The Human Rights Watch Human Rights Group appealed to the UN Human Rights Commission to condemn the alleged acts of violence against women from the Russian military in Chechnya, reports Reuters. Five Chechen women informed human rights activists that they had sexual violence during the Russian military conducting the so -called sweeps last winter. “The Russian government tells the world that life in Chechnya is normalized.

The first shows of the fourth Russian week of PRE-A-POTTA were held in the Moscow Central Department Store. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" . The event, held since 1999, this time has become absolutely professional. The defile, which was previously accompanied by secular raouts, is now taking place in a business style. However, in small demonstration halls, fenced off on two floors of the department store, celebrities simply could not fit.

On Wednesday, a contract between the Ministry of Defense of Malaysia and Rosoboronexport was signed at the International Exhibition of Defense Systems of the DSA-2002, held in the capital of Malaysia Kuala-Lumpur. According to RIA Novosti, the contract provides for the supply of the Russian portable anti-aircraft missile system "The needle" by the Malaysian armed forces. The terms and details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed.

45 members of the families of Israeli diplomats left on Tuesday late in the evening from Egypt to their homeland. As it became known today, the decision on their departure was made after mass anti -Israeli demonstrations were held in a number of Egyptian cities. However, according to the official explanations of the representative of the Israeli Embassy in the Egyptian capital, this group left Egypt for a "limited deadline for relaxation".

In 2001, the volume of foreign investment in the Moscow economy increased by 40% and exceeded $ 4 billion, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the General Director of the Moscow International Business Association (MMM) Alexander Borisov. He also noted that the Russian capital remains a leader among the subjects of the Federation in this indicator.

The Office for Religion of Turkey stated that it considers it unacceptable the possibility of cloning a person, ITAR-TASS reports. An experiment conducted by the Italian geneticist Severino Antinori cannot be justified from the point of view of Islam, despite the fact that the representative of the Islamic nation can become the first cloned person. This is the unambiguous opinion of religious management.

On Wednesday, at about 7 a.m. on Middle Eastern time on the highway east of Haifa, an explosion thundered in a passenger bus. According to preliminary data, we are talking about terrorist Kamikadze, reports mignews.com . As a result of the attack, at least 10 people died, about 25 passengers were injured. At the site of the tragedy, ambulance teams work. The victims are delivered to the Rambam hospital, located in the city of Haifa.

After 8 days of fierce battles, dozens of Palestinian militants were looking for Israel began to surrender to the Israeli army today in the Jenni refugee camp on the western bank of the Jordan River. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to Israeli sources. Earlier, the representative of the Hamas movement stated about this. According to him, the Palestinians decided to stop resistance in the jenin refugee camp and surrender to the Israeli army.

The Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party recommended Gennady Seleznev to leave the post of chairman of the State Duma. This was announced to reporters by one of the participants in the meeting, emphasizing that in this way the Plenum participants confirmed their previous decision, adopted on April 3, Interfax reports. The Plenum participants voted for this decision with 74 votes, against √ 15.

State Duma deputy Nikolai Kovalev appealed to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and Pope John Paul II with an appeal to protect Christian shrines on the Holy Land. In the circulation, the text of which was transmitted to Interfax today, says: “Over the main values ​​of Christianity - the Church of the Nativity of Christ and the coffin of the Lord - a mortal threat hung.

Following the results of the audit, held at the US Department of Internal Affairs, it was announced on Tuesday that three quarters of the ministry were spending official money on personal needs, Rosbusinessonsulting reports. During the audit, it was found that from credit cards, more than a thousand law enforcement officers of the law enforcement agency were transferred to the accounts of various casinos and jewelry stores.

On the eve of April 20 - the birthday of Adolf Hitler - the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow is preparing a set of preventive measures to prevent extremist sorties. According to Interfax , the head of the police and public relations of the Central Council of the capital, Colonel of the Police Sergey Shevtsov, announced this at a briefing on Wednesday on Wednesday.

The former chairman of the Committee on Credit Organizations, Alexander Shokhin, asked the Rules Committee to suspend the procedure for the addition of deputy powers. Shokhin was going to leave for Renaissance Capital , and his desire to linger in the Duma immediately caused a crank among deputies.

In Mongolia, a new highest state award is established - "Order of Genghis Khan." Such an initiative was made by the President of Mongolia Natsagiin Bagabandi in accordance with the right granted to him by the Constitution, RIA Novosti reports. The working group to create a new order was developed by its sketch, as well as the draft status and provisions on the award, which are now on the approval of the Parliament of Mongolia. The new order will be the main state award of Mongolia.

The production of the opera Prokofiev “War and Peace” in the New York Metro-Opera still remains in the area of ​​attention of many Western newspapers. According to critics, in the very center of the audience interest was the Siberian Dmitry Hvorostovsky. “Its powerful and melodic baritone is ideal for the party of Andrei Bolkonsky.