The Israeli military killed one of the leaders of the Hamas Palestinian group in the city of Hevron on the western bank of the Jordan River on Saturday, the Air Force reports. Killed Abdullah Kavasme, one of the high -ranking leaders of the Hamas group in this area. The soldiers opened fire on the car in which Kawasme was located. The Israeli radio reported that the militant was killed while trying to arrest.

The former world of heavyweight champion, American Mike Tyson, was released after arrest for hooliganism. In turn, the two young people who attacked him will have to come to court. According to the Assososated Press , Tyson passed by journalists without saying a word, but the fans of Mike, who gathered a fair amount, chanted "Mike! Mike!". The Iron Mike was captured for fighting at the New York Hotel "Marriot" in Brooklyn with two men and one woman who lived in this hotel.

Five people, members of the same family, including three children, were stabbed on the night of Saturday to Sunday in the province of release in the east of Algeria. This was announced today by a representative of Algerian security services. The source refused to bring the details of the attack, indicating only that a group of armed Islamists performed it and that an operation is being carried out to capture and liquidate the gang.

The day of memory and sorrow is celebrated today in Russia. It was established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 8, 1996 and is celebrated on the day the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against the Nazi invaders. At dawn on June 22, 1941, fascist Germany treacherously attacked the Soviet Union.

The British boxer Lennox Lewis defended his world of heavyweight champion according to WBC and IBO. In the sixth round, the battle was stopped at the request of the doctor, and Lewis was awarded victory over Ukrainian Vitaly Klitschko. The final decision of the judges: technical knockout due to dissection of the eyebrow from the Ukrainian. Both rivals, according to the experts of the Assosaited Press, conducted a fight worthy of Roman gladiators, exchanging blows at every opportunity.

The army team in the match of the 14th round of the Russian championship played against fellow countrymen of the torpedo. CSKA, after two sensational draws with outsiders - “Shinnik” and “Uralna”, was supposed to play at the limit in order to keep the accumulated advantage in the championship race.

Participants in the Quartet of International Intermediaees in the Middle East support the line of the Palestinian government led by Mahmud Abbas and urge him to continue efforts to stabilize the situation in the region. " This was stated in the Amman by the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov following a meeting dedicated to the decision of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Dutchman Sieng Schalken won the tournament, which was held at his homeland in the town of Den-Bosh. In the decisive match, Schalken prevailed over the Frenchman Arno Cleman - 6: 3, 6: 4. Thus, Schalken wins the Ordina Open tournament for the second time in a row. Recall that after the first success, the Dutchman reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. What will happen this time? In addition, it is worth noting the fact that Shalken won the tournament without losing a single set.

Two people were killed and three were seriously injured as a result of a traffic accident on the third transport ring in Moscow. A source in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital told Interfax that at 18 o’clock on the bridge in the area of ​​the intersection of the third transport ring and Bolshaya Tula Street, the driver of the car did not cope with the control and crashed into the chipsters. As a result, he died on the spot.

The coach of the US football team Bruce Arena has sharply criticized French football fans for booing the US national anthem during the match of national teams of the United States and Turkey as part of the Confederation Cup. So the fans expressed the Americans, rather belated, protest about the war in Iraq, reports Reuters . “I think that this is just a lead, booze the anthem of any country. We respect all countries and, accordingly, any anthem is sacred to us.

On nuclear cooperation between Russia and Iran Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is categorically against the use of nuclear weapons to squeeze Russian companies out of the Iranian market. “We know that some Western European companies are actively cooperating with Iran in this area (the field of nuclear energy - IF) and supplying equipment that is at least dual-use equipment.

American scientists conduct DNA-analysis of the remains, allegedly belonging to the former President Iraq Saddam Hussein and one of his sons, the British The Observer reports. According to the publication, at the beginning of this week, American aircraft destroyed the automobile convoy in the west of Iraq near the Syrian border. According to the intercepted telephone negotiation, Saddam Hussein with his son was reduced in the convoy.

Jewish settlements on the western bank of the Jordan River and in the gas sector can be expanded. This was announced today at a weekly meeting of the government, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. “Construction may continue, but you do not need to advertise it and celebrate, but only build it,” the head of government said.

The Political Party of the Union of Right Forces, the meeting of the Council of which took place on Sunday, adopted its pre -election manifesto, reports Interfax. The document says that the reforms in Russia have not yet been completed. “We had enough political will to start reforms, but there was not enough political force to bring them to the end,” the ATP notes. In its manifesto, the party warns against danger from the bureaucracy.

In Moscow, an attack on a citizen of the Republic of Gan was committed. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, last Saturday to the police was Tuku Johnson Kvaku, born in 1952, a citizen of the Republic of Gan, who works as a teacher in one of the houses of creativity. He said that in the afternoon on Borovskoye Shosse two attacked him. Having inflicted several blows on the face and body, the attackers disappeared.