Several assistant ministers in Tony Blair's government have threatened to resign if the UK takes part in the war against Iraq without UN authorization. According to the British press, the BBC reports, the number of resignations could rise to 10. 120 Labor MPs recently voted against the government's plans for Iraq. Therefore, according to observers, the UK government may be facing a serious crisis.

Chechen refugees in Ingushetia are deprived of humanitarian aid if they refuse to sign up for voting in a referendum on the republic's constitution. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow" with reference to AFP. According to the agency, employees of the migration services in Ingushetia, who distribute humanitarian aid, admitted that they received instructions. However, they refused to say where this order came from.

Fishing and transport schooners sank in the Persian Gulf near the province of Khuzestan. It happened the night before due to a strong storm. According to RIA Novosti, five people were rescued, there is no information about the fate of another 15. According to local television, the transport schooner was heading from the port of Dubai (UAE) to Abadan (Iran). The second schooner was engaged in fishing not far from the coast of the province of Khuzestan.

On Sunday in Riga, the famous Latvian actress and film director Dzidra Ritenbergs, the wife of the famous Russian actor Yevgeny Urbansky, died at the age of 74. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Dzidra Ritenbergs at the beginning of her career played in the theater of the Latvian city of Liepaja and in the Russian Drama Theater in Riga. Then she worked in Moscow - from 1962 to 1975 she was part of the troupe of the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater.

In Mongolia, competitions have begun in which the best wolf hunters will compete. According to RIA Novosti, in order to take first place, a hunter must shoot at least 20 predators. The top four hunters will be awarded weapons, binoculars and other equipment. The results of the competition are scheduled to be summed up at the end of March during the spring holiday of Nauryz. Recently, wolves have become a real disaster for the country's pastoralists.

Six Georgian sailors, captured on July 30 last year by pirates off the coast of Somalia aboard the Greek tanker Jenlil, arrived in Georgia on Sunday. According to Interfax, in February of this year, the sailors managed to escape from captivity on their own ship. According to the captain of the tanker Artur Harutyunyan, the crew had been preparing for a long time to escape, and it was a success thanks to "the blunting of the guards' vigilance and the accompanying luck." Georgian sailors A.

In the city of Rodinskoye, Donetsk region of Ukraine, a rock collapse occurred in the state mine "Krasnolimanskaya". According to Interfax, two miners died, another miner is being sought. The bodies of the dead have been found, but it is still impossible to get them out from under the rubble. Four people were found alive, one of them seriously injured. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, the collapse of the rock in the mine occurred the night before.

Maltese voted in favor of joining the European Union in a referendum, according to preliminary results. The Prime Minister of Malta, Lawrence Gonzi, said that 53% of the Maltese voted in favor of joining the EU. Official results will be announced later. Malta has become the first of 9 countries to hold a referendum on joining the EU next year, according to the BBC.

On Sunday morning, a shootout broke out in one of the New York passages in Times Square, AP reports. According to updated data, a fight broke out in one of the nightclubs located in the shopping center. As a result, 16 people were injured. In particular, eight people received gunshot wounds, three were wounded with stabbing objects, and three more were injured in the stampede that began. Two of those who received gunshot wounds are in critical condition.

The Swiss authorities reported that Al-Qaeda leaders used SIM-cards of mobile operators operating in the country. Using mobile phones, they contacted other members of the terrorist organization. Terrorists who took part in the September 11 attacks in the United States called Pakistan and Afghanistan using phones with SIM cards purchased in Switzerland, according to intelligence agencies, AP reports.

A young man who is suspected of having carried out the attacks on Beijing universities has told police that he carried out the bombings in order to gain notoriety. This is reported by the Xinhua news agency. The police believe that it was 27-year-old Huan Mingjiang who planted the bombs in the cafeterias of two Beijing universities on February 25, 2003. "I chose these two universities because they are the most famous.

The driver of the van lost control and crashed into the bus. As a result, according to AP, 17 people were killed and 13 more were injured. Among the dead were two children. The accident occurred early Sunday morning in the Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals. All of them, including the driver of the van, are in serious condition.

Mohammad El Baradia. Photo AP The head of the Magate Mohammed El Baradey said on Sunday that he needed a few more months in order to finally determine whether Baghdad has the programs for creating nuclear weapons. According to Ruters, El Baradia said that the war with Iraqi is not inevitable, and this country still has a chance to fulfill its obligations to destroy weapons of mass destruction.

As a result of by-elections to the Turkish Parliament, the leader of the country's ruling Justice and Development Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was elected to parliament, BBC reports. Now there is no doubt that the current prime minister, Abdullah Gul, will unquestioningly give up his seat to him, and Erdogan will take over as prime minister. Erdogan put forward his candidacy from the province of Shirt.

On Saturday, another victim died in an Israeli hospital as a result of a bus explosion in a suburb of Haifa. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Thus, the number of victims of the attack reached 16 people. There are still 15 wounded in hospitals. The condition of several of them is assessed by doctors as severe and moderate.