The laboratory in Kyiv confirmed the birds of the Odessa zoo in the birds of the Bird flu virus dangerous for a person. This was announced by the director of this stateboy Arthur Abramov. According to him, "this is the same virus that was discovered last December in Crimea." Earlier it was reported that the dead in mid -February in the Odessa Zoo more than fifty birds - pheasants, owls, parrots, peacocks, not dangerous for a person, a strain of the Bird influenza virus.

The United States "de facto recognized India with a nuclear power." This was stated today in Calcutt (West Bengal) Indian defense minister Pranab Mukerji. He commented on the decision of Washington and New Delhi to conclude an agreement between the United States and India on cooperation in the nuclear sector during the upcoming visit to India, President George Bush in early March.

Two -thirds of Russians (62%) would perceive the legalization of polygamy in Russia negatively, the Public Opinion Foundation survey is evidenced. Most of them, explaining their position, refer to the moral and traditions of our country: love and marriage are only two (10%), polygamy contradicts our mentality and education (8%), is unacceptable for religious reasons (8%), generally immoral (5%) and is wrong in essence (6%).

The Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan revealed the facts of violation of the legislation by the representative office of the American Eurasia Foundation in the republic and raised the question of its closure, a source in the ministry told Interfax on Saturday. The representative office of the Fund has been accredited in Uzbekistan since 1994.

The President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov accused some leaders of the country's fuel and energy complex of crimes and made personnel permits in the industry in this regard. “Despite all the measures taken, the vicious practice of violations of the rule of law, up to major crimes, continues,” Niyazov said, speaking at the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan in an extended composition, which was broadcast on national television in the evening of the same day.

Iran will not resume the moratorium on nuclear activity under any pressure. This was announced today by the Secretary of the Supreme Council of National Security (VSNB) of the Islamic Republic of Ali Laridzhani upon returning from Vienna, where he held negotiations on nuclear problems with representatives of Eurotroki (Great Britain, France, Germany).

Three military servicemen of internal troops died in a clash with militants who occurred on Friday in the Kurchaloevsky district of Chechnya, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic said on Saturday by telephone. According to the source, during the reconnaissance and search activities in the forest in the area of ​​the village of Nicky-Hita, military personnel found a gang of up to 20 people. During the battle, three troops were killed.

The delegation of the Palestinian movement "Hamas" expressed satisfaction with the head of the Council of the Muftis of Russia Ravil Gainutdin, and also supported the intentions of the Russian leadership to create open relations with the Muslim world. “We are satisfied with the meeting that took place with the muft. We were able to constructively exchange opinions.

Russian Nadezhda Petrova became the winner of the tournament of the second category of the Women's Tennis Association with a prize fund of 600 thousand dollars, which ended in the capital of Qatar - Doha. In the final match, Petrova Petrova, sown under the second number, beat the first racket of the competition Frenchwoman Amelie Mororemo with a score of 6: 3, 7: 5. At this tournament, the Russian woman performed extremely confidently and did not lose a single set.

The Russian government cancels restrictions regarding the color of the rotary lights of cars, and introduces a delay in the mandatory installation of chairs in cars for transporting children under 12 years old until January 1, 2007. The corresponding decision was signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov, the head of the government apparatus of the Russian Federation, Minister Sergei Naryshkin told reporters.

At least seven people died today in Iraq as a result of the explosion of the bomb at the bus station in one of the suburbs of Baghdad. According to representatives of the Iraqi police, the explosive device was laid in a car parked nearby, ITAR-TASS reports. Peaceful people in Iraq are dying at the hands of militants who are three times more often for police officers and soldiers.

In Israel, thousands of Arabs - the residents of Nazareth today held a demonstration of protest in connection with the desecration of the Church of the Annunciation, committed on Friday Israeli family. Many march participants carried posters with inscriptions: “Israel encourages hatred!”, “We are called terrorists, but they are terrorists themselves!”, ITAR-TASS reports. Police units were not placed in the area of ​​the action, but were deployed nearby in case of unrest.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko states that the Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case on the fact of listening to the security service of Ukraine from the leadership of Alexander Turchinov negotiations of officials, including interstate negotiations between the leadership of Ukraine and Russia. "In the prosecutor’s office, as far as I know, a criminal case has really been instituted on the fact of listening to officials from the leadership of the SBU Mr.

In the end of the village of Jari caught at the end of January, a benzene and nitrobenzole in various doses, as well as other toxicants whose concentrations are not normalized by sanitary rules and norms were found in the area of ​​the Amur village. These are the preliminary results of monitoring the state of Amur bioresources, which were released today by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Khabarovsk Territory.

The Bush administration believes that negotiations between the leadership of Russia with the leaders of the Hamas movement who came to power in the Palestinian autonomy were useful. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the press service of the State Department of the United States Adam Elley, ITAR-TASS reports.