Iraqi military conduct a large -scale operation in the city of Kirkuk in the north of Iraq. The purpose of the operation entitled "Key to Security", which is carried out by the 14,000th contingent of Iraqi soldiers and police officers with the information and transport support of American troops, is the search and destruction of militants, reports the Catar satellite television channel Al-Jazeera. During the operation in Kirkuk, a commandant hour was introduced.

Germany will oppose the further rapid expansion of the European Union after the upcoming adoption of Bulgaria and Romania. This was stated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the end of a two -day visit to Turkey. “We are now negotiating with Turkey and Croatia regarding their entry into the EU, but we know that in the near future we will not be able to accept new members,” A. Merkel added, whose country in 2007 will preside in the European Union. Speaking about the EU constitution, A.

On Saturday in Belgium, elections to local authorities are held. For the first time in history, according to ITAR-TASS, foreigners permanently residing in the country received the right to vote. This year, foreigners who live in the country can participate in the communal elections, though they can vote only for members of the Communal Council (the commune is the lowest unit of administrative division in Belgium). Foreigners have no right to vote for deputies of provinces.

The health status of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro is severe, he is incurably sick with intestinal cancer. About this, according to RIA Novosti , writes the Argentinean newspaper La Nacion with reference to the American magazine Time. "The Kubinsky leader is inconspicuously sick with intestinal cancer, and most likely he will never return to power," the publication reports, noting that the information is based on the secret data of the CIA and deserves confidence.

The American human rights organization Freedom House called on the authorities of Russia to find customers and murders of Anna Politkovskaya. The journalist of Novaya Gazeta was killed at the entrance of his own house the night before.

Scottish striker Harry O'Connor, who was playing for the Moscow Lokomotiv, said that he would soon leave the team of railway workers, as his family did not want to live in Russia. O'Connor moved to Lokomotiv from Hybernian in March of this year and regularly left the club, until the Malian Drama Traore replaced him. Now Harry is replacing in almost every match, but, apparently, his days in the Moscow team are numbered.

The editors of Novaya Gazeta begins the investigation of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. As the deputy chief editor of the publication Oleg Khlebnikov "we can get more information than the investigating authorities, we have certain outputs to information sources." According to Khlebnikov, they already have a certain information on the murder of Politkovskaya. Anna Politkovskaya is primarily known for her materials on the topic of Chechnya and the North Caucasus.

The administration of George Bush is shocked by the murder of Anna Politkovskaya and calls on the Russian government to conduct an “immediate and thorough investigation” of this crime. This is stated in Washington, a statement by the US State Department, which is reported by RIA Novosti . "The United States is shocked and deeply saddened by the brutal murder of independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya," the document says.

The editors of Novaya Gazeta reported that the funeral of journalist Anna Politkovskaya will be held on October 10 at the Troekurovsky cemetery. Farewell will begin at 14:00 in the farewell hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery. Address: Ryabinova St., 24. The observer of Novaya Gazeta Anna Politkovskaya was shot at the entrance of her house in Moscow on October 7.

The leader of the Hungarian opposition Fides-Hungarian Civil Union, Viktor Orban, said today that every evening one of the deputies from the right-wing forces will come out to the Koshata Square in front of the parliament, ITAR-TASS reports. It turns out, so that opposition leaders have an exact scenario for holding protest for 163 days, since there are so many mandates in the Parliament of Fides-ATS and the Christian Democratic People's Party. These rallies last no more than an hour.

The investigation is considering a number of versions of the murder of the observer of the Novaya Gazeta Anna Politkovskaya. As one version, according to Moscow Deputy Prosecutor Vyacheslav Rosinsky, the intentional murder associated with the fulfillment of public duty is considered, ”ITAR -TASS reports. Under the fact of the incident, a criminal case has been instituted under the article“ Deliberate Murder ”of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The People’s Party, which heads the current government, gained 19.33% of votes. With a minimum lag in second place - the union of green and peasants, also entering the coalition - 16.56%. Seven parties take place in the Diet of Latvia. These are the preliminary results of voting voting at 992 out of 1006 polling stations, ITAR-TASS reports. In the first place is the People’s Party, which heads the current government - 19.33% of votes.

The European Aviation Security Committee recommended that the Pulkovo airlines noted the Pulkovo airline, the Interfax agency with SSLIKA from the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reports. Representatives of the Russian aviation authorities on Wednesday at a meeting of the European Committee on Air Impress in Brussels presented a plan to eliminate comments on the work of the Pulkovo airline, one of the participants in the negotiations told Interfax earlier.

The Nepal government resumed negotiations on Sunday with the leaders of the Maoist rebels interrupted four months ago. As expected, the focus of attention will be issues of adopting the temporary constitution and the disarmament of militants. The meeting participants also intend to decide on the further reform of the royal power. Maoists, recall, advocate holding elections to the Constitutional Assembly to develop a draft new basic law.

The tenth party in Elista for the world chess “crown” between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov ended with the victory of the Russian Grassmaster, thus, the account in the match became a draw - 5: 5. At the 43rd move, the Russian, who played with white figures on Sunday, forced his opponent to admit his defeat.