US President George Bush abandoned his previous words that Saddam Hussein maintained contacts with al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. At a press conference in the Pink Garden of the White House on Friday, he claimed that he had never talked about the existence of operational ties between the former Iraqi leader and terrorist organizations. “I said that Hussein at the state level supported terrorism and, for this reason, was dangerous,” Bush emphasized.

In the city of Nablus, on the western bank of the Jordan River, the Anglican and Greek Orthodox churches were subjected to attacks today. According to the received information, incendiary bombs were thrown into the buildings of the parishes. There are no victims and victims, but the churches and adjacent territories were caused by insignificant damage. The responsibility for these attacks was taken by the group of "Lions of Monotheism".

Russian Boxer-Stylawo, World Boxing Council champion (WBC), Oleg Maskaev, is going to train hard before the fight with Ugandan Peter Okllo, as he considers him a worthy opponent and extremely dangerous Pancher. This was announced by the promoter of Oleg Maskaev Denis Rappaport. “Okllo now takes only 12th place in the WBC ranking, but out of 18 of his victories 16 he won by a knockout - and it is these numbers that characterize it most accurately,” Denis Rappander quotes AllsPort.ru .

Arbitration of the Russian Hockey Federation will forbid Evgeny Malkin to play for any clubs except Magnitogorsk Metallurg. This became clear after the FHR arbitration on Friday considered the Ural Club’s statement about the hockey player disqualification and announced the resolution of his decision, the final form of which, containing the motives of the Arbitration Committee, will be published within 10 days.

“The treatment goes well, I quickly get better. Every day I feel better,” Robson admitted. Over the past 15 years, Robson has already resorted to surgical intervention twice for this reason. In his long coaching career, Robson stood at the helm of the England national team, headed PSV, Porto, Barcelona, ​​Ipswich and Newcastle clubs. In 2002, Robson was dedicated to knights. He was awarded this honorary title for his contribution to domestic football.

In the suburban district of North Ossetia, during special affairs, three suspects were detained in involvement in the BTRA demolition with military personnel, which occurred in early September in the village of Mayskoye in the suburban district of North Ossetia.

"In the future in Sukhumi!" - Such a greeting was proposed by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday several thousand members of the Patriot Youth camps gathered at the Tbilisi Sports Palace. Saakashvili explained that for millennia, Jews greeted each other with words - "In the future in Jerusalem!" "Our ill -wishers really do not want us to be in Sukhumi with our Abkhazm brothers.

All social facilities of the Krasnogorsk near Moscow, where an explosion occurred at the sewage and pumping station on Saturday morning, were connected to water supply, RIA Novosti said in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation in the Moscow Region. "Currently, all hospitals, schools, kindergartens and other social facilities are connected to water supply.

In his lecture, Pope quoted the words of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleolog, who accused the Prophet Muhammad of the forcibly planting of the Islamic religion. The Pope Benedict XVI is sincerely upset by the fact that some phrases from his speech could "seem insulting to the feelings of Muslim believers and were interpreted in a meaning that does not correspond to his intentions." This is stated in the current statement by Secretary of State Vatican Cardinal Tarchizio Berton.

On Saturday at 5:57 Moscow time, when seven years ago in Volgodonsk (Rostov Region), a car filled by explosives was blown up, the dead were remembered at the place of the tragedy. According to Igor Shcherbakov, a spokeswoman for the Volgodonsk administration, Interfax agency, about 80 relatives of the dead, as well as rescuers, firefighters and police officers who took part in the elimination of the consequences of the explosion gathered at the place of the tragedy.

The Yeng Khan-9 South Korean trawler, detained after a warning shooting near the southern smoking, is brought to the Sakhalin port of Korsakov for the proceedings under the escort of the Russian patrol ship. According to a group of public relations of the Sakhalin border control of the coastal protection of the FSB of Russia, the border guards began to inspect all the premises of the vessel and to verify its documents.

The circumstances of the column of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which suffered from one policeman, are investigated in Chechnya , RIA Novosti was told in law enforcement agencies of the republic.

The Russian military delegation on Friday held a meeting with representatives of the top leadership of Lebanon. They expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Russian Federation, primarily the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov for the participation of Russia in restoring the Economics of Lebanon.

Members of the Academy of Russian Television determined the finalists of the National Television Competition "TEFI-2006". The competition takes place in 42 nominations, two of which are additional. 397 works were submitted to the competition with a total timing of 298 hours. All nominations are conditionally divided into two categories - "professions" and "faces".

On the eve of the referendum on the independence of Transnistria, enhanced security measures were taken in the region, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Unrecognized Republic Alexander Korolev told reporters on Saturday. According to him, the police were transferred to an enhanced service regime. "In all settlements of Transnistria, round -the -clock patrolling of the streets and mobile groups of the police will be organized.