The Iraq Ministry of Defense confirmed information about the liquidation during the fighting in El Falluja five hundred resistance forces, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Aitar-Tass. The representative of the ministry said that 140 militants were detained in the rebellious city, mainly Iraqis, but among them there are citizens of other countries.

The State Duma today at the meeting rejected three alternative bills regarding an increase in the amount of the monthly benefit for the child, reports "Gazeta.ru" with reference to "Interfax". According to deputies, the bills do not comply with the concept of federal law regarding the distinction between powers between federal authorities and subjects of entities. In this regard, the documents were rejected.

To hold the second round of the presidential election, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine decided to additionally print 450 thousand ballots for voting at the rate of 2 thousand pieces for each constituency, LIGA Businessinform reports.

The farewell ceremony with the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat will be held on Friday in the Cathedral Mosque King Faisal near the international airport of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Elaf electronic newspaper. According to the publication, three options for a mourning ceremony were initially considered, in which dozens of foreign delegations and the Palestinian leadership will arrive.

In Pakistan in an accident on Thursday evening, 18 people died, 30 were injured, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the national radio of the country. According to him, in the province of Shind, near the city of Jacobabad, a frontal collision of a regular bus and a mini-automation occurred. Among the dead 12 children, the condition of the five victims delivered to the local hospital is evaluated as critical.

Vera Zvonareva suffered a second defeat at the 2004 final tennis tournament, which is taking place in Los Angeles these days, RIA Novosti reports. On Thursday, the Russian woman lost in all articles to the Frenchwoman Amelie Mororemo - 1: 6, 0: 6. During the match, the representative of Russia made a huge number of mistakes, which was the main reason for the defeat. The meeting lasted only 53 minutes.

In the last hours, the activation of Iraqi partisans to resist their fruits. Now Iraqi militants control the third largest city of Iraq Mosul, located 400 kilometers north of Baghdad. According to RIA Novosti , the city went under their control after the American troops left him on Friday in the middle of the day. On the streets of Mosul, armed resistance fighters are ruled. They patrol the streets, not paying attention to the commandant hour introduced in the city three days ago.

The decision on the evacuation of Russians from the cat-d`ivoir will be made depending on the development of events. According to Interfax , the deputy official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Troyansky, on Smolenskaya Square will proceed from how events in this country will develop. Troyansky noted that about 80 citizens of the Russian Federation, including the staff of the diplomatic mission, are now in the cat-d'Ivoire.

In Milan’s court, the prosecution demanded 8 years in prison as a punishment for the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Echo Moscow reports with reference to AFP. Berlusconi is accused of corruption.

In China, 29 miners were killed in the mine as a result of the explosion, RBC reports. According to Xinhua, the explosion thundered in the coal section of the small city of Lyanva (Henan province). 6 people as a result of the explosion were injured. About how many miners were in the mine at the time of the explosion are not reported. Rescue work continues at the scene. On October 21, the explosion thundered at another mine in the same province - in the context of Dapin.

Not only Yukos will be punished for tax optimization, writes News Time with reference to Interfax. The Federal Tax Service began on -site inspections of a number of oil companies - TNK -BP, Slavneft, Sibneft, Rosneft and Tatneft - for tax payment in 2001. Nevertheless, the scope of the requirements for Yukos will be not comparable with the amount of the amounts of his colleagues.

The Russian Foreign Ministry is not against the Dalai Lama visit, if his trip is pastoral, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Friday. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “The position of Russia is that we would be ready to consider the request for the provision of the Dalai Lama visa if this trip will have exclusively missionary, pastoral in nature and if the Dalai Lama does not have official contacts with the official authorities in the regions,” Lavrov said.

In Washington, a joint press conference of US President George Bush and Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair began. The head of the White House emphasized that relations between the two countries were never warmer than now: “Our countries have reached important goals in Afghanistan and Iraq. We demonstrated to the Iraqi people persistence in the acquisition of freedom for him. ” The heads of the union-union and the issue of near-Eastern settlement touched.

Near Ramalla, where tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the funeral of Arafat today, a car exploded, Reuters reports with reference to Israeli rescuers. Two people died. Today, the Palestinian police could not restrain the onslaught of the inhabitants who stormed the mukat residence and are waiting for the Arafat funeral, the helicopter with the body of which arrived in Ramalla.

As shown by a survey of the Public Opinion Foundation, 17% of our fellow citizens believe that there are no democrats among Russian politicians. We are convinced that there are such, 46% of respondents. They were asked who they consider the Democrats, asked to name several surnames. Among the Democrats, Russians are listed: V. Putin - 11 V. Zhirinovsky - 11 I. Khakamada - 6 Yavlinsky - 5 B. Nemtsova - 3 Zyuganova - 2 S. Shoigu - 2 D. Rogozin, B. Gryzlov, A. Chubais, S. Glazyev, V. Ryzhkov, Yu.