US President George W. Bush announced his desire to hold a summit with the prime ministers of Israel and Palestine. In this way, Bush reacted to the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to accept the "road map" peace plan. According to BBC News, Bush welcomed Sharon's announcement and said: "Prime Minister Sharon has adopted the road map and this is progress.

Paul McCartney flew from St. Petersburg to Moscow on Friday evening, where he will give his only concert, Ekho Moskvy reports. About 50,000 people are expected to attend the Paul McCartney show. A few hours before the start of the event, cynologists with specially trained dogs will check the stage and seats for spectators for explosives. All attics and basements in the quarters located near Red Square will also be carefully inspected.

Representatives of the State Scientific Center for Virology and Biotechnology "Vector" (Novosibirsk) on Friday reported that they had received a strain of the SARS virus from foreign colleagues. The virus was delivered in compliance with all necessary security measures and does not pose any threat. Doctors of the scientific center noted that the resulting virus is needed to test the test system created to determine the disease of atypical pneumonia.

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Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov signed a decree according to which the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin was appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Commission for the preparations for the celebration of the millennium since the founding of the city of Kazan. According to RBC, by the same order, Valentina Matviyenko was excluded from this commission.

Saddam Hussein's eldest daughters plan to seek political asylum in one of four countries: Britain, Egypt, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates. This was stated on Saturday to the newspaper "Ash-Sharq al-Ausat" by the cousin of the former Iraqi president, Izzeddin Mohammed al-Majid. He visited the nieces in a house in Baghdad where they live openly with their 9 children and their younger sister, Khala.

A monument to Alexander Nevsky was unveiled in Ust-Izhora near St. Petersburg on Saturday. According to Interfax, the opening of the monument took place as part of the celebration of the anniversary of St. Petersburg. The monument was erected on the banks of the Izhora, where in 1240 Alexander defeated the Swedes. After this battle, he received the nickname Nevsky.

Two people were killed and three injured as a result of shooting at a polling station in the village of Molodyozhny, Komsomolsky district, Khabarovsk Territory (Far East). According to the press service of the Regional Department of Internal Affairs, the victims of the tragedy were a local policeman and an unidentified woman. An investigation team has left for the scene. At the polling station, preparations are underway for the election of the head of the local administration, Interfax reports.

Israel is ready to accept a plan for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Middle East, the so-called "road map". Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced this on Friday. The Sharon administration's official statement said the plan would be submitted for cabinet approval next Sunday. The Road Map is a plan to resolve the confrontation between Israel and Palestine, developed by the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia.

At the first two rehearsals before the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, the Tatu group was booed by the public, reports Reuters. First, Tatu interrupted their performance due to the fact that Yulia had a sore throat. Lena tried to continue singing alone, but was booed by the audience. Even at the beginning of this week, the British believed that Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova had more chances to win Eurovision - the chances of winning the contest were three to one.

Collage from CNN website In 1994, Lawyers Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt were deployed in the district court in Miami a collective lawsuit to tobacco companies in the United States on behalf of Americans, who lost their health because of their addiction to tobacco.

On Saturday, the people of Kiev celebrate City Day, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the chronicle, Kyiv is celebrating 1521. Public organizations of the city hold a presentation of their activities. On the Independence Square there will be a children's holiday "Kiev Kashtanchik", and after it - a concert "Stars of the Capital". In addition, within the framework of the celebration, the grand opening of two new metro stations - Zhytomyrska and Akademgorodok - will take place.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello as his special envoy to Iraq, Reuters reports. Vieira de Mello was appointed High Commissioner of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on 22 July 2002. Prior to that, he was the UN Special Representative for Kosovo, East Timor and served as UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

The district named after Saparmurat Niyazov in the Lebap velayat (former Chardzhou region) was renamed "Beyik Turkmenbashi", that is, "Great Turkmenbashi".

In the next two years, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, incandescent lamps will be replaced with LED lamps, which will give a golden light and harmonize with the external decoration of the temple. This decision was made during a Saturday detour of the city by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Every year, 24-30 thousand simple incandescent lamps are changed in the temple. 400-500 thousand rubles are spent monthly on paying for electricity.