American investigators were able to identify the mailbox from which letters containing anthrax spores were sent, reports the Associated Press. The location of the postal source of the fatal disease was announced by security services representative Tom Ridge. The discovery gives investigators the opportunity to identify the senders of dangerous messages. Ridge also added that the bacteria found in Florida, New York and Washington are identical and were likely obtained in the same place.

A tower crane fell in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. The emergency occurred on Saturday around 10:20 at a construction site near house number 22 on Kuskovskaya Street. As Interfax was told by the capital's police department, the crane collapsed on the site where multi-storey garages are being built. One of the workers received moderate injuries. The man was hospitalized in one of the city hospitals. Specialists from the city search and rescue squad No. 5 arrived at the scene.

The operation scheduled for Saturday to launch the Giant-4 barge with the Kursk submarine into floating dock No. 50 in the roadstead of Belokamennaya Bay has been postponed to Sunday. Russian and Dutch experts made this decision after control measurements of the depth and draft of the barge-pontoons-submarine system. As Intferax was told at the headquarters of the Northern Fleet, the draft of the system needs to be reduced by about half a meter.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin opened on Saturday a meeting of heads of state and government of countries included in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. The ceremony, held at the Shanghai International Congress Center, was attended by the presidents of Russia, the USA, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and several other countries.

The head of Somalia's transitional government, Ali Khalif Galaydh, addressed the UN with a warning. According to Ghalaidh, if international support ceases, his country could turn into a terrorist training base. The Somali leader says his people need more financial help. In addition, international organizations must take part in the creation of properly functioning government structures.

The head of the White House Office of National Security, Tom Ridge, denied last Friday reports of the use of anthrax pathogens modified for military purposes that are resistant to antibiotics in Florida, Washington and New York, Reuters reports. "This is a common strain that occurs naturally in animals. It has not been genetically altered," said David Fleming, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

To travel to a friendly match in Australia, which will take place on November 11 with the team of this country, the French national football team rented its own plane, reports dailyfootball.com. "To ensure the complete safety of the players, we have to take additional precautions: in particular, hiring a separate plane for the entire French delegation," said French Football Federation President Claude Simonet.

In a storage locker at a Philadelphia bus station, police found a suitcase containing C-4 plastic explosive and more than 300 meters of detonating cord. The luggage was placed in a storage locker on September 29 and remained there until October 3, when a bus station employee, without opening it, transferred it to the warehouse. Usually, after two to three weeks, the forgotten bags are opened and their contents - usually clothes - are given to the homeless.

American police recently discovered a stolen trailer containing toxic chemicals. Rockland Corp. reported her truck missing Wednesday. The trailer of a car stolen from a parking lot contained pesticides and fertilizers. The stolen towbar was discovered by the FBI and Elizabeth County police the next day in Newark. Another day later, a trailer was found, the cargo in which was untouched. According to police, the theft of a truck with chemicals is not related to terrorist activities.

Italian police have produced a recording of a dialogue in which members of the al-Qaeda group talk about bin Laden's connections with Chinese businessmen. Citizens of Libya and Tunisia discussed the details of the deal with a certain Chinese representative at Milan airport. 31-year-old Libyan Ben Henie, who was arrested a month ago in Munich, told his Tunisian partner the following: “Businessmen from all over the world who hate America have begun to study American missile technology.

Anthrax bacteria were found in a letter that arrived in Argentina from Florida. According to Argentine Health Minister Hector Lombardo, this is the second case of contaminated mail being delivered from the United States. According to Lombardo, no cases of anthrax infection have yet been identified in Argentina. The woman who received the death message did not open it.

Employees of the FSB Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region identified the sender of letters with white powder, which were addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. As Interfax was told in the public relations group of the FSB, the envelopes were sent from a certain terrorist organization allegedly associated with the Taliban movement.

German authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a 24-year-old Moroccan citizen on charges of organizing a terrorist group and mass murder committed as a result of the September 11 attacks. According to information available to German federal prosecutors, Zakariya Essabar is suspected of collaborating with hijackers who sent passenger planes to buildings in New York and Washington.

Five people died in a car accident on the Moscow-Petersburg highway near Novgorod. As reported to RIA Novosti by the traffic police department of the Novgorod region, the accident occurred on Saturday at the 529th kilometer of the highway. The seventh model Zhiguli drove into oncoming traffic and crashed into a KamAZ. The driver of the car and four passengers died on the spot without regaining consciousness. The identities of the victims have been established; they all lived in Novgorod.

Russian Andrei Shkalikov defended his title as the country's boxing champion in the middle weight category up to 76.2 kilograms, Sport Express reports. On the night from Friday to Saturday in the city of Krasnodar, a 33-year-old Chelyabinsk professional boxer defeated 24-year-old local athlete Vyacheslav Povaritsin on points in ten rounds.