Militants. Photo by AR from the Air Force website The Minister of Internal Affairs of Saudi Arabia stated on Saturday that the country's special services killed four Islamist militants, including the leader of the Al-Qaida part, operating on the Arabian Peninsula. According to BBC, this is 39-year-old Abdulaziz Mukrin. Meanwhile, information about the death of its leader is refuted to the website of the groups.

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Adjara, police colonel Avtandil Beridze, was relieved of his post on a personal request, RIA Novosti reports. Deputy Interior Minister of Adjara Anzor Dumbadze said that Beridze was guided primarily by the interests of the ministry. However, according to the deputy minister, the fact that it was "difficult to work because of the media frenzy around him" also had an effect.

Camp camp. Photo NTV. Representatives of the regional operational headquarters for managing a counter -terrorism operation in the North Caucasus said on Saturday that negotiations were underway in Chechnya about voluntary surrender of 20 militants of Doku Umarov. According to RIA Novosti, negotiations through intermediaries go to Achkhoy-Martanovsky, Urus-Martan and Shata districts of Chechnya.

Bezymyanny volcano erupted in Kamchatka, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Kamchatka Experimental and Methodological Seismological Party, powerful tremors began at 8:30 local time (23:30 Moscow time on Friday). Columns of ash and gas 8-10 kilometers high rose above the crater. The Alaska Volcano Observatory provided satellite imagery that clearly shows an ash plume stretching to the southeast.

The office of the company 'Yukos'. Filming NTV The allocation of the arbitration court, considering the case of the recovery of more than $ 3 billion of tax arrears from Yukos for 2000, declared the company's lawyers, has been rejected. According to the Air Force, a break is announced in the hearings until June 21. Earlier, the court three times rejected Yukos defense petitions with a request to postpone the case.

Paul Johnson. Photo by ar On Friday, the group, which is part of the Al-Qaida terrorist network, reported the execution of the American hostage Paul Johnson, AP reports. On one of the sites on the Internet, the group posted photographs of the body and the chopped head of the hostage. The corpse of Paul Johnson has already been discovered by local authorities in the suburbs of the capital of the country by Er-Riyad. The police cordoned off the area where the body was found.

Nuclear missile. Photo from the site www.voentour.ru India and Pakistan began the first direct negotiations on nuclear policy in history, BBC reports. Both countries tested nuclear weapons six years ago, but tense diplomatic relations did not allow them to discuss the conditions that ensure nuclear security. Now India and Pakistan intend to achieve mutual trust and reduce the risk of nuclear conflict. The head of the Pakistani delegation says that he is very hoping for success.

Kofi Annan. Photo by ar UN Secretary General Kofi Annan opposed the extension of immunity releasing the American military who perform peacekeeping missions from liability for war crimes. As the Air Force reports, the Secretary General reacted to the US Safety Council to extend the immunity. Immunity from persecution by the International Criminal Court was provided to the United States in 2002 and extended a year later.

In the Proletarsky district of Tver, two citizens of India drowned in the Volga River, reports news agency REGNUM. One of the victims was 20 years old, the second - 22 years old. Both were students of the Tver State Medical Academy. The tragedy occurred on Friday, when young people were swimming in the river. Their bodies have not yet been recovered. The death of the Indians is under investigation.

The flag of the European Union. Photo from the site zaistinu.ru The leaders of the member countries of the European Union approved the text of the first constitution of the association, reports BBC. This decision was preceded by multi -month disputes about certain points of the document, and England and France publicly criticized each other for the inability to compromise. The question of the candidacy of the new chairman of the European Commission, which also causes disputes, was postponed.

An Il-76 aircraft of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia delivered to Moscow an employee of the Interenergoservice company Anatoly Korenkov, who was wounded during an attack by Iraqi militants, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. The plane landed at the Ramenskoye airfield near Moscow at 16.23 Moscow time. Anatoly Korenkov was wounded on May 26 when a bus transporting company employees to a work site in Al-Musayyib was attacked by unidentified persons.

At the Euro 2004 football championship, the Danish team beat the Bulgarian national team, RIA Novosti reports. The match, held in Braga, ended with the score 2:0 in favor of the Danes. In the fourth minute of the match, Bulgarian defender Rosen Kirilov received a second yellow card and will now miss the game with the Italians. Only a minute before the break, Jon-Dal Tomasson scored the first goal. At the end of the second half there was a scandal.

Putin. Photo from the site PhotoMarket.ru Representatives of the US State Department claim that they have no idea what the Russian president had in mind, which said the day before that Russia warned the United States about possible terrorist attacks that Saddam Hussein allegedly prepared. As Reuters reports, the press secretary of the State Department Adam Elley says that there was nothing like this - the data on the prepared terrorist attacks from Russia did not enter the State Department.

Apache helicopter. From the site www.fas.org On Saturday night, the Israeli Air Force military helicopters fired at the city of Gaza, MIGNews.com reports. Explosions were destroyed by workshops and warehouses belonging to the Palestinian group of Hamas. Apache helicopters released seven missiles in gas in gas. These were spot blows; Only three people suffered (doctors evaluate their injuries as lungs).

Sophie Marso on Red Square. Photo by the Air Force On Friday, the Pushkinsky Cinema Hall hosted the opening ceremony of the XXVI of the Moscow International Film Festival, RIA Novosti reports. The mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov spoke at the ceremony, in addition, the greeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin was read out. On the blue carpet, spread out of the monument to Pushkin to the entrance to the hall, the stars of the screen and leaders of the film industry passed.