The United States and North Korea agreed to take steps towards a radical improvement in relations. The joint commander of the US Secretary of State Madlin Albright and the Deputy Chairman of the DPRK Committee of the DPRK Cho Men Rock said that US President Bill Clinton may visit North Korea. In the communique, published after negotiations in Washington, it is also said that Olbright will arrive in Pyongyang in the near future, where he will meet with the North Korean leader Kim Chon Ir.

At least four American sailors were killed and about 30 were seriously injured as a result of a terrorist attack in the Aden Yemeni port. 10 sailors are missing. According to the US Department of Defense, the suicide bomber sent a boat loaded with explosives to the American destroyer. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack. The American ship entered Aden for refueling with fuel.

Teachers of the Stavropol Territory today held a rally in front of the local administration building, demanding to pay off wage arrears. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, despite the government’s decree, the governor of the region did not increase the salaries of the budget sphere for five months. Earlier, the Supreme Court of the Stavropol Territory recognized the actions of the governor illegal and ordered local authorities to pay the teachers the money due to them.

The World Health Organization (WHO) today holds public hearings on the problems of combating smoking in Geneva. Antinocotin campaigns from around the world and representatives of the largest manufacturers of tobacco products participate in the hearings. According to WHO, every day in the world 11 thousand people die from diseases associated with smoking. According to experts, by 2030, about 30 million people will die from these diseases, 70 percent of them in developing countries.

The events that occurred on Thursday, October 12, on the western bank of the Jordan River, made all the previously talking about the extinction of a two -week outbreak of violence and the possibility of returning to the negotiation table. The fact is that the Palestinians began to lynch of Israeli citizens. So, on Thursday morning, a message came that four Israeli citizens stopped by Palestinian police on Ramalla's checkpoint were transferred to a torn a crowd.

According to the former assistant Galina Starovotova Ruslan Linkov, State Duma deputy Yuri Rybakov not only removed the powers of the Chairman of the Democratic Russia party, but also called on all the parties and organizations that are part of the Union of Right Forces, and so that then members of these parties entered on an independent basis in the ATP. In the headquarters of the St. Petersburg branch of the Union of Right Forces, no one has yet seen this statement by Yuri Rybakov.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan extended his stay in the Middle East - in an attempt to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestinians. Yesterday, Annan again met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barack and the head of the Palestinian Autonomy Yasir Arafat. Details of negotiations are unknown. US President Bill Clinton does not exclude that in the near future either he or Secretary of State Madlin Olbright will go to the Middle East.

In Ingushetia, refugees from Chechnya from today have stopped receiving bread and hot meals - the necessary funds have not been allocated. According to the migration service of Ingushetia, the debt of the federal authorities exceeded 400 million rubles. In the republic, there are now more than 170 thousand Chechen refugees.

Viktor Chernomyrdin considered "unworthy" the statements of George Bush Jr., made by him on Wednesday during the pre-election television battles. Having touched on the problems of Russia, Bush, a candidate for US presidency from the Republican Party, said that the money allocated to Moscow through the International Monetary Fund was settled in the pockets of Chernomyrdin and other people who were in power.

An entrepreneur who owned most tents in the transition to Pushkinskaya Square was arrested in Moscow. In reports of arrest, his name is not indicated. According to the investigation, the entrepreneur illegally collected an additional rent for rent from tents - in addition to the official one. The competition was one of the versions of the explosion in the transition to Pushkinskaya Square on August 8. As a result of the attack, 13 people died, more than 120 - suffered.

On the football fields of Europe, the next matches of the qualifying tournament of the 2002 World Cup were held. In Moscow, the Russians received Luxembourgers. First, a meeting of youth teams took place, which brought the victory to the owners of the field - 2-0, and then the first teams entered the fight. The Russians also won here - 3-0 thanks to the exact strokes of Maxim Buznikin in the first half and Dmitry Khokhlov and Yegor Titov in the second.

Israeli helicopters struck on Thursday on several Palestinian objects in the city of Ramalls on the west coast of the Jordan and in the Gaza Strip. 36 people are just injured. The police station in Ramallach and the headquarters of the Fath party in the Gaza Strip were subjected to strikes. Radio stamping "Palestine Voice" was disabled. In Ramallah - there is no light. The blows were struck after in the morning in Ramallah a crowd of Palestinians tore off two Israeli soldiers.

During the examination of the Kursk submarine, the bodies of the sailors were not found, ”said the head of the expedition Anatoly Sagalievich today. The divers-divers to the place of disaster in the Barents Sea was delivered by the research vessel Mstislav Keldysh. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, in five days three divers plunged 10 times into the sea. Fragments of the submarine case were raised to the surface and the hatch of its cutting was open.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: The explosion near the district department of the internal affairs of the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny occurred today at the eleventh o'clock in the morning. According to reports, in the morning a green -colored “UAZ” car drove up to the building of the police department, which was driving a young man dressed in a camouflage uniform. After a while, the car exploded. At the place of the explosion, 8 people died.

Israeli helicopters today subjected the missile shelling the headquarters of Yasir Arafat in the city of Ramalllah on the western coast of Jordan. At the time of the blow, the head of the Palestinian autonomy was in Gaza, where he negotiated with the director of the CIA of the USA George Tenet. In the morning, a crowd of Palestinians killed two Israeli soldiers in Ramallach. The representative of the Israeli government assigned the responsibility for Arafat personally.