The international contact group in the former Yugoslavia demanded from the Yugoslav government and leaders of the Kosovo Albanians no later than February 6 to begin negotiations and reach a peace agreement within a week. The statement of foreign ministers of the Contact Group countries indicates that the document should provide for "elements of significant autonomy" for the Serbian province of Kosovo.

Since the beginning of the All -Russian protest campaign, about 300 thousand teachers of eight and a half thousand educational institutions of Russia announced a strike or temporarily, for three hours, interrupted classes - they reported on Friday at the Trade Union of Education Workers. According to polls of the Public Opinion Foundation, almost 90 percent of Russians are considered by teachers' strikes requiring the payment of a detained salary, a completely acceptable form of protest.

In Melbourne he entered the decisive stage of the Australian Open Tennis Championship. Russian Evgeny Kafelnikov reached the finals of a male single category, winning the German Tommy Haas - 6: 3, 6: 4, 7: 5. In the decisive match, the rival of Kafelnikov will be the Swede Thomas Enkvist.

- Basting miners and the Government of Romania: a look from the UK. - If Argentina refuses the national currency and switches to the American dollar: what does this mean for Argentina and for the United States? - In Russia, gold and silver coins will soon begin to mint. For what? - And also - an overview of publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist".

The quotes of Russian bonds on the main debt inherited by Russia from the USSR grew over the past week on the London Stock Exchange by more than 30 percent, the Fayneshl Times said today. The newspaper’s quotation growth is explained by the possibility of restructuring by the London club of creditors of Russian debt, which implies the write -off of its part. "Fayneshl Times" emphasizes that in the near future, there is no question of writing off debts.

In St. Petersburg, the documentary of Leonard and Larisa Alekseychukov "The Heart of the Polinel" is shown. This tape is dedicated to the outstanding Soviet choreographer Leonid Jacobson. The picture was made at the Leningrad studio of documentaries a quarter of a century ago and is immediately prohibited "for gross ideological errors." The spouses of Alekseychuki were forced to emigrate. Now the picture is restored according to the rescued negatives. In St.

American researchers from the Institute of Solol published a description of the experiment in Science Journal, which brings the appearance of genetically engineering methods of treating blood diseases. Indder Verm and his colleagues used AIDS virus as a carrier of genetic material. The virus was deprived of pathogenic properties by replacing the protein shell and withdrawal of all five genes responsible for the loss of immunity.

Foreign Ministers of the countries participating in the international contact group for the former Yugoslavia discuss in London a plan of peaceful settlement in the Serbian province of Kosovo. The ministers are expected to accept a statement demanding a wide autonomy for the province. The document will also establish the deadline for starting peace negotiations between the Serbian authorities and the leaders of the Albanians of Kosovo.

Leading Sergey Seninsky - Basting miners and the Government of Romania: a look from the UK. - If Argentina refuses the national currency and switches to the American dollar: what does this mean for Argentina and for the United States? - In Russia, gold and silver coins will soon begin to mint. For what? - And also - an overview of publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist".