The Israeli helicopter delivered a missile blow to the gas. This is reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to Reuters. What objects were the purpose of the air raid is not known. Nothing has been reported about victims and destruction. A missile blow was dealt a few hours later, after the post of Israeli army was blown up in the gas sector, as a result of which one military was killed and six more were injured.

The head of Lithuania for the second time was the 77-year-old Valdas Adamkus. According to RIA Novosti, at today's press conference, the chairman of the Main Electoral Commission (GIK) Zenos Vaigauskas, after calculating the ballots in all 2038 polling stations, Adamkus received 51.63% of all votes, and his rival in the elections was ex-prime minister Casimir Danuta Pruniskens -46.91%. 714,349 voters voted for Adamkus, and 649 042 voted for Pruniskens.

Command and staff exercises began in the troops in the northeast of Russia. Interaction is worked out in the implementation of planned measures of combat training and performing individual combat exercises. According to RIA Novosti, as part of the exercises, military registration and enlistment offices of the Kamchatka region are collecting stock employees. They have to serve combat equipment within a month and work out the standards of combat coordination.

Three people were killed and three more were injured as a result of the fall of a light aircraft in the UK, RBC reports. According to AR, a single-engine aircraft Cessna 206, on the board of which were paratroopers, fell to the ground a few minutes after takeoff. All dead were passengers of the aircraft. The causes of the accident are not reported.

Since June 27, the Central Bank stopped receiving applications from banks to include them in the deposit insurance system. This is reported according to the Bank of Russia today by the monitor . The current banks that have not filed such a petition to the Central Bank will subsequently lose the right to work with the means of individuals, since participation in the deposit insurance system is a prerequisite for the current legislation.

The European Union considers the possibility of sending its special representative to Baghdad, and is also ready to offer support in holding elections in Iraq in early 2005. According to the EU representative Kristina Gallah, the EU "wants to establish contact with the new government of Iraq as soon as possible." In addition, the EU intends to activate contacts with Iraq's neighbors, in particular Turkey, Iran and Syria, to maintain stability in this region.

American customs and border services begin to use unmanned aerial vehicles to protect the borders of the United States. Two such devices have already begun observing the American-Mexican border in Arizona, reports Lenta.ru . They are equipped with optical sensors and video camera, which provide round -the -clock observation of the border. Hermes 450 unmanned vehicles are controlled by border guards.

On the year in the morning in Istanbul, the US administration was forced to decide on an emergency transfer of power in Iraq to the national government. Instead of June 30, the ceremony in a fireman was held during the NATO summit with the participation of George Bush. According to RIA Novosti, the ceremony was closed, a few representatives of both sides and several journalists were invited to it.

One person died and three were injured in varying severity as a result of an explosion at the cafe in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny. This was announced on Monday by the representative of the regional operational headquarters (Rosh) on the management of the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus, Major General Ilya Shabalkin.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Istanbul sharply criticized the construction of NATO military facilities in the Baltic countries, RIA Novosti reports. Lavrov especially noted that this happens without any discussion with the Russian side.

Valdas Adamkus with a small margin from his opponent Kazimira Pruniskene leads in the presidential election in Lithuania. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Glasbirk of the country. After calculating the data of 1855, out of 2038 polling stations, it is clear that Adamkus gained 50.98% of the votes, Casimir Pruniskens - 49.02%.

The European Union denied China to grant state status with a market economy. According to Gazeta.ru , such a statement was extended on Monday. According to the European Union, the Chinese economy remains in four vast areas that affect the conduct of anti -dumping procedures. “This means the impossibility of providing the status of a state with a market economy at the current stage,” the statement said.

Forecasters predict strong rains with hail in the south of Russia, in connection with which the villages of the villages are expected in the mountainous regions of Dagestan, and the water level on the rivers to dangerous marks is expected on the rivers of Karachay-Cherkessia, Interfax reports. In addition, at night in Kalmykia, the Stavropol Territory and Karachay-Cherkessia, strong rains, large city and squalling wind strengthening up to 20 meters per second are expected.

Today, a two -day NATO summit is opened in Istanbul. This is reported by RIA Novosti. It is expected that the heads of state and governments will approve the Iraqi support in the formation of national security forces and will announce the strengthening of the military presence of the alliance in Afghanistan.

For ten years, Russia can become the main trading partner of Finland. This was stated at a meeting with Vladimir Putin, the chairman of the Finland Parliament and the ex-Prime Minister of the country Paavo Lipponen, the Finnmarket reports.