NATO countries rejected a partial withdrawal of troops from Kosovo, declared by the authorities of Yugoslav. US President Clinton repeated that Belgrade should not only withdraw all his troops from Kosovo, but also consent to the departure in the province of the international peacekeeping contingent. US allies share this opinion. Minister of the US Overson William Cohen especially noted that there are no signs of the withdrawal of the Yugoslav troops from Kosovo.

The Russian government proposed increasing $ 100 million to 4 and a half billion from 2 billion to 4 and a half billion funds of the central bank, sent in the 1st half of this year to serve external debt, the chairman of the budgetary committee of the State Duma, Alexander Zhukov, told reporters today. The government submitted for consideration by the State Duma a corresponding amendment to the law on the state budget of 1999.

Presenter Alexey Tsvetkov The development of a worldwide network of communications and computer technologies is taking on the characteristics of an economic revolution. Some general features of this revolution were recently outlined by the American magazine Forbes, whose forecasts will be presented to you today by Alexander Kostinsky. Then Dmitry Atlas will continue the review of the Linux operating system and the free software market begun in previous programs.

The development of the World Communications and Computer Technology network gains the features of the economic revolution. Some common features of this revolution have recently been outlined by the American magazine "Forbes", with the forecasts of which Alexander Kostinsky will introduce you today. Then Dmitry Atlas will continue the review of the Linux operating system and the free software market in previous gears. In conclusion, Sergey Markelov presents the site of the Sunday group.

The situation of Kosovo refugees may in the near future worsen due to an acute lack of funds, the UN Department of Refugees said today. According to the representative of the department, out of 143 million dollars promised by the world community, only half was received. The largest donors are Japan and the USA. Humanitarian organizations continue to transfer refugees from crowded camps in Macedonia - to Albania, where it is planned to transport up to 2 thousand people a day.

A new two -part film about Christ at the end of the year will appear on the television screens of Europe and the United States. It is called "Bible - Jesus." Basset Jacqueline in the role of Virgin Mary, Armin Müller-Stal (Joseph), 25-year-old Jeremy Sisto plays Christ. The television cord is shot in Morocco. Richard Harris and Klaus Maria Brandauer are removed in episodes. The publishing house of the University of Oxford has published the book of Sally Laur "Russian Literary Voices".

At Monday, the semi -finalists decided on the World Hockey Championship in Norway . In the event of a victory in the final match of the group tournament, the team of the Slovakia team would provide itself with a place in the four strongest, but managed to achieve only a draw - 2: 2. The fate of the vouchers to the semifinals was decided in the evening match of Sweden - the Czech Republic. The Czechs won with a score of 2: 0 and with four glasses took first place.

On May 10, about 50 forest fires were recorded in the Lake Lake Baikal . In one day alone, 680 hectares of Taiga burned out - the Russian Forest Protection Department of the Federal Forestry Service of Russia said. In general, over the past day, 145 forest fires occurred in the forests of Russia, which covered forests on an area of one and a half thousand hectares. About two thousand people and 30 aircraft work on their extinguishing.

At the twelfth conference of Germanic Laser Medicine, a number of messages were made about the acceptance of high energies lasers for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer tumors. Professor of the University of Berlin Ronald Felix claims that the radiation of optical quantum generators allows you to cure liver tumors under local anesthesia, which previously considered inoperable. The lighting is brought through the catheter to the affected area.