In Vladikavkaz, another terrorist attack is committed today. At the entrance to the central market of the city, where flowers are usually sold, an explosive device worked. As Interfax was told in the Russian Ministry of Emergencies, the explosion of an unidentified device occurred at 11:10 Moscow time. Six people died, about forty were injured. This was announced by ITAR-TASS by the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Ossetia, Schumel Shaov.

Israel refused to cooperate with the UN mission on Sunday, which should investigate the events in Jennin. This was stated today by the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Shimon Peres, reports AFP. He previously noted that the Israeli authorities will not provide representatives of the UN complete freedom in choosing witnesses.

The US administration plans a large -scale invasion of Iraq in early 2003. This is written on Sunday by The New York Times . According to the publication, from 70 to 250 thousand US troops with the possible involvement of the armies of other NATO countries will take part in the ground operation.

The Court of Frankfurt, the Deutsche Bahn (German railways) ordered to pay compensation in the amount of $ 270 to a passenger who spent two painful hours trying to find a working toilet in a modern high-rise train from Frankfurt to Dresden, Reuters reports. However, all the toilets of the train were closed, since they had no water.

France candidate, the leader of the extreme right-wing National Front, Jean-Mari Le Pen, wishes the "speedy revival of Great Russia." In an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti on Saturday evening, he said: "I never hid the fact that I wish the speedy revival of Great Russia so that it again gains its peaceful power in eastern Europe." According to Le Pen, "the future of strategic equilibrium in the world largely depends on this, the only superpower, which claims the role of Hegemon in world

After the catastrophic defeat of the first racket of the Russian national team, Elena Dementyeva in the third single meeting from Barbara Rittner, the finalist of last year’s drawing of the Federation Cup were on the verge of defeat in the first round. With a total score of 1: 2, Anastasia Myskina was obliged to beat Martin Muller in order to keep us the chances of a final victory. And she did it. Nastya in a stubborn struggle defeated the German with a score of 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 7 (4: 7), 11: 9.

The next round of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations ending in the second half of Sunday did not bring a solution to the problem around the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Bethlehem. This was reported by the Qatarian television of AL-JAZeera.

In Moscow, an adviser to the apparatus of one of the commissions of the State Duma of the Russian Federation was detained in Moscow for the beating of a police officer, Interfax was told in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital.

The Palestinian authorities have accused Israel today of trying to hide the traces of the massacre he had committed in the Palestinian refugee camp on the western bank of the Jordan River. This, according to Palestinians, is evidenced by the fact that the Israelis are once again trying to achieve the arrival of the UN mission to investigate the tragedy in Jennin, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the Palestinian side, during the Israeli operation in the refugee camp, up to 500 Arabs died there.

In Iraq today, the 65th anniversary of Saddam Hussein is celebrated. On the occasion of the birth of a leader in the country, according to tradition, the doors of new schools and hospitals open, industrial enterprises, agricultural and livestock farms are commissioned after reconstruction. Parents of children who are born on this day will receive 150 thousand dinars ($ 75) every year until the son or daughter will turn 12 years old. A similar tradition has existed in Iraq for several years.

The military operation, carried out on Saturday in the city of Kalkilia on the western bank of the Jordan River, allowed to prevent the largest terrorist attack in Israel. This was announced today by senior Israeli military representatives, reports Ha'aretz. According to the military, the radical People’s Front of the liberation of Palestine prepared the foundation of at least one of the skyscrapers in the Central City of Israel.

The head coach of Manchester United Alex Ferguson suggested that the Juventus coach Marcello Lippi leave Italy and lead his team. According to Dailyfootball with reference to “The News of the World”, Lippi himself does not exclude the possibility of moving to England: “Alex and I have good friends for many years. He always said that I should work with him at Manchester United. True, I always wanted to work with Alex. We talked about the phone.

In the Los Angeles clinic, 85-year-old Ruth Handler, who created the famous Barbie doll and the whole family of her “relatives” and “friends”, died. She was one of 10 children in a poor family of Polish immigrants, but got rich, introducing a doll with the proportions of an adult young woman in 1959 to the toy market.

The German tennis players came ahead in the match between the Russian Cup with a team of Russia, which takes place in Dresden. In the duel of the leaders of the national teams, Barbara Rittner surprisingly easily won the best tennis player in Russia Elena Dementieva with a score of 6: 3, 6: 1. Thus, our girls fell into a very difficult situation: the score in the series was 2: 1 in favor of the weaknesses, and Anastasia Myskina is now simply necessary to defeat Martin Müller.

The head coach of the Argentina football team Marco Bilsa plunged into a shock condition to the local football community with his statement about the possible departure from his post due to a lack of funding. The team, who is considered one of the main favorites in the upcoming world championship in Japan and South Korea, should hold its first match of the final part of the tournament on June 2 against the Nigeria national team (group F).