A new form of pneumonia for doctors, for the first time recorded in the last days of February, continues to quickly spread in Asia, RIA Novosti reports. The first cases of this disease are registered in Taiwan, there are reports of new patients in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam daily. According to the latest data, the total number of patients with pneumonia in Asia for several days exceeded 100 Asian pneumonia with the initial signs of a simple cold in Europe and Canada.

Elections to the People’s Assembly of Dagestan and local authorities can be considered consisted - at 14:00 Moscow time about 30 voters voted. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" in the republican election commission.

At the arrival of the Azores, the Prime Minister of Great Britain held a 10-minute telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General of Cofi Annan. This was announced today by the office of the head of government. Tony Blair assured Kofi Annan in an effort to "overcome the dead end and achieve consent with respect to the new resolution on Iraq," the representative of Dauning Street informed, 10.

In connection with the situation around Iraq and the state of the American economy, the rating of US President George Bush has fallen by another 8 percent over the past few weeks. This is evidenced by the data of a public opinion poll published on Saturday in Washington, prepared by order of Newsweek magazine. If in early February Bush was supported by 61 percent of the Americans, then as of Friday, March 14, when a survey was conducted, this figure fell to 53 percent.

The environmental prosecutor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Sergei Safonov refutes the information that appeared on Sunday on Sunday in some media outlets about the release of toxic chemicals into the soil near the city of Balakhna. As the ITAR-TASS prosecutor said, in the Balakhny area there is an industrial waste landfill, which belongs to the petrochemical enterprises of the neighboring city of Dzerzhinsk.

The Russian biathlete Svetlana Ishmuratova brought the country the first medal at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. Ishmuratova won a bronze medal in the women's persecution race for 10 kilometers. However, at the beginning of the distance, everything was not so good. In particular, already at the first fire line Ishmuratov missed twice, which sent her to eighth place.

FIFA does not want to use videos to help arbitrators, in disputed moments. We are talking about fixing the gate. After the World Cup in Korea and Japan in FIFA, a proposal was made to legalize video replacements. However, the organization announced that in the near future it was not going to introduce such a practice. Cameras will be used only in resolving disciplinary issues if the arbitrators of the match did not notice the moment of violation or if the football player appears.

In the Babayurt district of Dagestan, on Sunday, the polling station was defeated. More than one and a half hundred ballots for the election of the head of the rural administration and deputies of the district Legislative Assembly were destroyed during the spontaneously arising mass riots in one of the polling stations located in the Babayurt zone of foreign livestock.

The FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia intend to apply with the legislative initiative to the State Duma of the Russian Federation to increase the preliminary detention of suspects in involvement in terrorist acts. "According to the initiative of the security forces, the suspect can be detained for up to 30 days - to establish a personality and collect preliminary evidence.

Oil production in Venezuela reached 3 million barrels per day.

The former captain of the England national team Alan Shirer hinted that he would like to return to the national team and help her in the fight for going to the final part of the European Championship. Even the day before, our site made the assumption that, who is experiencing another youth Schirer, can really play a leading role in the national team, and the coach of Sven Yoran Ericsson needs to establish contacts with the veteran.

Shakil O'Neill and Kobi Bryant bring Lakers to the previous champion level. The next game day of the NBA championship brought their team a victory over Miluoka and the sixth place in the West. On the account of the central “Lakers” 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Kobi Brian forgot about his sniper ambitions, and gaining only 20 points, abandoned the decisive throw into the Miluoi ring. "Lakers" won with a score of 98:94.

In the Belgian city of Liezh, three Chechens were arrested for the capture of hostages. This was reported on Saturday by the Soir newspaper. The arrested are suspected of abduction in Liege of three Moldavians in order to receive a ransom. The suspects were found in Brussels after they received money. The conducted police operation allowed to detain one of the Chechens and release a person who, apparently, was also a hostage.

US Vice -President Richard Cheney said that in the coming hours in the Azores Islands the summit of the leaders of the United States, Great Britain and Spain is the "last stage of diplomacy." “The president will make a very, very difficult and important decision within a few days,” he added.

Christian Viri continues to make a rustle in the Italian championship. This time, Inter striker made a double on Como. Thus, Christian’s account is already 23 goals. “Inter”, meanwhile, won with a score of 4: 0, and reduced the lag behind Juventus to three points, as it was after the last round. Recall that the "old Signora" on the eve won with a modest "moden" with a score - 3: 0.