. Alexander Kerzhakov (2nd minute), Sergei Semak (41st and 54th minutes), Viktor Onopko (52nd minute) scored twice in today's match. Earlier, the Russian team defeated the national team Ireland 4:2.

The movement of trains from Surgut to Nizhnevartovsk was suspended for several hours in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, RIA Novosti reports. The reason for the traffic stop was the breakthrough of the Urengoy-Chelyabinsk main gas pipeline 500 meters from the Chumpas railway station in the Nizhnevartovsk region. The fire was avoided. The cause of the rush, according to experts, was the corrosion of the metal.

The US International Trade Commission has recognized that imports of cold-rolled steel products from Russia do not harm American industry, RBC reports. The Commission issued a final decision as part of an anti-dumping investigation against imports of cold-rolled products from 20 countries, including Russia. The decision recognizes that imports from these countries have not harmed American industry. This was reported by the press service of OAO Severstal.

Indonesian Justice Minister Mahendra said that Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri will sign a special anti-terrorism decree on Friday. The final text of the decree, developed to date, has not yet been published. However, according to Mahendra, quoted by Reuters, one of the points will be the introduction of the death penalty for terrorism. Also, according to the AP, the new law implies a simplification of the procedure for the arrest and detention of terrorist suspects.

A document on joint measures by Russia and Georgia to strengthen border security is ready for signing, Director of the Federal Border Service (FPS) of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Konstantin Totsky, told Interfax-AVN on Thursday in Yerevan.

In Vladivostok, with the onset of dawn, sappers began to inspect the arsenal of the Pacific Fleet, where individual explosions are still heard. As the RIA Novosti agency was informed on Thursday in the Primorsky regional department of civil defense and emergency situations, the fire stopped at two sites of the Pacific Fleet arsenal in Vladivostok.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/news/newsid_1385000/1385971.stm The information that North Korea contrary to the agreement on freezing of his nuclear program signed in 1994 still continues to develop in the field of nuclear weapons, leaked to the media constantly. Pyongyang's refusal in the international inspection of the nuclear power plant in Yonbon at the beginning of this year added oil to the fire.

In Moscow, a theft was committed from the reception room of State Duma deputy Andrei Wulff, Ekho Moskvy reports. Unknown persons broke the bars and entered the office premises. The deputy was robbed of a safe containing 64,000 dollars. In addition, the criminals took away a sewing machine, office equipment, a women's mink coat, and 18 fox skins from the premises. The damage amounted to about 2.5 million rubles.

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has actually accused the European Union of pursuing a policy of a double standard, the NTV television company reported.

Photo from News.bbc.ru The first part of the open meeting ended at the New York headquarters of the UN, which is decided whether a new, tough resolution on Iraq is needed, BBC reports. Most countries spoke out against the use of force against Baghdad. Open debris on Iraq, organized on the initiative of non -alignment movement, which includes about 130 states, began on Wednesday.

In the Leninsky district of Grozny on Wednesday evening, two policemen were injured when a radio-controlled landmine exploded. This was reported by Interfax-AVN with reference to a source at the headquarters of the United Forces in the North Caucasus. "The explosion thundered when the patrol of the combined police detachment of the Kurgan region carried out the task of checking the area. As a result of the explosion, two police officers received injuries of varying severity," the source said.

http://www.glavpryg.ru/tech.shtml Under Yaroslavl, the Mi-2 helicopter crashed, Gazeta.ru reports. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, the disaster occurred about 20-25 km southwest of Yaroslav at 11 hours 17 minutes. According to preliminary information, three people were on board the Mi-2. Inquired data, one person died, two were injured. The Mi-2 helicopter with the on-board number 14086 of the Barkol airline performed a planned circuit circuit circuit.

The Central Election Commission will take special control over the final stage of the election campaign in Kalmykia. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the head of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov. The head of the CEC announced that he was going to fly to Kalmykia immediately after the meeting of the State Duma Committee on State Construction. Already on Friday morning, according to Veshnyakov, he will be able to start work in Kalmykia.

The flight of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-5" with the satellite "Photon-M" was stopped by "automatics". According to RIA Novosti, this is indicated in the official statement prepared by the Military Space Forces in connection with the emergency at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The Interdepartmental Emergency Commission should find out the reasons why the "automatic" stopped the flight of the rocket. It is headed by General Director of TsNIIMash Nikolai Anfimov.

In St. Petersburg, the car of the Consulate General of Austria was stolen, RIA Novosti reports. The crime was committed the night before on Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street near house number 19. Unidentified persons entered a parked Toyota car belonging to the diplomatic mission and fled the scene. The value of the stolen car exceeds 1 million 300 thousand rubles. It was not possible to detain the criminals in hot pursuit.