In Baghdad, explosions were thundered near the building of the Ministry of Information, according to the American television channel Foxnews . Judging by the fact that the television camera installed there continues to transmit the image, the building survived. It is reported that the telephone lines of the city are partially violated. It is noted that the buildings in the area of ​​the Ministry of Information are not the first time to strike during the bombing of the Iraqi capital.

Powerful explosions shook the Iraqi capital on Saturday morning. According to reports from Baghdad, aviation of the US-British coalition subjected a massive bombardment of the outskirts of the city, but the sounds of bombs and missile breaks are approaching its center. Last night, the rocket fell into the press center of the Iraq ministry. It is possible that among the victims are foreign journalists. The day before, one of the Baghdad markets was bombed late in the evening.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Saturday with the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District Valentina Matvienko, ITAR-TASS reports. Matvienko reported to the head of state that she started work and held a meeting with all the governors of the North-West District. It discussed a range of issues that the envoy and governors would like to consider at a meeting under the leadership of Vladimir Putin.

Combat losses The dead and missing journalists (2 died, 15 were missing) Grouping of troops of the USA, Great Britain and Iraq Chronicle of War (by day) 19:43 - According to the updated data, the Iraqi terrorist killed four Americans. Saddam awarded him posthumously. The fact of the death of American soldiers was confirmed at a meeting with journalists in Qatar, the representative of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces General Viktor Renoir.

Five American troops were killed as a result of an explosion of a bomb organized by an Iraqi terrorist suck in a short-haired Central Iraq, representatives of the US Armed Forces said, AFP reports. The kamikazde was in a car filled with explosives. The explosion thundered when the Americans approached the car. According to CNN, the victims of the attack were military personnel of the First Army Brigade of the Third Mechanized Infantry Division.

The Russian team reached the final of the World Hockey Championship with the ball, which is held in Arkhangelsk. In the semifinals, the Russians prevailed over the Finnish national team - 7: 3. A day ago, the Russians had to play with the Finns as part of a group tournament, which suggested that the national team of Suomi will prepare several unpleasant surprises for Russians.

The Iraqis opened the Kuteiban dam to the north of Basra to stop the promotion of the coalition forces in the direction of the northern regions of the country. According to the Kuwaitsky news agency Kun, the water flooded large areas near Basra. The soil, mixing with water, turned into sticky dirt, which makes it difficult to advance tanks and military vehicles, RIA Novosti reports.

The starting lineup of the Russian football team for the match with Albania is already actually defined. The team coach Valery Gazzaev said this at the pre-match press conference. The match in Skoder will be the third game of the Russian national team in the qualifying cycle of the European Championship 2004. The Russians say goodbye to the Albanians with this meeting, since the wards of Valery Gazzaev will no longer meet with this team.

During the trip to the Stavropol Territory, the adviser to the President of Russia on Cossacks, Colonel General Gennady Troshev, got acquainted with the problems of the Terek Cossack army. According to RIA Novosti in the press service of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, Gennady Troshev visited the Zheleznovodsk, Mineralovodsk and Festing Cossack departments. In Stavropol on Saturday, Troshev met with atamans and Cossacks of the Terek Cossack army.

The Turkish peasants threw the stones and chicken eggs of American troops on Saturday, who arrived in search of the remnants of the Tomahawk missiles that had fallen in the east. According to BTA Bulgarian agency, displeased peasants attacked 4 jeeps, in which there were about 10 military personnel. Protesters shouted anti -war slogans and broke the glass in cars. The police intervened to stop the crowd. There are no victims on both sides.

Now Kobi Bryant can be called the second Michael Jordan with full confidence. In the match "Lakers" with Washington, Kobi outplayed Michael with a score - 55:23. It was for so many points that each of the basketball players scored in this meeting. We also note that Lakers won with a score of 108: 94. In the first half of the meeting, the 24-year-old Bryant scored nine shots from the game in a row, which became the new Lakers record.

American troops received an order for 4-6 days to suspend advance to Baghdad. This was announced on Saturday by the Catar television channel Al-Jazeera, referring to sources in the command of the Western coalition. The American command states that the pause is associated with interruptions in the supply and stubborn resistance of the Iraqis.

Most of the Russians surveyed (49%) positively evaluate the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in connection with the Iraq crisis. Feature estimates are given by 17% of respondents, neutral - 30%, the rest found it difficult to answer. Such data were provided by Interfax by the sociologists of the company Romir Monitoring following the results of the All -Russian survey of 1,500 Russians conducted after the commissioning of the US troops and the UK in Iraq.

On Friday late in the evening, powerful explosions thundered in the city of Mosul in the north of Iraq. This was reported live by the correspondent of the Qatari television channel Al-Jazeera . At the same time, the explosions thundered on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. Before that, a siren of air anxiety howled in the city.

Vice President of Iraq Takh Yasin Ramadan sharply criticized the position of the UN Security Council on the Iraqi problem. “If the UN Security Council was capable of, he would condemn aggression against Iraq,” he said on Saturday at a press conference in Baghdad. He also stated that "with the help of the" oil in exchange for food "the UN stole Iraqi money," at the same time, condemning Cofi Annan for the decision to suspend its implementation.