A tourist bus belonging to a German company rolled over in Belarus on the Brest -Moscow highway near the city of Kobrin in the Brest region. The accident occurred on Saturday evening, reported in the duty unit of the Ministry of Emergencies of Belarus. According to rescuers, there were 30 people on the bus, all German citizens who were injured of varying severity, Interfax reports.

On Saturday, the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv begins the final series of the Russian hockey super -league championship against the Cherepovets Severstal. The first two matches "Loko" will play at home, in Yaroslavl. Then the teams will go to the Cherepovets, where 8 will play and, if necessary, April 9th. And finally, the fifth match of the series, if her fate does not decide before, will be held on April 11 in Yaroslavl. The favorite, and not without reason, in this pair is Lokomotiv.

American troops are searched on the checkpoints of Iraqi women. This was reported to the correspondent of the Katar television channel Al-Jazeera was reported by residents of the Iraqi city of Nasiria. According to the stories of one of the eyewitnesses, literally “shocked by what they saw,” American soldiers search women, forcing them to raise dresses, which is a flagrant violation of Muslim traditions.

American representatives held a working meeting with members of the DPRK leadership, Kyodo reports citing informed sources. According to the agency, negotiations, which were the first since the occurrence of the North Korean nuclear crisis in October 2002, passed with New York from March 31 to April 2. During the discussion, the United States put forward the idea of ​​a multilateral approach to solving the North Korean nuclear problem.

Saddam Hussein performed on Saturday with a new appeal to the Iraqi people. The Iraqi president called on the country's population to "defend his homeland, especially Baghdad", "smash the enemy", "strike at the enemy", "cause him new wounds." A brief appeal read by the Minister of Information Muhammad al-Sahhaf was transferred by the Arab television channel Al-Arabia. Saddam called "a reflection of aggression, resistance to the enemy in Baghdad and around him" the national duty of the Iraqis.

The Spaniards Alex Corretch and Albert Costa brought their national team to the Davis Cup semifinals, prevailing the Croats by Ivan Lyubichich and Schloro Zovko. In addition to Spain, the Australia team entered the semifinals. Corretch and Costa quite easily outplayed the Croatian team, for which this time the most titled tennis player of the country Goran Ivanishevich did not speak - 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 4. Ivanishevich missed this match due to an injury, and instead of him, Draiko went to the court.

The Great British government was essentially the likelihood that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction and means of its creation. “Obviously, interesting debate will have if we have no biological, chemical, nor nuclear weapons or means to create it in Iraq,” the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the United Kingdom David Blankette said today, ITAR -TASS reports.

The American units, with air support, began on Saturday an attack on the city of Karbel located in the center of Iraq. According to the Turkish Anatolian agency with reference to representatives of the US Armed Forces, this operation was undertaken to ensure the security of American troops advancing to Baghdad, ITAR-TASS reports.

A draw of the London Arsenal played into the hands of Manchester United, who, after the next round, shares the first place in the English Premier League with the “gunners”. All his gaps “Arsenal” squandered himself, having lost at first “Blackburne”, and then tied with Aston Villa. Meanwhile, Manchester United is now in excellent shape that one of the elite clubs of the highest English division - Liverpool felt on himself.

In Kazan, 2 kilograms of 557 grams of heroin were seized from a citizen from Kyrgyzstan, the ITAR-TASS correspondent was informed today in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan. Employees of the Department for Combating the Illegal Trace of Drugs of the Volga RuVD Kazan managed to go to the apartment where a citizen from Kyrgyzstan lived and hid drugs. The detainee is 35 years old, he does not work anywhere. A criminal case has been opened.

Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” won the first match of the final series of the championship of the Russian hockey super -league at the Cherepovets Severstal - 3: 1. Thus, the wards of Vladimir Vuytek led in the final series up to three victories with a score of 1-0. "Severstal" in the first final match proved that she went there not by chance.

The prominent religious figure of Afghanistan and the close ally of the President of the country Hamida Karzay Mullah Jaili was killed by unknown persons in Uruzgan province. This was announced by the governor of Uruzgan, Jan Mohammad. The murder occurred in the village of Dorud, 100 km north of Kandahar. Together with the 60-year-old mullah, his nephew died. Dzhan Mohammad assigned the scattered Taliban movement and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization that continue to operate in the country.

The aircraft of the British Royal Air Force participating in combat operations began to take on board a new type of weapon-455-kilogram concrete blocks made in the form of a bomb, ITAR-TASS reports. Associated by a satellite, such a bomb destroys military equipment with direct hit without causing other destruction. The concrete bomb is painted in blue so that the advancing troops can visually distinguish it from other types of weapons and unexploded shells.

The condition of the five builders affected as a result of the terrorist attack on Sadovaya Street remains extremely difficult. For the third day in a row, doctors of the 9th city hospital continue to fight for their lives. According to ITAR-TASS, the chief physician of the medical institution Abdulla Ismailov, the necessary drugs, medical equipment and specialists to provide qualified assistance to the wounded hospital. He emphasized that the doctors did everything in their power.

On Saturday, the Russian national team has the last chance not to part with the Davis Cup at a quarterfinal stage of the draw. To do this, the pair Evgeny Kafelnikov - Marat Safin needs to win from the Argentines. So far, the account in the match Argentina is Russia - 2: 0 in favor of the South American, who won two single matches. Recall that on the first day, Nikolai Davydenko lost to the finalist of the last Wimbledon David Nalbandan - 2: 6, 2: 6, 5: 7.