3 thousand militants of the Maoist movement stormed the capital of the Nepalese province of Karnali - the city of Jumla. Security forces returned fire and the fighting continued throughout the night, a regular army spokesman said. According to Reuters , active firefight is currently ongoing in the city. Additional forces were sent to the city by helicopters.

In the Kaluga region, a caricature competition is being held for the head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, announced by local power engineers. The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of 3 thousand rubles. As regions.ru reports, Kalugaenergo also sent a stern warning to the Kaluga Trolleybus Administration and Kalugaoblvodkanal, demanding to pay all debts.

George Bush fell in love with Islam 98 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, US President George W. Bush said that he considers Islam a peaceful religion and does not intend to identify it with the ideology of extremists. "Some of the comments that are made about Islam do not reflect the position of my government or the sentiment of the majority of Americans," Mr. Bush told reporters after his meeting with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday. Addressing Mr. Annan, Mr.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin 187 1 min. ... held a working meeting with the heads of the Constitutional, Supreme and Higher Arbitration Courts Marat Baglay, Vyacheslav Lebedev and Veniamin Yakovlev, at which the practice of applying the new Code of Criminal Procedure was discussed. As Mr.

Fyodor Konyukhov was washed away by the current 32 1 min. ... The Uralaz boat of the Russian navigator Fyodor Konyukhov, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, is blown south by the winds. Now the traveler is 1,200 miles from the island of Barbados, where he plans to finish. But if the wind, whose speed reaches 20 knots, blows in the same direction, the Uralaz will blow south of the island.

On November 15, the third reactor was shut down manually due to a leak of radioactive water from the cooling system at the Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Local authorities said the level of radioactivity in the water was low, so its leakage would not harm the environment.

22 2 minutes. ... Several interesting new premium products are entering the St. Petersburg beer market. Two city enterprises - "Bavaria" and "Vienna" - almost simultaneously introduce new varieties. And Tinkoff is opening its own plant. This is how brewers are preparing for increased demand for their products in December. The Tinkoff plant in Pushkin begins production of beer of the same name in just a few weeks - in December 2002. Investments in the enterprise amounted to $15 million.

10 9 min. ... Issuer Number of shares in ADR-GDR Volume (pcs.) Last trade Change. (%) Last trade per 1 share ($) Min. in 52 weeks Max.

First suburban mall with goods "Lux" On November 7, a concert of one of the most famous jazmens of our time - the guitarist George Benson - opened Crocus City Mall. This is the largest Moscow shopping center specializing exclusively in expensive goods. Large - at least in size. The total area of ​​two -story mall is 62 thousand square meters. m, the area of ​​the central corridor - 11 250 square meters. m, and its length is 3 km.

Experts say 26 2 minutes. ... occupational Safety and Health Yesterday in Moscow at the All-Russian Exhibition Center the three-day international congress “Occupational Safety and Health”, which opened on November 13 and organized by the Ministry of Labor, continued its work. From the very beginning it became clear that we do not have any labor protection, because it is unprofitable. The latest law “On the Fundamentals of Labor Safety in the Russian Federation” was adopted on July 17, 1999.

mechanical engineering 27 1 min. ... Yesterday, the Rosbalt news agency reported the intention of the American General Electric to build a plant for the production of electric locomotives in the Leningrad region. The regional administration told Kommersant that a protocol of intent between the region, the Ministry of Railways and the company will be signed in the near future.

The investigation knows the kidnappers and is hiding the cost of releasing the first vice president 2K 2 minutes. ...

105 1 min. ... Australian dollar 17.8448 English pound 50.4002 Belarusian ruble* 16.7546 Danish krone** 43.0417 U.S. dollar 31.8203 Euro 31.9921 Icelandic krona*** 37.1385 Kazakh tenge*** 20.6214 Canadian dollar 20.2008 Norwegian krone** 43.6151 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 42.5463 Singapore dollar 18.0132 Turkish Lira**** 19.6664 Ukrainian hryvnia** 58.8100 Swedish krona** 35.2971 Swiss frank 21.8127 Japanese yen*** 26.3916 *For 1000. **For 10. ***For 100. ****For 1,000,000. According to Reuters.

General Director of OJSC "Surgutneftegas" and President of Belarus, 113 2 minutes. ... General Director of OJSC "Surgutneftegas" and the President of Belarus will hold negotiations in Minsk on the privatization of Belarusian petrochemical enterprises. The president of the Belarusian state concern Belneftekhim, Ivan Bambiza, will also take part in them.