A powerful explosion thundered in Wednesday 25 kilometers south of Basra, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Al-Arabia television company, at least three Iraqis died, two British troops received injuries. According to the Katar television channel Al-Dzhazira, the explosion occurred in the city of Zubeyir. Earlier on the same day, a large attack was committed in the Basra itself, where 55 people died as a result of three explosions of mined cars, about 200 were injured.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, measures are being taken to prevent the import of foot and mouth disease. According to RIA Novosti in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of the Khabarovsk Territory, the introduction of such measures is due to the outbreak of foot and dinosaulus type "O" in the neighboring Amur Region. In the framework of anti-icing measures, veterinarians of the region check the conditions of livestock and the state of feed on the farms.

US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld said that Washington was ready to maintain at the current level the number of his troops in Iraq, reports Radio “Freedom” . He noted that 20 thousand troops received an order to stay in the country for an additional period of three months.

Today, most of the officers who previously subordinated to General Roman Dumbadze left part in protest against the decision of Dumbadze to go over to the side of Aslan Abashidze. Recall that on April 19, Dumbadze said that he refuses to obey the Georgian Ministry of Defense and the Supreme Commander -in -Chief and transferred to the rule of President Adjara Aslan Abashidze. 42 officers refused to side with Dumbadze.

The Dominican Republic intends to follow the example of Spain and Honduras and withdraw its troops from Iraq. This was stated by President of the country IPolito Rafael Mehia Dominges. According to him, the country's leadership is extremely concerned about the security of its military in this country. At the same time, Dominges emphasized that the decision to withdraw troops will be made “not one night” and only after consultations with the governments of Honduras and Spain.

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, the retail turnover in Russia is growing steadily. According to Gazeta.ru , last month it reached 430.4 billion rubles, increasing by 8.4% compared to February and 10.4% from March last year. For the entire first quarter of this year, this indicator has grown in the same year by 10.3% to 1218 billion rubles. According to statistics, the retail turnover of 78% was formed by trading organizations, the share of markets was 22%.

The conflict between the rebellious Batumian general Roman Dumbadze and Tbilisi will end in nothing: Saakashvili demonstrates force only in words. So believes the deputy chairman of the Council of the Caucasian Institute of the World, Democracy and Development Emil Adelekhanov. According to the human rights activist, there is no political will to resolve the conflict with Adjaria diplomatic means.

According to the Main Directorate of the Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, on Tuesday at 19:45 in the apartment in the house number 4 on Stoletov Street, the body of the professor of the department of operations of the faculty of computational mathematics and cybernetics of Moscow State University Vyacheslav Fedorov was discovered. The dean of information about the tragic death of Vyacheslav Fedorov does not yet have information.

In the first quarter of this year, the passenger turnover of the Angor airline the Chelyabinsk airline increased by 39.3%, the Finmarket reports. The total volume of passenger transportation increased by 47.2% and reached 111.7 thousand passengers. The air transportation of goods and mail increased by 33.4%, amounting to 994.4 tons. The commercial loading of flights increased by 11% to 44.4%.

The State Duma at a plenary session today will consider the bill “On introducing the addition to Article 4 of the Law of the Russian Federation“ On Mass Media ”, proposed by State Duma deputy Mikhail Yurevich. The deputy wants to limit the public informing about the terrorist attacks. In his opinion, this should terminate“ the actual propaganda in the media of terrorist activities.

The liberation of the “atomic spy” is muzzle Vanun, it seems, is delayed. It was supposed to take place at 11:00 in the morning, but, as the Israland News reports, he refuses to officially call the prison authorities the address at which he will live after the release. “He does not want to indicate the whereabouts of his future dwelling and will not be released until he fulfills this requirement,” the Reuters news agency was notified by the spokeswoman for the Israeli Prison Department.

The Russian gas concern Gazprom temporarily stopped supplying gas to Azerbaijan. It is reported today by "Gazeta.ru" . The reason was the repair of the gas pipeline by which gas supply is maintained. Currently, according to Azerigaz JSC, the country has introduced a regime of restrictions on gas supply to consumers. In particular, deliveries to the Azerbaijan GRES will cease, which will go to work on fuel oil.

According to updated data, as a result of the attack in the center of Riyadh, six people were killed, another 68 were injured. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the first channel of television of Saudi Arabia. Earlier, ten dead were reported. The victims were delivered to the specialized hospital of King Feisal, where they were visited by the throne of Prince Abdullah Ben Abdelaziz.

In 2005-2007, the growth in electricity tariffs will not be ahead of inflation. This statement by the Minister of Industry and Energy of Viktor Khristenko published "Gazeta.ru" . “The government previously considered this issue and decided to establish a new mechanism for restrictions on tariffs,” the minister said. According to this decision, the limiting tariffs for electricity this year should amount to 84.6 kopecks per kW/h.

The explosion near the building of the Ministry of Security of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh was most likely carried out by a suicide terrorist. This was reported by eyewitnesses of events. According to eyewitnesses, the driver who adjusted the mined car to the facade of the ministry himself died during the explosion. In total, according to this hour, 10 people were killed as a result of the explosion, about 30 people were injured, reports Reuters.