US President George Bush will arrive in Florida today to personally inspect the areas that were impacted by the tropical hurricane "Charlie" and find out what assistance to the affected areas can be provided by the federal government of the United States. About this, as reports RIA Novosti, the press secretary of the White House Scott McLellan told reporters.

The Iranian television channel "Al Alyam" stops broadcasting in the En-Sajaf under the onslaught of the Iraq police, Echo Moscow reports. “Al Alyam” transmitted information that US artillery was struck by the Shiite shrine - the Mausoleum of Imam Ali. On the film shown in the news release of the television channel, it can be seen how the policeman’s palm covers the lens of the television camera aimed towards the tomb of Imam.

The shooter Alexei Alipov won the first Russian gold at the Olympics in Athens. He became the first in shooting at a trench of the stand at moving targets. It is reported by RIA Novosti, there are no other details yet. At the Olympiad now, our athletes previously took three "silver" and one "bronze".

Today in the center of Baghdad, not far from the "Green Zone", where the Iraqi National Conference is taking place, several explosions thundered. This happened despite the fact that increased security measures were taken in the city. AP with reference to the police reports that 10 people were killed during explosions and 15 were injured.

In Baghdad, enhanced security measures have been introduced in connection with the general Iracles National Conference that opened there today. About 1300 delegates from 18 provinces of the country gathered in the well -guarded "green zone" of the city (there is the building of the Provisional Government of Iraq and the US Embassy). Within three days, they must elect 125 members of the National Assembly - a temporary parliament endowed with legislative functions, RBC reports.

Despite the ongoing meetings of the mixed control commission (SCC) on the Georgian-Ossetian settlement, shooting was going on in the conflict zone all last night. According to the Georgian police, the Ossetian side fired at the bypass road connecting the villages of Bolshoi and Malyakhvy. 7 Georgians are injured, which are now in the hospital in the city of Gori.

The Italian climber died during the ascent of the Gran Sasso in the southeastern part of Italy, RIA Novosti reports. The insurance could not withstand a jerk at the moment when the climber in a conjunction with her friend climbed onto a steep rock. The search for the body of the dead climber continues.

At the airport of Budapest, an emergency landing plane, flying from Frankfurt-on-Maine to Istanbul, made an emergency landing. The plane belonging to the German airline Luftansa was forced to make an emergency landing due to the threat of the explosion, the Reuters agency said. Details are not reported.

At the Kaliningrad customs, hundreds of cars with transit numbers accumulated: customs officers suspended the design of foreign cars imported to Russia from Europe. According to the NTV television company, this happened after the Kaliningrad governor Vladimir Egorov canceled the distribution of quotas to the import of foreign cars. The decision on quotas was made by the deputy of Egorov, who is now accused of receiving a bribe from an interested entrepreneur.

In connection with the situation in Burundi, an emergency meeting called the UN Security Council, Gazeta.ru reports. In the west of Burundia on Saturday, a group of armed militants attacked the Congolese refugee camp. More than 150 people were killed. Responsibility for the massacre was assumed by the armed group of rebels Hutu "Forces of National Liberation".

The Princess of Norway Marta-Luiza will arrive today on an official visit to the Murmansk region. In the city of Kandalaksha, she will take part in the opening ceremony of the family orphanage "Children's village - SOS". According to the administration of the Murmansk region, a similar orphanage of the family type is already the fourth in Russia, built at the expense of the SOS Kinderf International World Fund. Three more such houses operate in the Moscow, Oryol and Leningrad regions.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is dissatisfied with the fact that some competitions of the 2004 games are held against the background of half-empty stands. Moka officials fear that this may cause viewers that the Olympic Games do not cause much interest, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to the Air Force. The organizers of the games recognized the low turnout of the fans (out of five million tickets, at the time of opening of the games, 65 percent could not be sold).

At least 15 people died as a result of an explosion in the state of Assam in the northeast of India. The explosion occurred in the city of Ghyemaji during the parade in honor of Indian Independence Day , which is celebrated on Sunday. The number of the wounded has not yet been established.

In the area of ​​the Iraqi city of Eswyr, Ukrainian Peacemaker Yuri Ivanov died on Sunday morning, RIA Novosti reports. The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that the explosion thundered at the moment when two tankers, accompanied by four armored personnel carriers, drove up to the water reservoir. Yuri Ivanov was the commander of a platoon of material support for the 62nd separate mechanized battalion.

Israel uses a balloon equipped with high -tech equipment to search for Palestinian militants conducting the shelling of Israeli territory. The ball, flying at high altitude, is equipped with a camera and transmitters who transmit the results of video shooting to the base on the ground. The aircraft was developed by the Israeli military research company, its cost is $ 2 million. Israeli intelligence agencies believe that the use of this balloon will allow more effectively fighting militants.