The United States is ready to hit Iraq by the head of the Central Command of the United States in the Middle East and Afghanistan (Sentk), General Tommy Frank, who has a trip to a number of bay countries, said that the American army was ready to strike at Iraq if he received the corresponding order of President George Bush. The general stated this on Saturday at a press conference in the city of El-Kuwait before flying into the United Arab Emirates.

On Sunday, the 33-year-old world champion "Formula 1" Michael Schumacher will take part in the elections of the German parliament for the first time in his life. Of the more than 61 million citizens of Germany who received, as it is customary, an official invitation to participate in the elections of members of the 15th Bundestag in the history of Germany, more than 1 million people will come to the electoral urns, RIA Novosti reports.