The terrorist organization of Osama Ben Laden al-Qaeda took responsibility for the recent assassination attempt on the Minister of Defense of Afghanistan Mohammad Fahima. The fact that the militants of Al-Qaeda are worth the attempt to kill the Minister, said an anonymous representative of this organization who called in the Arab newspaper al-Khayyat in Islamabad.

In the north of Afghanistan, in the city of Mazari-Sharif, Afghan, who worked in the representative office of the food and agricultural organization of the UN (FAO), was killed on Wednesday. This was reported on Thursday in the Afghan capital of UN representatives, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the received information, three militants broke into the house of Shah Sayed and shot him point -blank.

The leadership of the Lloyd's London Insurance Office announced that on September 11, the company's financial condition was seriously shared by the financial condition of the company: the losses in 2001 amounted to nearly 3.11 billion pounds ($ 4.35 billion). The main reason, according to Lloyd's analysts, is the requirements for compensation for damage from the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

The decision to ban on the entrance to Russia for the Catholic priest Stefano Caprio √ the rector of parishes in Vladimir and Ivanov - was adopted in full accordance with Russian legislation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Consular Service of the Russian Foreign Ministry. As noted in the Russian foreign policy, this was done in accordance with the law "On the entrance and departure from the Russian Federation" of 1996, which provides for the possibility of applying such a measure.

In Barnaul, an attempt on the life of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Moscow Komsomolets in Altai Igor Rodionov was committed, ITAR-TASS reports. Three young people under the age of 30 years of sports physique attacked him on Wednesday on the landing near his apartment. The bandits threw the journalist to the floor and beat him, striking, allegedly sharpening. A mobile phone, money, documents and other valuables were not taken.

More than 4 thousand Palestinians were arrested on the western bank of the Jordan River during the Israeli army of the military operation "Protective Wall". This, as ITAR-TASS reports, said in a statement by the military command of the Jewish state. The document emphasizes that 121 people are included in the “black list” of suspects in involvement in terrorism.

On April 10, the long -expected order of Mikhail Kasyanov was published on the state of the state from the capital of all commercial banks . It surpassed all expectations: the departments are ordered not only to sell banks, but also to prepare insurance and investment companies for sale. The first banks, which are closest to the departments, such as the envelop, transcreditbank and Baltiyskiy, will leave the hammer. This is the beginning of a large -scale redistribution of state property.

The honorary title of "UNESCO Champion" was awarded this specialized organization of the UN four-time champion in the world in the classrooms in the Formula 1 class Michael Shumacher. This was done in recognition of the role of Schumacher "in the propaganda of sports, for his contribution to Yunesko’s youth educational programs, as well as for the support of UNESCO ideals," the special statement widespread today says.

Scientists are sure that in our galaxy, called the Milky Way, there are up to a billion planets similar to the Earth and suitable for maintaining earthly forms of life. In two hundred billions of stellar systems of our galaxy, there are a huge number of worlds that, in which case, will be able to shelter earthlings. However, all these are only theoretical guesses.

Vladimir Putin met with the head of the largest Russian oil company Lukoil Vagit Alekperov. According to the official information, which was distributed through ITAR-TASS by the press secretary of the head of state Alexei Gromov, this meeting was held "as part of the presidential meetings with representatives of Russian business." It is assumed that Alekperov informed Putin about a number of international projects "Lukoil" aimed at implementing the final oil refining products in foreign markets.

The Israeli troops during the military operation "Protective Wall" on the western bank of the Jordan River take all possible precautions to cause as little harm as possible to the civilian population and religious institutions. " This is stated in the message sent today by Pope John Paul II President of Israel Moshe Katsava, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Hizballah group is ready to free the Israeli businessman in exchange for security guarantees for a hundred Palestinian militants, now blocked by the Israeli army in Jennin on the western bank of the Jordan River. The leader of the Sheikh group Nassan Nasrollah said that he was ready to discuss the details of such an agreement with the intermediaries. The Israeli military leadership has not yet responded to this proposal.

On Wednesday, President Bush called on the US Senate to ban all types of human cloning, including the so -called therapeutic cloning, which, as they hope, will help to cure a number of serious diseases, the Air Force reports. In July last year, the House of Representatives controlled by the Republicans took a ban on all types of production of embryos, which are one hundred percent copy of the donor.

Nokia officially admitted that some of the cell phones received on the sale of its production are faulty . Experts of the DressDner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW) investment bank claimed that Nokia would have to exchange up to 70% of the most popular models in the near future. DKW analysts, interviewing several large European cell phone distributors, came to the conclusion that the 3310, 3330, 8210, 8310 and 8260 models are problematic. Most of them have a display in less than a month of operation.

In the regiment of football princesses and princes arrived: Pele - the king of football of all time and peoples - openly admitted that he has a 32 -year -old daughter, previously not represented by the general public. Flaviah Christina Kurz de Carvalia, a physiotherapist from San Paulo, found out who her father was only in 1994, and Pele, although he preferred not to give a publicity then, immediately recognized her blood in her.