The counting of votes in the general election in Iraq is quickly and will be completed in a few days, the Radio Liberty reports the statement of the Iraq CEC. According to preliminary data, representatives of the Shiite majority will win the election who have already recognized the need to attract Sunnis to work on the constitution.

Today, the state registration of new societies created during the reorganization of Kurskenergo OJSC, Mordovenergo OJSC, Nizhnovenergo OJSC and Smolenskenergo OJSC according to the basic version, the press service of the energy holding reports .

The number of Achech in need of food assistance in the Indonesian province may, according to the UN, reach 800 thousand people, RBC reports. As the remote areas of the province, which suffered from the destructive tsunami, the picture of the damage caused by the country, said, experts say. Now the UN World Food Program provides a humanitarian mission in the province of ACCH, designed to provide assistance to 340 thousand people.

In early February, the execution of the mutual agreements of Egypt, the Palestinian national autonomy and Israel in the field of security will begin, RIA Novosti reports. Today, a group of Egyptian employees of special services will arrive at the Palestinian territories who will conduct negotiations with various Palestinian groups in order to achieve their consent in issues of establishing order, maintaining security, dominance of the law and preserving the unity of Palestinian lands.

The explosive device, which exploded at least three people in the mountains , was filled with 100 kilograms of TNT, RIA Novosti reports the Minister of Police and Public Security of Georgia Vano Merabishvili. A bomb in a passenger car was put into effect using the remote control near the building of the regional police of the region Shida Kartli. "The owner of the Zhiguli brand car has already been installed, where an explosive device was installed.

In the Japanese Sea, during the search and rescue operation, on Tuesday, the body of another fisherman was found with the crashed trawler "Porfae" , RIA Novosti was told in the Vladivostok rescue and coordination center. The search for five more people continues. In the search for fishermen, the sea tugboats "assertive", "Yuri Orlenko", "Lazurit" and the rescue ship of the Pacific Fleet "SB-522" participate.

A car accident occurred in Egypt, as a result of which 10 people died and 16 were injured of varying severity. Among the dead are three children, reports RBC . The accident occurred near the city of Samalyut (200 km south of Cairo). The minibus crashed into a truck parked on the side of the road. According to police representatives, the bus tried to go around another car, but at high speed the driver lost control and could not avoid a collision.

The new UAZ Patriot SUV will begin to produce UAZ OJSC in July 2005, RBC reports. As stated in the materials prepared for the presentation of the car, the UAZ Patriot is a new model of the enterprise, launched using UAZ Hunter units and assemblies, is designed for 5 passengers and is equipped with a 4-cylinder ZMZ-409 engine with a capacity of 128 hp. It is expected that the first cars will be delivered to customers in August.

The culture market is flooded with low -quality products, unscrupulous manufacturers capture it more and more active. This will be discussed on a round table "whether the tendency of a worsening selection is valid in modern culture", which will be held at the Bilinguals Club-Kafe, February 2, at 17 o’clock.

One of the fundamental points for modern Russia is the clarification of identity, as well as the structure of the ideological field. Many countries faced a similar problem after the end of the Cold War confrontation. In Italy, this process was aggravated by the fact that a series of anti-corruption investigations were launched almost simultaneously. All this together completely restructured the political and partly ideological field.

Traffic on the federal highway of St. Petersburg-Murmansk, suspended due to poor weather conditions, has been restored. According to the press service of the North-Western Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, the traffic on the highway is open on Tuesday about 7.20. As RIA Novosti specified in the press service of the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Murmansk Region, the movement on the highway of St.

The “Vnesheconombank” borrowed $ 6 billion to finance the purchase of Rosneft “Yuganskneftegaz”, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to the Prime -Tass. This was announced by Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. According to the minister, the information of the Bank of Russia published on Monday notes that the loan of state authorities in December 2004 amounted to about $ 10 billion.

The Central television and radio studio of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation begins on February 20 broadcasting on the 57th television channel, reports NEWSRU.com the statement of the head of the studio of the 1st rank Alexander Lebedev. “On the 57th television channel, broadcasting on Moscow and the Moscow Region of the State-Patriotic TV channel Zvezda will begin,” he said.

By the end of 2004, the number of officially registered cases of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Russia reached 303 thousand. In total, in our country from January 1, 1987 to August 31, 2004: Died with a diagnosis of AIDS 778 people 4780 people died HIV-infected Patients with a diagnosis of AIDS 1057 people In Russia, there are practically no territories free from HIV infection, although different cities and regions are very different in terms of defeat.

The European Union urged Israeli and Palestinian authorities to use "outlined real opportunities" to promote the Middle Eastern peace process, RBC reports with reference to the Associated Press. At a meeting in Brussels, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU countries welcomed an agreement on holding at the beginning of the next week the meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the head of the Palestinian National Administration of Mahmoud Abbas.