Former US President Bill Clinton, in an interview with CBS, admitted that his romance with Monik Levinsky was a "monstrous mistake", reports Lenta.ru . He also said that after the scandal from Levinsky, his wife Hillary was thinking about divorce, they even had to consult a psychologist together. Next week, the memoirs of Clinton "My Life" will go to American stores. For them, the ex-president has already received an advance of $ 10 million.

Cinema is as much an art form as it is a special branch of production, which is influenced by economic laws and forms of organization. Cinema as a production developed in our country in the 1930s, and since then has experienced several transformations, including perestroika in the 1980s. Despite all the ideological foundations for the development of Russian cinema, its economic and related organizational needs are identical to other traditions, in particular Hollywood.

** Themes of the day ** Of the international topics, the focus of the Russian press is the summit of the Shanghai organization of cooperation in general and the bilateral negotiations of the presidents of Russia and Uzbekistan V. Putin and I. Karimov in particular. The press emphasizes that a long-term gas contract worth $ 1 billion, which in their presence was signed by the head of Lukoil V. Alekperov and the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan U.

The Portuguese national team almost doubled the account in the match. The rivals of the Russian national team went out three on one, as a result of which he was struck on the goal, Malafeev touched the ball, he got into the bar, and the decree sent the ball above the gate.

Over the past day, the supply of natural gas has been stopped in South Ossetia, a correspondent of the " Caucasian Knot " is equal. The company "Iter Georgia" made such a decision on the basis of the debt of South Ossetia, which amounted to 950 thousand rubles. For the entire heating season and another 750 thousand rubles for May.

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma approved the new military doctrine of the country. The decree signed on June 15, the decree on the approval of the doctrine was published the day before. The approved doctrine is defensive. According to the doctrine, the country's security is achieved by eliminating the external and internal threats of the national security of Ukraine in the military sector.

In Brussels, a plenary session of the European Council was opened, at which the approval of the EU constitution project will be the key issue, RIA Novosti reports. To approve the European Constitution, participants in the summit must agree on the adoption of the quotas of representative office in the European Parliament and the European Commission, the voting system in the Council of EU ministers, as well as on the mention of Christian values ​​in the preamble of the document.

The American company Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems announced the creation of the world's first electric shotgun, StunStuike, capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 15 meters, Newsru.com reports . The gun fires a stream of ionized gas (plasma) toward the target, through which an electrical discharge is transmitted. The power of the discharge can hit a person and damage the electrical system of a car.

The main issue in the summit of the heads of state and governments of the EU member countries will be the draft Constitution of the European Union . According to the chairman of the European Commission Romano Prodi, the failure to accept the draft constitutional act “would be a very poor signal” for the European integration process.

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verkhofstadt is one of the most likely applicants for the post of chairman of the European Commission. Almost all Belgian newspapers made this statement on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports. The Political Party of Verkhofstadt last Sunday lost to Flemish nationalists in the elections to local authorities of the Netherland -speaking region of Belgium - Flanders.

Russia will not become a member of the Islamic Conference organization. This was stated the day before in Istanbul, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Rosbalt reports. Lavrov motivated this by the fact that Russia is not a country with a predominant Islamic population, so there can be no member of the OIK. Meanwhile, according to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia is not conducting a dialogue with OIK for the sake of membership in the organization.

The Israeli authorities intend to separate the gas sector from Egypt with a 4-kilometer moat with a depth of 15-16 meters, which will help to counteract the smuggling of weapons, ammunition and drugs from Egypt, Jewish.ru reports. According to the plans of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the moat will stretch along the Osi Philadelphia axis that runs parallel to the Egyptian border. Construction will be completed in the first half of 2005.

Al-Qaeda planned to use 10 aircraft in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. These are the conclusions of the independent commission to investigate the causes of terrorist attacks, which found that the headquarters of the FBI and the CIA, nuclear facilities, high-rise buildings in California and Washington, as well as the White House or Capitol were the object of attack of terrorists.

The match between France and Croatia takes such an advantage of existing European champions, which allowed the opponent to strike on goal only in the 15th minute. True, this advantage has not yet brought goals.

A search party found in the forest in the south of Sakhalin near Lake Changeable the body of Sergei Gurinov from the village of Solovyovka, who died as a result of a bear attack. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the Korsakov district department of civil defense and emergency situations. The bear reportedly attacked three people sleeping in a tent early Thursday morning.