At 7 a.m. local time (09:00 Moscow time), more than 8.5 thousand polling stations opened in Serbia - the next presidential election began. 6.5 million voters will have to elect the fourth since the establishment of a multi-party system in 1990, the head of the republic, reports ITAR-TASS. The elections are organized in almost 300 sites in places of compact residence of the Serbs in Kosovo, which is now under the control of the Provisional Administration of the UN.

The installation of the monument to Dzerzhinsky on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow is a matter of urban planning related to the exceptional jurisdiction of the subject of the Federation, Vladimir Platonov said in an interview with Interfax.

Bloody clashes with the police ended in Seoul Sunday protest of former South Korean spies. They require the central government to recognize their merits to the Fatherland, as well as the payment of compensation for participation in hazardous operations against North Korea. As a result of the skirmishes of at least 16 police officers and 10 ex-reconnaissance were taken to nearby hospitals.

Two cafes "Comfort" and "Smile" were blown up in the very center of the Grozny located at the intersection of Clara Cetkin and the world, opposite the central market. Sources in the factory police department told Interfax that late at night unknown people penetrated the premises and laid explosives. There are no victims and victims, at night in a cafe and nearby there is no one. An investigation has begun.

The federal troops, in the area of ​​the administrative border of Ingushetia with Chechnya, are searching for militants from the Ruslan Gelaev detachment who penetrated on Thursday morning from the territory of North Ossetia. At night, in the immediate vicinity of the Chechen village of Bamut, artillery blows were in the immediate vicinity of the Chechen village of Bamut, the Grad Solder Fire systems worked, ITAR-TASS reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia.

Repeated elections of the State Duma of Russia for the central single-member constituency number 130 of the city of Omsk did not take place due to the low turnout of voters. The chairman of the regional election commission, Alexander Kushnarev, told Interfax that by 20 hours of local time, that is, by the time of the end of the vote, 58 thousand voters, or 11.51% of the list of voters (540 thousand voters) arrived at the polling station.

As a result of a traffic accident in the Novgorod region, three people were killed, among them-a 6-year-old child and a girl of 16 years old. According to RIA Novosti in the regional traffic police department, the tragedy occurred at about 22:30 last Saturday for 57 km of the Veliky Novgorod-Pskov highway near the village of Shimsk. The 25-year-old local resident Abronov, who drove the Moskvich-412 car, crashed into a group of pedestrians along the side of the road at full speed.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived on Sunday evening on a visit to Moscow to discuss with the Russian leadership of ways of leaving the Middle Eastern crisis. During the stay of Sharon in Moscow, which will last until October 1, in addition to communicating with the Russian leadership, his conversation with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II is also planned.

On Sunday in Ramallah, for the first time in two weeks, the Palestinian leader Jasir Arafat left the surviving building of his dilapidated residence. Accompanied by the closest assistants, the 73-year-old leader of the Palestinians left the building, where he was blocked for the third time in the last year. Israel has already besieged the complex of administrative buildings of the Palestinian autonomy (April 29 and 6) in response to the terrorist attacks of Islamic militants.

About 4 billion pounds of sterling are losing annually British merchants due to theft from store shelves. According to RIA Novosti , according to statistics prepared by British experts, the loss of theft amount to about 2 percent of the annual retail turnover in the United Kingdom. Not only organized criminal groups and lone crooks are engaged in theft of goods, but, as it turns out, ordinary British, representing various layers of society.

In an atmosphere of absolute secrecy, the visit of the Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Education and Sports of Vyacheslav Fetisov in North America takes place. This information "Izvestia" received from unofficial (but nevertheless deserving absolute trust) sources. Fetisov’s business trip, according to this source, is associated with the NHL regular championship starting from the very beginning of October.

Svetlana Kuznetsova at the age of 17 won the second WTA tournament - this time in Bali, Indonesia. In the finale, Conchitz Martinez was defeated by it, and in the semifinals - the no less dangerous rival of Arancha Sanchez -Vikario. Wismilak International. Bali (Indonesia) Women 3rd category. 225,000 dollars. Open courts. Hard Final Kuznetsova (Russia) - Martinez (Spain, 8) - 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 7: 5.

Last Saturday, two teenagers Alexei Zoryukov and Vasily Melezhik were detained in Moscow last Saturday in the lobby of the Kievskaya metro station, who at the Filevsky Park station beat a citizen of Tajikistan Mamajo Navruzova in the carriage. With multiple bruises and a traumatic brain injury, the victim was delivered to the first city hospital, Interfax was reported on Sunday to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital.

Thousands of demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets of Washington. The second day of the action passed, the participants of which are obtaining changes in the rules of international trade and, in addition, speak out against the military campaign against Iraq. To maintain order, police from other parts of the country arrived in the US capital. The protest was dedicated to the annual meeting of the leaders of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington.

Rescuers discovered the bodies of 350 people from the victim last Thursday off the coast of the Gambia of the Senegal Ocean ferry, the same number of passengers are considered missing. This was reported by the Prime Minister Senegal Mam Madior Boyae. The prime minister noted that of the 796 passengers on board, 63 people were saved. According to her, rescuers continue to work at the site of the disaster, but the chances of finding someone alive are "ghostly".