The Prime Minister of Japan Juniitiro Koizumi surprised the members of the budgetary commission of the Japanese parliament, unexpectedly calling the head of the DPRK Kim Jong Ira "the great commander." Speaking at the parliamentary commission, Koizumi said that "recognition by the great commander of the fact of abduction of the Japanese North Korea contributed to progress in negotiations," RIA Novosti reports.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: The plenary meeting of the State Duma will be held. (10:00) The plenary meeting of the three -day second All -Russian Energy Forum "TEK of Russia in the 21st century" opens. The opening ceremony is expected to participate in the acting Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V. Khristenko, Chairman of the Council of the Federation S.

The Supreme Court refused to satisfy the complaint of Vladimir Zhirinovsky about the CEC refusal to register him as an authorized person Oleg Malyshkin, presidential candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party. Zhirinovsky said that he would dispute this decision in the cassation board of the Supreme Court, reports Echo of Moscow.

Today in the Basmanny court, consideration on the merits of the case by Bayan Shiryanov began. Bayan Shiryanov (real name - Kirill Vorobyov) is accused under Art. 242 of the Criminal Code (distribution of pornography), which, according to the prosecution, is contained in his novel “Middle Aviation”. At today's meeting, the witness was interrogated from the prosecution Artem Smunyan, the head of the legal department of “going together”, who once initiated the case against Shiryanov.

The human rights organization "Civil assistance" intends to apply to the court regarding the inspections of documents from the Moscow mosques, the Echo of Moscow reports. Last Friday, the police set posts at the door of the historical and memorial mosque. After checking the documents, about 80 people were sent to the department. Such police shares can be considered as directed against Muslims.

Members of the National Bolshevik Party, who tried to seize the office of the United Russia youth organization, were released from the police department. “However, tomorrow they will be called to the Meshchansky inter -municipal court, where they will have to give explanations about this incident,” said the representative of the Main Directorate of the RIA Novosti.

The World Bank approved the provision of a loan with a volume of $ 100 million to finance the first stage of the project to informatize the education system in Russia. The first stage of the project is designed for four years, its total cost is $ 145.44 million, of which $ 100 million will be provided by the World Bank, and the remaining $ 45.44 million - the Russian side in the head of oncoming funding, Interfax reports.

According to terrorists, not one, but 10 bombs are placed on the railways of France. This was reported on Wednesday by BBC. Earlier, a letter came to the office of the French Railways company in which a group of terrorists, who called Azf, demanded $ 5 million from the authorities, threatening to blow up the train.

Members of the National Bolshevik Party, who seized the office of the United Russia youth movement in Pereyaslavsky Lane, were detained, RBC reports. 21 people were delivered to the department. During the detention, several National Bolshes chained themselves handcuffs. According to Lenta.ru cited NBP press services, the party members chanted the slogans “Down with the election!”, “United Russia”-a totalitarian sect ”,“ Russia without Putin! ”,“ No to a police state!

So far, the French special services are trying to prevent the terrorist attack , British Foreign Minister Jack Str began negotiations in Pakistan with General Peresa Musharraf, a key ally of the West in the struggle against international terrorism. At the meeting, both bilateral relations and the situation in the region will be discussed. Details are not reported.

The situation in the labor market will be determined by the outcome of the American presidential campaign, according to the head of the Center for Strategic Research Andrei Piontkovsky. In his opinion, John Kerry will offer his opponent in the Democratic to John Edwards to speak in conjunction the president-vice-president, and he will accept this proposal.

The publishing house “ NLO ” is publishing a collection “Family Ties. Models for assembly" (collection of articles, book two, compiled and edited by S. Ushakin). Today Polit.ru publishes an article by Rebecca Kay on the gender sociology of modern Russia - about role models, “breadwinners” and “family men”, women’s rights and raising children, the media's view of women's and men's, natural and cultural components of behavior.

The State Duma on Wednesday rejected the legislative initiative of the vice-speaker from the LDPR faction Vladimir Zhirinovsky about the so-called imperative deputy mandate. Zhirinovsky, who was supported by Sergey Baburin, Viktor Ilyukhin and Viktor Pokhmelkin, proposed amending the current legislation in order to deprive the mandate of deputies elected on party lists, which later declare the intention to leave their faction and go to another, the Monitor reports.

In France, terrorists demanded $ 5 million from the authorities, threatening to blow up the train, today the head of the National Police of France Michel Goden said. The company “French railways” received the day before a letter with a bomb from unknown extremists, which put forward a payment of $ 5 million, Reuters reports. The group signed the letter by the initials of AZF-by the name of the chemical plant in the South-Vovtok France, which was blown up in 2001.

According to the Associated Press, 7 calls occurred in Baghdad today. The details have not yet been reported. Today, the figure of those killed in yesterday's attacks in Iraq is named: 271 dead and 393 wounded. On suspicion of the attack, 15 people were detained. Shiite spiritual leaders blame American troops in terrorist attacks.