In Kaspiysk, the deputy head of the prosecutor’s office of Dagestan Abulbasir Omarov was killed that night. As ITAR-TASS reported in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, "his body, as well as the body of his acquaintance Ali Suleimanov, was discovered by the wives of the dead, who heard pops, similar to shots." The crime was committed on one of the cottages on the outskirts of Kaspiysk.

The Iraqi Shiite group "Mahdi Army" suspended its activities, followed by the calls of the radical preacher of Muktada al-Sadra, said Iraqi President Jalyal Talabani. According to Talabani, this is the result of the joint efforts of the American military and Iraqi security forces that were activated a few weeks ago to stabilize the situation in Baghdad and its environs.

The Al-Qaeda terrorist organization and its supporters in the UK carry out the preparation of young Muslims living in the country to combat the British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was announced today with reference to the secret report of the British special services of The Sunday Telegraph . According to the document, Al-Qaeda supporters in the United Kingdom are transporting large amounts to Pakistan to finance jihad against Western countries and their interests.

The gang of former police officers in Moscow was charged with banditry, law enforcement sources told Interfax. On March 2, 2005, the senior inspector of the 6th DPS department at the special trace, police captain Dmitry Zhuchkov, was killed on the Krasnokholmsky bridge. The policeman chased a car, which was driving an unknown in the uniform uniform of a police officer. When the inspector blocked the suspect’s car, fire was opened from a pistol.

Iran, Syria and the Lebanese movement "Hizballah" are preparing for war with the United States, which, according to their calculations, may begin this summer, says Amos Yadlin, the head of Israeli military intelligence. The preparations of Iran and his regional allies are, according to the general, a purely defensive nature in case of aggression by Americans. “We are observing the process of preparation for the war that is possible this summer.

The emissar of Chechen separatists Ahmed Zakaev will not come to Tbilisi to the ceremony of reburial of the remains of the first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, said RIA Novosti press secretary of the eldest son of the first Georgian President Konstantin Gamsakhurdia Natia Tomuidze. "Ahmed Zakaev will not be able to come to Georgia for the funeral of the president. He called Mr. Gamsakhurdia and handed him and his family his condolences by telephone.

Hockey players of Magnitogorsk Metallurg, yielding to the Omsk Vanguard on their ice with a score of 1: 3 in the final period, won a meeting with a result of 4: 3 and led in the semifinal series. The most spectacular game of the championship and the current playoffs were issued in Magnitogorsk local Metallurg and Omsk Avangard. The meeting abounded with bright episodes, therefore the script turned out to be appropriate.

Today in the suburbs, planned vaccination of poultry from "bird flu" has been completed in the suburbs. According to ITAR-TASS, the chief veterinarian of the Moscow Region Valery Sitnikov, "677 thousand birds in the population are vaccinated." These are not only chickens, ducks or geese living on rural farmsteads, but also home decorative birds. "Sitnikov said that" the current vaccination will continue - in the spring, citizens buy chickens for their farmsteads, which must also be instilled.

In Munich, the German boxer, the ex-champion of the world of Henry Maske, confidently took revenge from the American Virgil Hill for the defeat of an eleven-year ago, after which the mask completed his boxing career. Before the fight, the 43-year-old Hill was considered a favorite, since he did not interrupt his performances in the ring, and last year he managed to win the WBA champion in the first heavyweight.

In Russia today, a call for military service begins, the term of which for the first time is a year and a half. According to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, from April 1 to June 30, citizens of the Russian Federation aged 18 to 27 years who are not in the reserve and are subject to military service and military service in the amount of 133,500 people are subject to conscription.

From today, the usual appearance of Russian markets has been radically changing - foreign citizens now do not have the right to work by sellers, including in street tents. At the end of last year, documents governing relations in the field of migration policy entered into force, among them - a government decree on quotas for foreign labor for 2007.

Students of the Faculty of Sociology of Moscow University held a protest against their dean this afternoon. She passed at the same time as open day at the faculty, reports Echo of Moscow . The organizers of the action were approximately 25 people. Almost all of them are students of the last social faculty courses. The rebels came to the building of the First Humanitarian Corps of Moscow State University in small groups, as they were afraid to attract the attention of the police.

The fight for the world champion according to the World Boxing Organization / WBO / heavyweight weight between Russian Sultan Ibragimov and American Shannon Briggs was postponed from Moscow to the United States. The date remained the same - June 2. This was announced by the press service of the professional boxing Federation of Russia with reference to one of the organizers of the fight - the Russian company Golden Grain Promovn.

On the penultimate day of the world cycling championship in the Spanish Palma de Majorca Olympic champion Mikhail Ignatiev won the first medal for the Russian team-bronze in the race on points. The process of conquering a medal to the Sports Information Agency "All Sport" was described by Mikhail Ignatiev himself. “To be honest, I initially went to the place in the three, not to win,” said Mikhail Ignatiev.

In Azerbaijan, an explosion occurred in Azerbaijan in a minibus on the Ujar -Baku route, one person died, several more passengers were injured in various degrees of severity. The explosion occurred on Sunday morning, when the Ford minibus was not far from the 719th post of traffic police of the Garadagsky district, Nariman Rustamov, a duty officer of the 38th police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, told the Azerbaijan news agency.