A book of leading Spanish and Latin American writers has been published in Spain, the income from which will go to the aid of the Iraqis who suffered from the war. The book "Peace and Word" presents works of 81 writers, including the Nobel Prize laureate Jose Saramago, Ernesto Sabato, Rosa Regas. The authors of the book, which presented manifestos, articles, verses and other works of writers against the war in Iraq, refused to receive a fee for it.

Spring in the metropolitan region continues to delight its inhabitants with good, warm, warm weather. As designed in the Moscow Hydrometeorological Department, two anticyclones provide good weather in the metropolitan region. According to weather forecasters, this afternoon, air in Moscow warms up to plus 10 degrees, in the region - to plus 12. Generations will appear in the clouds, but in some places a little rain will take place. The southeastern wind will increase to 3-7 m/s.

American President George Bush approved the plan according to which the United States and the DPRK will begin next week the first round of 3-way consultations related to the nuclear program of Pyongyang. Negotiations will be held in Beijing. This was reported to the sources in the US administration was reported by the NBC television company and The New York Times . According to these sources, China agreed not only to negotiate on its territory, but also to become their immediate participant.

The UN Human Rights Commission rejected the draft resolution on the situation in Chechnya today at the Geneva session today. It was introduced by the countries of the European Union, supported by candidates for joining the EU and the United States of America, ITAR-TASS reports. The delegations of 21 countries voted against this project, and 15. 17 states abstained.

The coach of the Belarusian national team Eduard Malofeev called the names of 22 football players who will play in Tashkent from the national team of Uzbekistan on April 30. There is only one loss in the team - the injured player of the Russian Spartak -Alania Igor Tarlovsky will not be able to play. But Vasily Baranov, midfielder of the Spartak Moscow, who last played for the national team in 2001 in the qualifying match of the World Championship against Wales, returned to the national team.

The American and British military, who visited the house of Saddam Hussein Udey, were shocked by what they saw. “At the same time, the majority of Iraqis suffered because of the UN sanctions, she was entertained by racing machines, drinking, drugs and prostitutes,” writes British The Mirror (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). It is reported that the personal zoo of the Udeus consists of lions, cheetahs and a bear.

The Pentagon decided to financially interest those Iraqis who would like to transfer information about the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein, other leaders of the Baghdad regime, as well as hiding places with weapons of mass destruction. As the official representative of the US Department of Defense Barbara Barfid, the ceiling of the monetary reward - said for information about Saddam Hussein and his immediate environment - will amount to 200 thousand dollars.

Washington studies Western media reports on the cooperation of the special services of Russia and Iraq during the period of being in power in this country Saddam Hussein, the US Ambassador to the Russian Federation Alexander Vershbou said today. "We still hope to reach a larger amount of information in the light of messages that appeared in the press in the last weekend," Vershbow told Wednesday at a press conference in Moscow.

The threat of the explosion of the Ostankino television tower was not confirmed, Interfax informed on Wednesday sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. Earlier it was reported that at about 20:30 an anonymous call was received on the remote control in the city of "02". The caller said that the TV tower was mined and would be blown up. All operational services of the city were immediately called to the scene.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky as a result of mass poisoning, four people died when using an unknown liquid. The chief physician of the Second City Bollard Oleg Efimov said that the other day in a hostel on Malchanova Street, 13 during a feast, one of the residents in brought a three -liter jar with alcohol -containing liquid. Five drank several glasses, several more people tried.

The Polish policeman, who killed in 2001 of a citizen of Ukraine Sergey Kudrure, was sentenced to two years in prison. The chief of the convict - the commander of the police road patrol - received 1 year and 8 months in prison with a deferment of the execution of the sentence for four years. Such a decision on Tuesday was made by the district court of Helm, reports the Polish Press Agency (PAPs). Sergey Kudrya was shot dead on January 26, 2001.

The unusual way of assimilating the wisdom of Buddhism Tetsui Zhakhasi is the author of a series of comics released to help people who want to correctly understand the foundations of this religion and easily learn information about the churches of the school of Dzedo Sinau. The material about this was published on the pages of the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" (the Russian translation of the article is published on the website inopressa.ru ).

The US Ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Vershbou, said that the United States will finance the Iraq oil sector to restore the oil sector, but they do not intend to use the oil produced in their interests.

The cause of the disaster of two Mi-24 military helicopters in Chechnya was a collision of cars with a mountain in complex weather conditions. This was announced on Wednesday by the head of the flight security service of the Russian Air Force, Major General Oleg Kolyada. "The investigation of the causes of the disaster is completed. The official version of the tragedy is a collision of helicopters with a mountain in complex weather conditions," the general said.

The Moscow Arbitration Court on Wednesday will consider the cancellation of the order of the Ministry of Printing of the Russian Federation for number 9 about the disconnection of TV-6. The TV-6 television channel, broadcasting on the sixth meter channel, was disconnected on the night of January 22, 2002, Interfax reports.