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.

The United States admitted that several Tomahawk cruise missiles did not reach Iraq and fell on the territory of Saudi Arabia, which protested. In this regard, today Major General Viktor Renoir said at a press conference in Qatar, the application of missile attacks on Iraqi targets through the airspace of Saudi Arabia was suspended, the Japanese agency Kyodo reports from the Qatari capital.

The Spaniard Carlos Moyya reached the finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament. In the semifinals, Moya knocked out Thailander Paradorne Sricaphana, winning - 6: 4, 6: 2. Now on Monday Tennis rating, Mage will find its last name on the fourth line. It is interesting that, despite the war in Iraq, the people in the USA with the same zeal go to all sports events. In particular, Moye won at, almost filled to capacity, the stands of the central court.

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 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.

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 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.

The DPRK will not go to any concessions to the United States, today in the commentary the body of the Central Committee of the Labor Party of North Korea, the Nodon Sinmun newspaper. "The war in Iraq will serve as a serious historical lesson of what US concessions have made the US requirements for international disarmament inspections," the newspaper notes.

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.

Saddam Hussein takes measures to prevent the departure of the population from the Iraqi capital, the Iranian media say.

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.

The official website of the European Championship - 2004 opened on the Internet. He is on the network at the EURO2004.com address. Especially for Russian football lovers, the site will exit in Russian. The goal of the creators of the site is to provide fans as more information as possible, about the European championship. Already now, Euro2004.com will begin to talk about Portugal - about its cities, stadiums, and the possibilities of choosing housing.

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.