The Iranian Ministry of Internal Affairs expresses its protest against another mistake of the anti-Iraqi coalition armed forces: one rocket fell on a residential area in Iran. According to Reuters, the boy died as a result. The rocket hit a house near the port city of Abadan, located 50 km from Basra. This is the second incident of its kind. On May 21, 2 rockets hit an oil refinery in Abadan, then two people were injured.

Eight Palestinians were killed when a car was shot at in the Gaza Strip. According to Ha'aretz, an Israeli F-16 fired missiles at the vehicle shortly after sunset. About 15 people were injured. Some of those killed are Hamas activists, including Said Arbid, one of the leaders of the organization's militant wing in the Gaza Strip. As the newspaper notes, this is the first targeted operation of the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war in Iraq.

Ancient Aqueduct in Aspends is declared a computer with a hydraulic masterpiece Computer modeling made it possible to unravel the secrets of ancient Roman ghradial engineers. Until now, the purpose of many obstacles were the purpose of many obstacles built on the path of the water flow and the “extra” holes in the aqueducts, although the guesses have expressed guesses that all this, perhaps, contributed to a more “smooth” flow of water.

In Singapore, 26-year-old flight attendant Esther Mok went to Hong Kong for shopping, and brought the SARS virus from Hong Kong. According to the AP, she was one of three people who became sources of infection in the city. Since then, more than 100 people have been infected. Esther's parents and the priest who confessed her became infected and died. Esther survived. Her uncle, grandmother and brother continue to fight for their lives.

A triple murder occurred in the Eastern District of Moscow, Interfax reports. On April 7, the bodies of a 27-year-old man, his 29-year-old friend and 76-year-old grandmother were found in the apartment of house 4 on Reutovskaya Street, without external signs of violent death. An examination conducted on April 8 showed that all three died as a result of closed craniocerebral injuries. A criminal case has been initiated.

Since 1992, the total strength of the Russian armed forces has more than halved, Lieutenant General Vasily Smirnov, head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, said on Ekho Moskvy. According to him, now the number of our army is 1 million 162 thousand people. In 1992, this figure was 2 million 880 thousand people.

In the West Bank of the Jordan, in the village of Jaaba near Jenin, an explosion occurred in an elementary school, Reuters reports. At least 29 students were injured. Four of the wounded are in critical condition. One of the students found an explosive device near the school and brought it to the classroom. It exploded. The Palestinian authorities claim that it was an Israeli-made explosive device.

Looters have stepped up in Baghdad, Sky News reports. From April 8, they began to loot shops, as well as the UN headquarters. TV reporters saw how furniture and office equipment were taken out of shops and offices, loaded onto cars or carried away by hand. The police don't stop them. According to the correspondent of the TV channel, on the streets of the city, hundreds of jubilant citizens meet American marines and throw flowers at them.

Walt Disney Corporation CEO Michael Eisner, speaking at a National Broadcasting Association conference in Las Vegas on Monday, said he would not let the threat of piracy stop the company from pursuing its digital business strategy, even if it means the company needs to rethink its current business practices. models. Until now, the Walt Disney Company has mainly insisted on a tough fight against piracy, excluding the possibility of any changes in the policy of copyright holders.

As soon as the divers examine the tunnel in the Karmadon Gorge, search work at the site of the Kolka glacier descent will stop, Gzt.ru reports, citing the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the republic, Boris Dzgoev. EMERCOM experts believe that it will take one to two weeks to inspect the tunnel.

In Iraq, in a few days, a new TV station will start operating and a new daily newspaper will be published. As the Saudi newspaper Ash-Sharq al-Ausat reported on Wednesday, cited by RIA Novosti, for this purpose in the city of Suleymaniye in northern Iraq, two groups of opposition Kurdish journalists have been formed to work in the new media. The location of the TV station and the editorial office of the new newspaper has not yet been determined.

On Wednesday, a BMW car was fired at on Novoryazanskaya Street in Moscow near the Kazansky railway station, NEWSru.com reports with reference to MK-Novosti. According to police, it happened around 4:00 p.m. One person was killed and another was injured. The victims are being identified. An operational-investigative group is working at the scene.

Dollars of the new sample will go into circulation at the end of 2003. This was reported to Interfax on Wednesday by a representative of the US Embassy in Moscow. The beginning of the release in 2003 of American banknotes in a new modification - pink, was announced earlier by the US Federal Reserve System.

The city of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's birthplace, could be his grave. The capture of this city, the population of which is most loyal to the current Iraqi leader, could mean the end of Hussein's regime, the Times reports. Surrounded by elite Republican Guard divisions, the city may contain a major stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, according to Allied intelligence.

Every fourth gas station in the Moscow region deceives its customers. According to Vremya novostei, these are the conclusions made by employees of the GUBEP of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation after a large-scale inspection of gas stations. The check began on February 24 and will end in July. In Moscow, 15% of all filling stations were checked, in the Moscow region - 20%. Several criminal and administrative cases have been opened.