The Australian Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced the first case of the disease in the country with "atypical pneumonia", from which 62 people have already died on the planet. The head of the Australian Health Department, Professor Richard Smolwood, said he notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the infection of the SARS unipical pneumonia virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

The branch of the Museum of Modern History of Russia has opened an exhibition of caricatures, at which 300 works of artists of their different regions of Russia are presented. Her opening is dedicated to the Day of Laughter. It was a tradition to arrange an exhibitions of caricature in the museum on April 1, ITAR-TASS reports. Caricatures created in 1968-1982 are allocated to a special section.

The Jordanian special services exposed two conspiracies against the national security of the country organized by Iraq. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Information of the Khahemitian Kingdom Muhammad Advan. As it became known from Jordanian sources, we are talking about an attempt to poison drinking water, which is supplied with Jordanian and American troops on the border with Iraq. It was in connection with this case that 5 Iraqi diplomats were expelled from Jordan.

Moscow "Spartak", having beaten in the response match, the Saturn-Ren TV near Moscow with a score of 3: 1 went to the quarterfinals of the Cup of the Russian Football Premier League. The account in the 43rd minute was opened by the forward of the red-white Roman Pavlyuchenko, and 3 minutes later, the Brazilian legionnaire of Spartak, Gin, strengthened the advantage of Muscovites. At the beginning of the second half, the “Saturn” defense error led to the goal in its goal.

In Germany, the first case of atypical pneumonia was officially confirmed on Tuesday. The diagnosis was confirmed by a 72-year-old resident of the city of Hattingen in the land of North Rhine-Westphalia, who was on an examination in a local clinic from last Friday, a representative of local authorities said.

North Korea made the next launch of an anti -ship missile on Tuesday. This was reported in Tokyo by Kyodo Tsusin, citing highly used sources at the Japan Foreign Ministry. This year is the third test of the Earth -Corab class missiles in the DPRK. The maximum distance that they can overcome does not exceed 160 km, RIA Novosti reports. Previous launches of anti -ship missiles were made by the DPRK on February 24 and March 10.

Four sappers were killed and one was injured in Ingushetia while trying to clench the Fugas found on the road. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense Nikolai Deryabin. According to him, at about 10:00 Moscow time on Tuesday near the village of Ali-Yurt in the Republic of Ingushetia, Sapers conducted an intelligence of the terrain before following a military column. A service dog discovered a Fugas laid on the road, RIA Novosti reports.

At night, the anti -Irac coalition inflicted several Baghdad blows. About 03:00 Six cruise missiles one after another fell in the center of Baghdad. According to reports, government facilities, including the Presidential Complex of Saddam Hussein, were once again undergoing missile shelling. Huge puffs of smoke rise above the city center. At about 02:00 on the western outskirts of the Iraqi capital, 12 explosions were heard.

The Georgian Football Federation will pay a fine for the behavior of fans during the Euro-2004 qualifying match between Georgians and the Ireland national team. In addition, the Georgian coach Alexander Chivadze filed in resignation. The exact amount of the fine that will be imposed on the Georgian football federation is still unknown. Tentatively, the amount will amount to 5 thousand Swiss francs, although it may exceed this amount.

A resident of the city of Bereznika, Perm region, appealed to the Perm Regional Human Rights Center with a request to promote in evidence of the fact of its existence. According to the human rights center, a 54 -year -old man who turned out to be a former prisoner claims that he has the only identity document - evidence of the Bereznikovsky department of the registry office about his death, allegedly occurring in 1994.

The split in figure skating acquires more and more serious scale. The International Union of Skatytsev announced that he disqualifies all those who joined the forming international federation of figure skating. The night before, the International Union of Skating Chances, according to which the figure skating is controlled, sent letters to national federations in which he explained his position. Support for WCF "is absolutely incompatible" with membership in ISU, this document says.

Georgia is ready to assist the United States in any form in an operation against Iraq. This was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Defense of Georgia, Lieutenant General David Tevzadze. At the same time, the head of the Georgian Ministry of Defense noted that the final decision on the provision of the United States of Georgian military airfields or the provision of other assistance has not yet been made. According to him, consultations are currently on this issue.

The modocyclist gendarme, accompanying the motorcade of the Minister of Internal Affairs of France, received a serious wound on Tuesday in a collision with a car. According to the French media, the incident occurred on Tuesday morning in the Marseille area, where the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived.

At least six strong explosions shocked the center of Baghdad late in the evening on Monday, reports Reuters. Two of them were heard in the area of ​​the presidential complex of Saddam Hussein and his sons. In the sky next to the central hotel of Palestine, the flames of flame rise, the Reuters correspondent reports. “A very large column of smoke rises from the presidential complex. Perhaps the allies began to use more powerful bombs than before,” the correspondent said. “It was very scary.

The split that arose between Russia and the United States due to the war in Iraq shows how weak the advertised “special” friendship between George Bush and Vladimir Putin is actually weak. And if Washington continues the war against the “Axis of Evil”, in particular, against Iraq and North Korea, with which Russia is connected by long-standing political and economic relations, American-Russian relations can become even more tense.