The famous activist of the Hamas group died on Saturday on the western coast of Jordan. In Jenin, the car of Nazi Abu Saba was blown up. The car was struck by the direct hit of the rocket from the Israeli helicopter. The death of Nazi Abu Saba was the result of the policy of the “selective destruction” undertaken by the Israelis regarding suspects in terrorist activities, Interfax reports with reference to Napalistine sources.

In the Novosibirsk region, a storm warning was announced in connection with the deterioration of weather conditions. This was announced on Saturday RIA "Novosti" by the operational duty officer of the Main Directorate of the Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region. According to him, on Sunday and Monday, a sharp cooling is expected in the region up to minus 15 degrees, snowfall and strong winds up to 25 meters per second.

Until the end of February, a significant decrease in the ruble exchange rate in relation to the dollar may occur. Such information with reference to specialists is brought by the RBC agency for March, the dollar can rise in price to 31 rubles. Further market dynamics will depend on the presence of free ruble funds on the market. The situation and the situation in the global oil market will have an impact on the dollar, where some stabilization has occurred now after an increase in energy prices.

Today, the date of the beginning of the trial is determined by John Waker Lind, the only American citizen who fought in the ranks of the Taliban movement. Walker will appear before the court on August 26 at 10 points of prosecution, decided by the district judge Alexandria, Virginia. The main accusation that will be refuted by the lawyers of the 21 -year -old Walker is to participate in the conspiracy to kill the Americans.

Two residents of Tomsk are accused of mailing through the Internet of computer viruses. The process in this case began on Saturday in the city court. The investigation was conducted by the prosecutor's office, together with the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Tomsk Region, RIA Novosti reports. Using the ICQ program, attackers distributed files on the network with the Trojan Horse viral program.

A certain Sanzhivan Rupra detached in Belgium testified to the Belgian and American authorities about the supply of weapons to the al-Qaeda militants, which were retired by the Soviet officer Viktor Buto. This is written today by the newspaper Los andgeles Times. Rupra said he knew for certain about many transactions between Ben Laden and Viktor Buto and can talk about how weapons were supplied to Afghanistan.

The Olympic champion of Sydney 2000 in the Greco-Roman struggle American Rolon Gardner is in critical condition in the hospital. Doctors are fighting for his life, but so far refrain from any forecasts, ITAR-TASS reports. The only man in the world who managed to defeat Alexander Karelin on the Rossyanin carpet, ski in the mountains of the state of Wyoming. He lost consciousness and lay in the snow for several hours before rescuers discovered him.

US President George Bush is ready for dialogue with the leadership of North Korea. The American leader said this in an interview with the South Korean National CBS television company on the eve of his tour of the Asian region. Bush noted that the United States is even looking for this dialogue.

EU EU Commissioner Erkka Liikanen said that the European Commission is ready for negotiations with the Russian side on the problem of modernizing the aviation park, ITAR-TASS reports. Recall that from April 1, 2002, the European Union introduces a ban on the take-off-landing of all "noisy" civilian aircraft that does not meet the environmental requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the European Union.

Six Russians were detained at Bangkok International Airport. They are accused of trying to illegally export drugs from Thailand with about one million tablets to reduce weight. According to a representative of the local police, all detainees - five men and a woman - had to fly to Frankfurt. The names of the detainees are not reported. If their fault is proved, they are facing a prison conclusion for up to 5 years, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Philippine Police detained the leader of the Pentagon terrorist group, specializing in the seizures of foreign hostages. As reported, speaking on the radio, President of the Philippines Gloria Arrao, the leader of the criminals Faysala Marasar was captured on Saturday night in Manila. Together with him, 10 more people were detained, whose identity and involvement in the grouping are currently being checked.

Norwegian biathlete Ole Ainar Bjornalen became a three-time Olympic champion Salt Lake City, having won today in the race of 12.5 kilometers at a distance. Taking advantage of the decent handicap earned in the sprint race, Bjorndalen showed a good speed at the distance, allowing, moreover, two misses on fire lines. The time of the winner is 32 minutes 42.9 seconds.

The outstanding goalkeeper and coach of the Russian hockey team Vladislav Tretyak is included in the ten best Olympians in the history of the Winter Games according to the survey of one of the sponsor of the current Olympiad - General Motors. During the celebration of celebration of the winners, the premiere of a short documentary was demonstrated about the Tretyak of the famous film director and Olympic historian Bad Greenpan, ITAR-TASS reports.

According to Israeli radio, early morning on Saturday February 16 Palestinian terrorists again released the Qassam-2 missile in Israeli territory. The rocket launched in the north of the Gaza sector exploded on the territory of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, without causing damage. The Israeli security forces are investigating the incident, reports mignews.com . Responsibility for today's shelling took upon itself the military wing of the Hamas Movement - the "Iszedin Al -Qasma" brigades.

On the birthday of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Ira Pyongyang bloomed with all the colors. To the blossomed fresh flowers, which were specially grown by today on the flower beds under the film, a grand choreographic bouquet on the main square of the city was added. Not only adults and children's groups of musicians, dancers and gymnasts, whose performance was quite professional, participated in the ceremonial-dance celebration of the great leader.