In order to peacefully settle the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul and Washington are ready to provide Pyongyang with multilateral guarantees of security from a number of countries. This became known on Monday following the results of the Siddle of the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) of a meeting between the presidents of the Republic of Korea and the USA - but Mu Hen and George Bush.

The closure of the last independent television channel in Russia left the last refuge on television to the most talented and fearless journalists. In the small studio "Echo-TV" they can say everything they like, but their programs cannot be watched on any television channel in the country. The banner of independent television in Russia is torn off, and “Echo-TV” from God of the forgotten corner transmits news for compatriots abroad.

A peculiar world record was set by Muscovite Igor Smykov - his name will be included in the Guinness Book of Records for the fact that he was twice convicted for one crime. Back in 1993, Skykov was sentenced to two years in prison for a bribe. He served the entire term and was already considered legally incredible, but unexpectedly the process resumed, and recently he was repeatedly convicted of a crime of ten years ago. This absurd history began in the summer of 1993.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II congratulated Valentin Matvienko on the election of the governor of St. Petersburg. "Your victory in the elections is undoubtedly the fruit of the people's confidence in you as a reliable and promising leader," the Patriarch’s message said, the text of which was transferred today to Interfax.

Scientists in the United States are preoccupied with the growth of the number of people affected by the "worship syndrome". According to scientists, every third suffers from this syndrome, and 1 out of 10 - hopelessly dependent on information about the private life of his idol. At least 10% of people studied by a group of scientists from the USA, an unhealthy interest in the life of famous people develops to such an extent that it leads to depression, a sense of anxiety and psychosis.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan decided to eliminate the voting results in 694 polling stations (115 districts). As the Secretary of the Central Election Commission of the Inglab Nasirov said at a meeting of the CEC on Monday, the decision to cancel the results of the voting of the President of Azerbaijan were made due to the availability of errors in filling out the results of the voting protocols.

The American basketball player John Robert Holden, who was playing for the PBC of CSKA, became a citizen of Russia by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation, the official website of the army club reports. Now he does not fall under the limit of the legionnaires, adopted in the National Championship, and in the near future will be declared to the European Liga and Super Liga Championship as a Russian player.

The Government of Macedonia on Monday dismissed the head of the Department for Security and Counterintelligence of Zoran Verushevsky "for ethical reasons that relate to one of his family members." According to the Beta agency, such a decision was made in connection with the behavior of the minor son of Verushevsky, who over the past three months, his father’s official car stole, became the culprit of a traffic accident, and also wounded his peer with a knife during a fight, RIA Novosti reports.

The first snow in the capital, according to weather forecasts, will fall on Friday. This was reported in the Moscow Hydrometeorological Department. According to forecasts of weather forecasters, in the coming days in Moscow and the region, moderately warm weather with short -term rains will be preserved. On Monday, in the capital during the day it will be cloudy with clearings, light rain. The temperature in the afternoon will be plus 4-6, and in the suburbs-plus 3-8 degrees.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday was hospitalized due to tachycardia, an increased heart rate. This was reported on Monday in the office of the head of the British government. The diagnosis is acute ventricular tachycardia, in which the patient can have very poor health, interruptions in the work of the heart and breathing problems, ITAR -TASS reports. In such cases, the patient usually spends several hours in the hospital so that doctors can evaluate the effect of treatment.

In the suburbs, as a result of a traffic accident, five people were killed, including one child, sources in law enforcement agencies said on Monday. Last Sunday evening in the Domodedovo district on the 4th km of Kashiro-Simferopolskoye KamAZ highway with a trailer, moving towards Moscow, drove into the oncoming lane and collided with two cars and Volga, Interfax reports. The Zhiguli was thrown into a roadside ditch with a reservoir, all people who were in them drowned.

Maoist militants in Nepal captured two British military, engaged in hiring young Nepal Gurkhi in the British Armed Forces. This was announced today by the official representative of the Mining Kingdom. The incident occurred on Sunday evening in a remote mountain district in patterns of 300 km northwest of the capital of Kathmandu.

The confessor of the security officer of the oil company Yukos Alexei Pichugin Father John was called for interrogation to the Prosecutor General. According to Interfax, A. Pichugina lawyer Tatyana Akimtseva informed the oil information (Ani) that "Father John was called by investigator Yuri Burtov at 12 hours of Tuesday." Earlier, according to T. Akimtseva, Father John turned to this investigator with a request for a date with his spiritual son, but he was denied it.

Elections in Azerbaijan in no way comply with international standards, the OSCE says. This wording is a devastating and unexpected sentence. As unexpected as the silence of the United States. Maybe the vulgar Marxists are still right, arguing that where economic interests are put on the map, there is no place for morality, Tageszeitung writes today (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

Three Israeli soldiers were killed and another was injured during the attack of the Palestinian militants on the highway near the Jewish settlement of the Ofra on the western bank of the Jordan. According to available information, a group of extremists on Sunday evening arranged an ambush on the road. They blew up a landmine near a passing jeep, after which they opened fire on soldiers from automatic weapons.