One person was killed and 38 injured in a highway accident in the Spanish province of Murcia. According to RIA "Novosti", the bus driver lost control, as a result of which the car rolled down a slope and rolled over several times. The passengers of the bus were employees of the University of Granada, returning from the celebration of the carnival in the city of Aguilas. The reasons for the incident are being established.

Participation in the elections of the head of the city of Essentuki, Stavropol Territory on Sunday at 14.00 more than 38% of voters voted. As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the City Electoral Committee, the turnout of voters exceeded the 20% threshold and the mayoral elections can be considered held. Serious incidents and violations during the voting have not yet been registered. There are 13 candidates running for the post of mayor.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Photo by the Air Force Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is considered the main organizer of the attacks on September 11, 2001, was transferred to the United States. As a high -ranking official of the American government said in an interview with Ruters, this happened a few hours after the arrest of Mohammed in Pakistan. Now he is in prison, the location of which is not breaking. It is also unknown to which country Mohammed was delivered to.

Three people were killed, two more were seriously injured as a result of an accident on Komdiv Orlova Street in Moscow. As Interfax was informed in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, at about 22.30 Moscow time on Saturday in the area of ​​​​house number 6 along the division commander Orlova street, a head-on collision of BMW cars and Zhiguli cars of the 7th model occurred.

In the Egyptian Library of Alexandria, which was opened after reconstruction in October, on Sunday there was a fire. According to Reuters, the fire arose due to a short circuit on the fourth floor, where the library's administrative services are located and valuable books are not stored. The fire was contained within an hour, and no one was seriously injured, although 35 people were taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning.

In a shootout that occurred on a train en route from Rome to Florence, one policeman was killed and another was injured. According to RIA "Novosti", the incident occurred when the train followed in the area of ​​the city of Arezzo and almost reached Florence. The fire was opened by two train passengers, a man and a woman, when the police in the car were checking documents. The shooter was also badly wounded in the shootout. Criminals - citizens of Italy - are arrested.

The All-Ukrainian Extraordinary Congress of Deputies of all levels from the opposition adopted on Sunday a declaration of unity of the opposition forces, Interfax reports. The declaration, the text of which was read out by BYuT leader Yulia Tymoshenko, in particular, states the consolidation of the opposition forces "now and for the next political campaigns." The congress participants called on the Ukrainian people to unite and remove Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma from power.

More than 6,000 people took part in an anti-war rally in Japan, according to Reuters. Demonstrators gathered in the central park of the city of Hiroshima. Many held placards with slogans "No to war" in their hands and launched red, yellow and green paper cranes into the sky. According to a late-February poll by the daily Asahi Shimbun, 80% of Japanese do not support US military plans for Iraq.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov held telephone conversations with French and German Foreign Ministers Dominique de Villepin and Joschka Fischer, Interfax reports. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the conversation, the commonality of positions of Russia, France and Germany on the Iraq problem was again confirmed in regard to the need to continue the activities of the international inspection mission in Iraq on the basis of UN Security Council resolutions 1284 and 1442.

In the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo on Sunday, a car exploded, parked near the office of the American oil company Chevron Texaco. According to Reuters, the blast damaged three more cars, as well as nearby buildings. None of the people were hurt. As recalled by the agency, explosions occurred near the buildings of the diplomatic services of Spain and Colombia on Tuesday in Caracas, as a result of which five people were injured.

The production of a sausage 2019 meters long has become the central event of the 19th holiday "Turian sausage" taking place in the Serbian village of Turia. According to RIA Novosti, after the sausage was measured, it was put on sale, and the meter became the unit of measurement. The length of the sausage is symbolic: it means the beginning of the millennium plus the 19th holiday.

Three people died on Saturday as a result of the crash of a small Socata TBM 700 aircraft that crashed in the vicinity of Washington. The pilot and his assistant, according to AP, died at the scene. The passenger died a few hours later in the hospital. All three worked for High Performance Technology in Arlington, Virginia.

According to AP, the loss was discovered on Saturday. The sketch, which depicts the crucified Jesus Christ, has been replaced with a copy. "It's a big mystery how this could have happened," Department of Corrections spokesman Tom Antenen told the New York Times. This work by Dali, which the artist painted in 1965, is worth at least $175,000, according to an estimate made in 1985. By now, the price should be about three times higher, the spokesman said.

Search work at the crash site in the Tver region on Saturday of the L-410 aircraft was completed. As Interfax was informed on Sunday by the information department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, a "black box" of the aircraft was found at the crash site. As a result of the plane crash last Saturday, according to the latest data, 11 people died, 14 managed to escape, two of them were taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Firefighters on Saturday evening extinguished a fire on a ship afloat near the quay wall of the Admiralty shipyards in St. Petersburg. The signal about the fire was received by the control panel on duty UGPS "01" at 14.40. 23 units of equipment and ten water guns were involved in the elimination of the fire. Currently, emergency services are pumping water from the 1st and 2nd decks, as well as the hold of the ship, which has rolled, with three pumps.