The Prime Ministers of Russia and South Korea will hold negotiations in September on the establishment of a railway message on the Trans-Siberian Railway to the south of the Korean Peninsula. The agreement on this was reached yesterday in New York during the meeting of the presidents of Russia and South Korea - Vladimir Putin and Kim De Jun.

Severodvinsky shipbuilders blocked the supply of water to the only TPP working in the city, demanding from the power engineers to resume the heat supply "Sevmash enterprise". According to the correspondent of Radio Liberty, Sevmash enterprise, building atomic submarines, was disconnected from heat supply for debts. The ARCHENERGO leadership claims that the actions of shipbuilders can lead to a complete stop of the North Devinsky TPP.

US President Bill Clinton today held an unplanned meeting with Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barack in order to discuss ways to withdraw from the dead end of the peace process in the Middle East. The conversation took place on the initiative of the hut in New York, in the hotel where the Israeli prime minister stopped, who took part in the Millennium Summit. The details are not reported.

According to updated data, 60 people were killed and 309 were injured on Friday evening in the city of Urumchi in the west of China as a result of explosive explosive explosion intended for destruction. The nearby quarters caused serious damage. The causes of the explosion have not yet been established. Urumchi is the center of the Xinjiang-Uygursky Autonomous Region, inhabited mainly by Muslim-Uyghurs. Local separatists have repeatedly committed terrorist attacks here.

The event, called historical, ended with a solemn symbolic vote for a document that proclaims new UN goals. 189 UN members intend to significantly reduce the poverty in the third world countries in 15 years, to protect the environment, defeat the AIDS epidemic and expand peacekeeping efforts.

Four -time Olympic champion in Biathlon Alexander Tikhonov, arrested on charges of preparing an attempt on the Governor of the Kemerovo Region Aman Tuleyev, was placed in a prison hospital. According to the NTV television company, while in the cell, Tikhonov felt a sharp pain in the left side of the body and fell, receiving a cerebral bruise. The lawyers of the former athlete demand to transfer them to the civilian hospital to provide him with qualified medical care.

Five people were injured as a result of the explosion in Stavropol this afternoon. Two victims are hospitalized. The explosive device worked at a bus stop on Karl Marx Street - not far from the so -called lower market.

The Central Election Commission of Yugoslavia did not allow the opposition representatives to check the authenticity of signatures collected in support of the candidacy of Slobodan Milosevich in the upcoming presidential election. Blok Democratic opposition of Serbia accuses the authorities of mass fakes of these signatures. Parliamentary and presidential elections in Yugoslavia will be held on September 24.

The Kyrgyz troops repelled the attack of the Islamic extremist detachment who tried to break through to the south of Kyrgyzstan in the area of the Perevi Pass. According to the Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan, Esen Topoev, the number of detachments of the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan, invading the territory of the republic, is about 40 people. Yesterday, bomb strokes were inflicted on them.

The 20-year-old Russian tennis player Marat Safin reached the final of the opening championship of the United States, winning yesterday in the semifinal match of American Todd Martin in three sets-6-3, 7-6, 7-6. Safin for the first time became the finalist of a series of large helmet tournaments. Today in a decisive match, he plays with the American Pit Samprase. In a solitary discharge, women Vinus Wiliams from the United States became the champion.

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The summit of the leaders of more than 150 states in New York ended yesterday by the adoption of the "Declaration of the Millennium". The document refers to the need for joint efforts in the fight against poverty, wars, human rights violations and environmental pollution. The declaration also encourages to strengthen the role of the UN in the world and increase the effectiveness of this organization.

The leadership of the ORT channel shot the author’s program of Sergei Dorenko from the air yesterday. Dorenko himself believes that President Vladimir Putin is directly related to this decision. The journalist expressed confidence that the Kremlin is dissatisfied with his past programs about the death of the Kursk submarine and the last program that contains comments regarding the conflict between state and private shareholders of the ORT.

In the Turkish city of Istanbul, the police detained more than 30 women gathered at the central city post office and trying to tell reporters about violation of their rights. Before that, the rally participants were sent to the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a postcard with words of protest against abuse and violence against women in Turkey. The law enforcement officers pushed the participants in the promotion from reporters and pushed women into police buses.

An informal meeting of 11 participants in the organization of oil exporting countries took place in Vienna today. The causes and possible consequences of a sharp increase in oil prices in the world market were discussed. Last week, prices have reached the highest level over the past 10 years - 35 and a half dollars per barrel of oil of the brand Brent.