In the ceremony of farewell to Yasir Arafat, which will take place on Friday morning in Cairo, senior representatives of several dozen states will take part, ITAR-TASS reports. The State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Saltanov will represent Russia at the ceremony. It is also possible that the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Evgeny Primakov will go to Egypt.

The radical Islamic group threatens Japan with terrorist attacks for cooperation with the United States in Iraq. The unsigned statement addressed to the "Japanese leaders" was published on one of the Islamist Internet sites, RIA Novosti reports. “Even the wide ocean will not protect you. Your people will be shocked by what will happen,” the statement said.

On November 13, the Gorbunov Moscow DC will celebrate its twentieth anniversary of the Civil Defense group. In the festive concert, a bunch of special guests from the former members of the group and her friends are declared, the entire event will be recorded for descendants on the video, and every fan, if desired, will be able to acquire a memorable anniversary T -shirt.

Since November 11, OJSC Russian Railways reduces fares on long-distance trains: in reserved seats and common wagons-by 8%, in compartment and CB-by 4%, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Railways press service. “Russian Railways” explains this decrease in the fare schedule for flexible regulation of tariffs for the transportation of passengers, introduced in early 2004 due to uneven demand for passenger transportation during the year.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that South Korea has a certain amount of plutonium necessary for the production of an atomic bomb, Reuters reports. According to the agency, the chief specialist of the Korean Institute for the Study of Nuclear Energy in Tajon knows about the experiments. The Government of South Korea has already stated that it has no information about nuclear experiments in the country and will check the information received.

In the city of Cheboksary in the urn at the Novoselskaya bus station there was an explosion of a home -made explosive device, RIA Novosti reports. As a result of the explosion, a man born in 1961 was injured. He was delivered to the department of maxillofacial surgery of the first republican hospital Cheboksar with a diagnosis: extensive ragged wounds of soft fabrics with thin metal plates. FSB officers seized the explosive elements for examination. An investigation is underway.

The chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Alexander Veshnyakov, does not see anything catastrophic in delay with the announcement of the results of the first round of elections in Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine agency reports. Veshnyakov recalled that being late with the calculation of votes occurred due to the fault of the electronic system failure.

The transport aircraft of the Spanish Air Force, aimed by order of the Spanish Foreign Ministry to the cat-D`iwoire to evacuate Spanish subjects, returned 43 people to his homeland who wished to leave this former French colony, located on the verge of civil war, RIA Novosti reports. Together with them, several dozen citizens of other countries, mainly Europeans, arrived in Spain. At the Spanish Consulate, 210 Spaniards were registered in the cat-d'Ivoire.

A new contender appeared on the property of Interros Vladimir Potanin. At the end of July, Interros agreed with the German Siemens to create a joint venture where Interros will transfer 71% of the shares, and Siemens will pay its share with money. As a result, 50% plus one promotion will remain with the Russian company, but the management will move on to the Germans: “Interros” will save only two places in the Council of Directors.

Police officers detained a 25-year-old resident of Gudermes, who was part of the gang of Sultan Tutuyev, who personally obey Aslan Maskhadov, reports RBC with reference to the North Caucasus headquarters. The detained militant went to cooperate with the investigation, said the number of his gang and admitted that in November last year he participated in the abduction of a resident of Gudermes to receive a ransom.

On the eve of the plans of the Public Staff of the ex-candidate of the President of the President of the "єdnіst" Alexander Omenchenko on the support of the second round, Viktor Yushchensonzzha. This was announced today by the press center of the party "Ednist", reports "Interfax-Ukraine" .

The Palestine parliament today will hold an emergency meeting at which the new president of the Palestinian National Administration will be sworn, RBC reports. The meeting of the parliament will take place at 12:00 Moscow time on the western bank of the Jordan River in Ramalla.

The Minister of Family, Children and Youth of Ukraine, the leader of the All -Ukrainian political association "Zhinka for Maybutn, who supports Viktor Yanukovych, Valentina Dovzhenko accuses the headquarters of the presidential candidate, the leader of the Bloc" Our Ukraine "Viktor Yushchenko of using the administrative resource in the first round of the elections, reports " Ukrainian News " . "Admin resources used our opponents to the fullest!" she said.

The UK evacuated approximately 400 British subjects and citizens of other states from the cat-d'Ivoir, a representative of the defense department said in London. According to him, about 300 troops took part in the operation, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Reuters.

The Government of the Netherlands intends to take tough measures aimed at stopping Islamic extremism in the country, RIA Novosti reports. Preaching extremist ideas of the imams will be expelled from the country, and the mosques are closed. The government intends to introduce a bill to the parliament, which allows the deprivation of citizenships with dual citizenship who have committed serious crimes with the use of violence.