President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed an order "On the training of Russian athletes to participate in the games of the XXVIII Olympics of 2004 in Athens (Greece) and XX Winter Olympic Games in 2006 in the city of Turin (Italy), as well as in the XII summer of 2004 and the IX winter of the 2006th winter games," the Kremlin press service said.

The US victory over Iraq threatens to be achieved by "too high political price." This was stated by Zbignnev Brzezinsky, a former national security adviser to the American president Jimmy Carter, in an interview published on Thursday by the French newspaper Le Figaro, reports AFP. “The problem that the United States faces is not military, but political,” he believes. “I think that war is in accordance with the original plan and that current difficulties are secondary in nature.

The British police took note and brought in the lists of offenders of a three -year -old boy who threw the stone into the car. Dwayne Piz is one of the youngest defendants from whom the police took his coordinates - address and surname. Now the baby will be in the base computer during the year. The boy will not bear responsibility for his illegal actions, since before the age of responsibility for the crime (10 years), the bully does not have enough for seven years.

Freed up last night from Iraqi captivity of the US Army, 19-year-old Jessica Lynch was delivered early on Thursday morning at the American Military Basis in Ramstein (Germany) from Kuwait on the S-17 military transport aircraft. According to the German DPA agency, a seriously wounded Jessica was taken out of the plane on a stretcher.

The International Union of Skatytsy (ISU) intends to cancel the highest assessment of judging 6.0 in figure skating competitions. The maximum assessment of absolute perfection will be revised. Now, when exposing it, it is necessary to take into account and summarize points by the degree of difficulty (high -quality skating) and the level of performance (artistry). When calculating all points, high -level skaters will be able to get a maximum total rating of 100 points.

Yesterday, the leadership of the Ak Bars hockey -sports club declared the five experienced team players - Oleg Shargorodsky, Evgeny Vicmeynikov, Vitaly ATYUSHOV, Valery ZELEPUN and Dmitry Kvartalnov - that they are free agents, the club’s official website reports. This decision was published immediately after the departure of the head coach of Ak Bars' and the Russian national team Vladimir Poychev in Odintsovo, Moscow Region, where the country's main team began preparatory training.

Helicopters of coalition forces began today the delivery to the South Iraki city of Nasiria of drinking water from Kuwait. The head of the Center for Humanitarian Assistance to the Iraqi people, retired General Ali Al-Muamin, told Kun on Wednesday that his country "immediately" responded to the call for help transmitted by the coalition troops on behalf of the Iraqi population. Water delivery will be carried out for "two or three days", Al-Muamin emphasized.

In Samara, another attack on a woman was committed by a criminal, whose handwriting is already known to law enforcement officials. Numerous cases of attacks were recorded in the winter and in the spring of 2003. According to the Railway District Department of Internal Affairs, near the house on Maurice Torez Street, an unknown person hit the head of the 48-year-old Zim worker. Then the criminal pulled out her bag, in which there were about 300 rubles, and disappeared.

On Thursday in the morning in the center of Baghdad there was a powerful explosion, and anti -aircraft air defense batteries opened dense fire on the aircraft of the allies. “I heard a very powerful explosion,” reports Reuters. “I also heard the anti -aircraft batteries and aircraft rumble in the sky.” A little earlier, two powerful explosions thundered in the south of the city, where the positions of the Iraqi Republican Guard are located.

On April 2, on April 2, for several hours, the head of the Rosneft, Sergey Bogdanchikov, who flew to London to participate in the sixth Russian Economic Forum, detained the BigginHill Airport for several hours. The head of the company said that representatives of the British special services, referring to the "enhanced check", were asked to remove copies of his documents. Despite the fact that Bogdanchikov refused to give documents to remove copies, these documents were selected from him.

The Serbian police arrested the former general director of the radio television of Serbia Dragolyub Milanovich, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison due to the death of 16 television staff during the 1999 National bombing. According to the Serbian police, Milanovich enjoyed the support and patronage of the so-called Zemunsky criminal clan, which is accused of the murder of the Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Dzhindzhich.

The FRG FRG distributed an official warning about the danger of tourist trips to Israel on Wednesday. The text of the document refers to the likelihood of terrorist attacks in places of accumulation of people - restaurants, disco and public transport, as well as calls for "caution and strict adherence to the instructions of local law enforcement agencies." Along with Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, a number of Israeli regions are listed as "dangerous places", RIA Novosti reports.

US President George Bush held a meeting in the White House with the leadership of the Pentagon, in which the US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld and the chairman of the United Committee of the Chiefs of the US Armed Forces took part, General Richard Mayers. At the end of this meeting, Bush will fly to the state of North Carolina, where he will visit the main base of the US Marine Corps Camp Lezhun.

In the south of Iraq, in the area of ​​the city of Karbel, the American Black Hawk helicopter is shot down. According to CNN , 11 military personnel were on board. Seven of them died. The helicopter was shot down from small arms in the area of ​​the city of Karbela in the territory where fierce battles are still underway between the 3rd Infantry Division and the Iraqi troops, including the Iraqi Guard. The four other soldiers were injured and were saved by American troops.

The Moscow government officially refused to conclude a settlement agreement on the claims of the former hostages and relatives of those who died as a result of a terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka. This was announced on Wednesday by the lawyer of the victims Igor Trunov. The lawyer referred to the official letter he received with the refusal of the Moscow Government, Interfax reports.