George Bush first admitted that he admitted "a miscalculation in what the conditions" in Iraq after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. Bush said this in an interview with The New York Times , published on Friday. At the same time, the head of the White House insists that the 17-month confrontation of the rebels was the result of a quick victory of the coalition forces over Saddam Hussein.

Ten Iraqis, including two children, and one American soldier was injured as a result of an explosion of a mined car in the city of Mosul in the north of Iraq. The passenger car, parked on one of the streets in the city center, exploded at the time of passing by the American army motorcade. All the victims, in addition to the soldier, are random passers -by, said in the hospital where they were delivered, Interfax reports.

Russian volleyball players lost the Italian team in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament in Athens. The fight that took place on Friday ended with a score of 3-0 (25:16, 25:17, 25:16) in favor of the Italians. At the preliminary stage, the Russians prevailed over the Italians - 3-2. The defeat of the Russian team in the semifinals looks more amazing and sad. This defeat was already the fourth in a series of Friday failures of Russian teams in game sports.

The Olympic champion in Taekwondo in the weight category up to 68 kg was Iranian Hadi Saei Bonecohal. The silver medalist was Hsun Chi Juan (Taiwan), and the bronze - the dream of Mion Seoz from South Korea. In women in the weight category up to 57 kg, Jan Ji Von from South Korea became the Olympic champion. In the final, she defeated Nia Abdullah from the USA - 2: 1. The bronze medal was won by Mexican Iridia Salazar Blanco.

The President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge rejected requests from the sports authorities of Germany and Korea, who demanded to present duplicates of gold medals to their athletes affected by the judicial mistakes, Sport-Express reports.

The US women's team with a 2: 1 account won the Brazilian team in the final of the Olympic football tournament in Athens. The score was opened in the 39th minute. Tarpley found the wonderful distant strike of the goalkeeper Brazilian Andrei, but 17 minutes before the end of the main time, Preutigna has forced the mistake of the goalkeeper of Brian Skarri, who repelled the ball in front of him, and sent him to the net of empty gates.

In the Olympic village in Athens, the Center for Religious Support is opened. There are premises for each of the five world religions - Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. Thus, athletes, coaches and other participants in the Olympic delegations from different countries get the opportunity to strengthen their spirit and ask for advice from religious mentors.

At the operational headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, 92 relatives of flight passengers number 1047, who arrived at the place of disaster, registered. This is stated in the official message of the Siberia Airline, published on the company's website . According to the operational headquarters, another 10 people are expected to arrive in Rostov-on-Don. In addition, some of the relatives went to the place of disaster on their own, not registering at the headquarters, RIA Novosti notes.

In the Moscow region, an investigation of the mysterious death of a newborn boy is being investigated, whose body was found on the outskirts of Volokolamsk. According to the agency "Evening Moscow" in law enforcement agencies, all Volokolamsk shocked the wild and meaningless crime . As it turned out, 25-year-old Galina and her husband, a citizen of Bangladesh, arrived in Russia several years ago and, having failed to get a job in Moscow, moved to the region.

In Moscow, the police exposed the pedophile, who for four years raped his own daughter. Now the girl is studying in the second grade of one of the Moscow schools. After her mother threw her, the child fell into the hands of a pedfile father. According to the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Eastern District, 32-year-old Denis, police became interested in the murder investigation.

Search work at the site of the death of the Tu-154 aircraft in the Rostov region, in which more than 2 thousand people from different departments took part, are completely completed. This was announced by ITAR-TASS today by the official representative of the information department of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia.

The incident with the capture of the aircraft occurred during the deportation from Libya of the group of 78 Eritreans. After the plane crawled, it was captured. Erytreys ordered the pilot to turn around and fly into Hartum. After the plane landed at Hartum Airport, the hijackers surrendered to the authorities, reports Reuters. The head of the regional branch of the UN Agency for Refugees Jean-Mari Fakhuri told reporters in Geneva that representatives of the UN arrived at the airport.

Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov instructed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport to prepare a draft resolution on one -time payments to relatives who died as a result of aircraft disasters in the Tula and Rostov regions. The prime minister gave such an instruction on Friday at a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Transport and the head of the State Commission for the investigation of the plane crash Igor Levitin, Interfax reports.

The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, who was kept in the chambers of the Pope 11 years, was delivered this afternoon by a special defense system from the Vatican to Moscow. A delegation from the Vatican led by the chairman of the Papal Council for the promotion of Christian unity Cardinal Walter Kasper brought the icon, Interfax reports.

A senior source in the Western intelligence services told Die Welt (translation on the website inopressa.ru ), which, perhaps, was the goal of terrorists who captured planes in the sky above Russia were nuclear power plants. The assumption is built on information about the route of both aircraft. So, one of them followed in the direction of Volgograd, near which there are several nuclear power plants.