The protest of Washington: an accident during which two girls were killed due to the American armored bronated machine (BMR), caused the inhabitants of South Korea to the streets, writes Frankfurter AllGemeine Zeitung . The newspaper writes that terrifying shots with crushed children are still transmitted in Seoul. This is the accusation, a symbol of the resistance of the American army, perceived as the occupation power.

The number of Jews in the world, which by the end of 2002 there are 12.9 million, is reduced annually by an average of 50 thousand people. These are the data published on Tuesday by the Jewish Agency - a half -state Israeli organization involved in the problems of Jewish immigration, AFP reports. This process is most intensively in the United States, where over the past 10 years the number of Jews decreased by 300 thousand people, amounting to 5.2 million in 2002.

10 people were injured as a result of an accident of a city bus in London. The two-story 'dub-decker' touched the upper part of the tree. This happened near the Westminster Palace, where the British parliament sits. All victims were taken to the nearest hospital, the condition of some of them is quite serious. It is still unknown why the bus, which was following a well -known route, collided with a tree, RIA Novosti reports.

The RF Committee on Financial Monitoring is preparing to sign cooperation agreements with "financial intelligence" of a number of countries. Together with colleagues, the KFM will counteract the financing of terrorism, said the Chairman of the KFMRF, the first deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov. According to him, on December 10, he will come to Italy, where he must sign an agreement on cooperation with the Italian unit to combat the legalization of criminal income.

The United States forced Saudi Arabia to think about financial control. According to MSNBC , the Saudis are ready to introduce unprecedented control measures to save their charity funds from the stigma of the "piggy banks of terrorists", and their rulers from accusations of inability to impede the financing of world terrorism.

The waves and stream erode the foundation of the mosque of King Morocco Hassan II, built 10 years ago in the capital of the country of Casablanca over the waters of the ocean, the newspaper reports. This is a cult structure of Muslims - the second in the world in size after the Shah Feysal mosque in Islamabad. At the construction of the Great Mosque Hassan II, 35 thousand workers were employed under the leadership of the French architect Michel Pinso.

A monstrous crime was committed on the night of December 2 in the village of Novikovo, Isetsky district of the Tyumen region. According to the investigation, at about 10 a.m. local time in a private house, the neighbors discovered the corpse of a 30-year-old owner, his wife born in 1970 and their 11-year-old daughter with chopped head wounds. As it turned out, a 9-year-old boy, the son of the dead spouses, was the only survivor in the bloody massacre.

Russian applicants for Slavneft have a serious foreign competitor. According to Prime-Tass, the Chinese China National Petroleum Corporation intends to participate in the auction for the sale of 74.95% of the oil company. CNPC is the largest state oil and gas company in China. The company's revenue for the first half of 2002 amounted to $ 13 billion, net profit - $ 2.4 billion, which is comparable to the income of the two largest Russian oil and Yukos.

The British press published documents according to which the famous British writer Graham Green, the author of the semi -biographical novel 'Quiet American', was under the constant supervision of the FBI agents, BBC reports. In addition to direct writing, Green also worked as a journalist and writer writing travel notes on impressions of different countries and regimes. It is also known that during the Second World War, he worked for intelligence service.

Three Palestinian terrorist groups solemnly vowed on Monday to continue the attack on Israel and with curses responded about representatives of the Palestinian authorities who called to end the “sacred war”. It is reported by Inopressa.ru with reference to Jerusalem Post . Representatives of the Islamic jihad, the Democratic Front for the liberation of Palestine (DFOP) and the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine (NFOP) met in Gaza.

The editorial office of Newsru.com received a press release from the Russian traditions investment company, which reports that with the acquisition of 90% of the shares of OJSC, the Nizhny Novgorod oil and fat plant, she considers herself the only legal owner of the enterprise. The fact of the acquisition of 90% of the shares of the OJSC is confirmed by an extract from the register of shareholders, which is currently underway CJSC The Unified Registrar (the city of St. Petersburg).

The Gas Company, Itra, refused to sponsor the football tournament of the Commonwealth Champions Cup, which is attended by winners of the national championships of the former 15 republics of the decaying USSR. “It is still unknown who will become the new title sponsor of the 11th Cup of the Commonwealth, which will be held on January 18-26 next year,” said Alexander Tukmanov, General Secretary General of the News Time of News, in an interview with the newspaper. - Negotiations are underway.

The Tver court of Moscow appointed for December 24 the consideration of the claims of eight victims as a result of the terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka to the Moscow government on compensation for moral damage for a total of 7.5 million dular. A preliminary hearing took place on Tuesday. The lawyer of Istsov Igor Trunov said that the court refused, at the request of the representative of the defendant, to involve the Moscow Department of Social Protection as a third party.

International inspectors from the UN Commission checked one of the presidential palaces of the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. According to Reuters, the Presidential Palace of Al-Sujud is located a few kilometers from the central part of Baghdad in the Karka region. The check lasted two hours. Previously, this visit was not announced.

Public television may appear on the basis of VGTRK. This will happen if the State Duma of the Russian Federation accepts the relevant law. It has already been introduced to the lower house of parliament, according to the Radio station "Echo of Moscow". The author of the law is lawyer Mikhail Fedotov. According to him, public broadcasting is the one that is intended for society, controlled by society and is funded by society.