On Wednesday, at a forum held in London, priority areas for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq's oil industry and the use of its raw material base were discussed. According to ITAR-TASS, the consultations were held behind closed doors under the auspices of the working group on oil and energy of the US State Department, headed by adviser Thomas Warrick.

The Czech border police at Prague's Ruzyne International Airport denied entry to the country to an Iraqi citizen with a sick two-year-old child. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Czech newspaper Lidove Novy, 26-year-old Iraqi citizen Sali Khalaf arrived in Prague from Turkey on April 3. She brought her sick son from Baghdad, whom Iraqi doctors could not help. Czech border guards denied Sali Khalaf entry even though she had a valid Czech visa in her passport.

The US military began airlifting Iraqi opposition fighters to southern Iraq. The opposition military act under the banner of the Iraqi National Congress, which is led by Ahmad Halabi. It is reported by ABC with reference to sources among the US military.

More than 10,000 people took to the streets Sunday at an anti-war rally in the Indonesian town of Kediri. According to Reuters, the demonstrators are demanding that the government end diplomatic relations with the United States. Less numerous rallies were held today in other cities of Indonesia: about 2,000 people protested against the war with Iraq in Bandung, about 1,000 - in Jakarta.

The President of the Republic of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov continues his working trip to the countries of Western Europe. According to the press service of the president of the Republic of Ingushetia, while in Strasbourg this week at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Murat Zyazikov, in an interview with journalists, gave some figures regarding the number of refugees from Chechnya who are in Ingushetia.

Warehouses are burning in the south of Moscow in the 1st Roshinsky passage, RIA Novosti reports. According to the metropolitan UGPS, the fire started around 14.50 Moscow time. The fire covered more than 200 square meters. 9 fire brigades are involved in extinguishing the fire. According to preliminary data, one person was injured during the fire.

The first case of "Chinese pneumonia" has been detected in Kuwait, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the local newspaper Al Watan. A 50-year-old American woman who came to Kuwait from Hong Kong fell ill. She is in a very critical condition. On Saturday, she was admitted to the infectious diseases department of the Mubarak hospital in the Kuwaiti capital.

In Beijing, a Finn who worked in China died of "Chinese pneumonia", reports Reuters. Pekka Aro, 53, arrived in Beijing from Thailand at the end of March. After that, he fell ill and was sent to a Beijing hospital on April 2. Aro passed away early Sunday morning. His house was treated with disinfectants, now doctors are examining people who were in contact with the Finn.

A detachment of warships of the Russian Pacific Fleet headed from Vladivostok to the Indian Ocean, RIA Novosti reports. The head of the press center of the Pacific Fleet, Captain First Rank Alexander Kosolapov, said that large anti-submarine ships "Admiral Panteleev", "Marshal Shaposhnikov" and the tanker "Vladimir Kolechidsky" set sail from the military pier in Vladivostok. The detachment is led by Captain First Rank Valery Terekhin.

The tombstone "Eternal Flame" by the famous Swedish sculptor Carl Milles was stolen from the grave of the famous industrialist and art connoisseur Malte Sommelius at the cemetery of the Swedish city of Helsingborg. According to the Swedish news agency TT, cited by Rosbalt, the tombstone was brought by a Swedish sculptor as a gift to the family of the late Malte Sommelius, who died in 1922.

The holiday of snowmen was held on Saturday in Perm. As Rosbalt was informed in the press service of the Perm administration, the participants of the action made snowmen, after which the jury determined the best works. The event, according to the press service, is dedicated to the 280th anniversary of Perm and is designed to help change the attitude of the residents of the microdistrict to the Square of the Winners, where the holiday was held.

To solve the problem of the return of the famous "Baldin collection" of the Bremen gallery "Kunsthalle" will be the court. According to ITAR-TASS, such a statement was made on Saturday by the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Mikhail Shvydkoy, speaking in the TV program "Zerkalo".

Three pits with the bodies of murdered and mutilated men have been discovered in Chechnya over the past 24 hours, Interfax reports. According to the Nadterechny District Department of Internal Affairs, two of them were found on the southern outskirts of the Emasuli settlement. How many bodies were found there is not reported, but it is known that the hands and heads of the corpses were cut off. There are no documents on the bodies, so it is impossible to identify them yet.

On Sunday, a convoy of cars with employees of the Russian embassy in Iraq, among whom was Ambassador Vladimir Titorenko, was attacked while leaving Baghdad. The column was heading towards the Iraqi-Syrian border. There were about 25 people in the group - journalists and embassy workers. An eyewitness to the incident, TVS reports, said that Russian cars were fired upon from a convoy of jeeps.

The head of the administration of the Kuban, Alexander Tkachev, proposes to take on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory Iraqi children who suffered during air raids by the forces of the Iraqi coalition. According to Regions.Ru, the governor's initiative was supported at the meeting of the leaders of the city's resort and tourist complex in Anapa.