The Center of Simon Wizenthal called on the UN Secretary General of Cophip Annan to condemn the anti -Semitic speeches that became more frequent in different countries of the world after the start of the current crisis in the Middle East. On Thursday, Kofi Annan was handed over a list that listed about 200 cases of anti -Semitism. Among them are attacks on Jews and Jewish public and religious centers, desecration of Jewish cemeteries. Almost half of the incidents occurred in France.

Harry Kasparov tied with Vladimir Kramnik in the eleventh batch of a match for the world championship in chess. The account is now 6.5 by 4.5 in favor of Vladimir Kramnik. Experts believe that the current world champion Kasparov could not use his advantage, playing white, and in the remaining parties it will be difficult for him to turn the course of the match.

The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi Yuri Vachnadze is talking with the vice-speaker of the Georgian parliament, chairman of the Socialist Party, Vakhtang Rcheulishvili. Tengiz Gudava: These days in Tbilisi, in different regions, including central ones, mass protests are held related to long and large -scale power outages. In some city quarters, people sit without light for several days.

Andrey Korolev, Murmansk: The weather situation at the site of the Kursk disaster not only did not change for the better, but also worsened. According to weather forecasters, the north wind with gusts of up to 20 meters per second blows at the sea, the wave height reaches 5 meters. Due to precipitation, visibility decreased to 500 meters. In the coastal zone, wind gusts are 25 meters per second. In this regard, helicopters from the North Sea-1 military airfield are prohibited.

Victoria Munblit, Tel Aviv: A relative lull was established on the border of Israel and the Palestinian autonomy, which made it possible for US President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister of Israel Ehuda Barack on the night of Thursday to Friday to return to the issue of the resumption of Israeli-Palestinan negotiations, as was reserved for a summit in the Ash-Sheikh charm.

In Chechnya, a Russian officer died and three troops were injured as a result of an explosion that occurred on Wednesday evening on the territory of the district military commandant’s office in Shali. According to the military, the explosion power was 500 grams of TNT. The investigation of the incident is conducted by the military prosecutor's office and the FSB officers.

“ We don’t know anything, but you don’t give us any knowledge, ” our listener Sergei from Klaipeda writes. “ What non -Slavic peoples are still using Cyrillic? What alphabet are used by the Bosnian Muslims. We have a police commissariat, and not a police station in Lithuania. Where else is the Flag of South Vietnam? What does a five -pointed star on the flags of many countries mean? The coat of arms of Austrian is a sickle and a hammer.

Cheryl POUP, the wife of the American businessman Edmond Poup, accused by Russia of espionage, again turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin again today with a request for a meeting. According to POUPA lawyer, Pavel Astakhov, the businessman’s wife turned to Putin in July, but did not receive an answer. In the trial in the POUP case, the interrogation of witnesses continues today. The defense intends to appeal to the court with a request to introduce documents to the case to the case.

Hackers invaded the Microsoft computer system. The company's management described what happened as industrial espionage. Details are not reported. Microsoft's management only indicates that recently attempts to penetrate the company's computer system have become more frequent. The incident is notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States.

On October 29, the summer time period ends in 2000, in connection with this on the night of Saturday 28 to Sunday on October 29, at three hours of Moscow time, hours of hours throughout Russia are transferred an hour ago by local time. The debt of the Russian government to citizens who suffered as a result of the Chernobyl accident amounts to 230 million rubles , the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation said.

In Chechnya, the teachers intend to start protesting, if until November 13, the authorities do not begin to return their debts on wages. According to teachers, they have not received money since July.

The price of a single European currency was somewhat stabilized - in connection with reports of some slowdown in the growth of American economy. The euro exchange rate in relation to the American dollar on the London currency exchange today exceeded 84 American centers per dollar. Yesterday, the cost of the European currency in relation to the dollar fell to the lowest level from the moment of its introduction in January 1999 - 82 and a half cents per 1 one euro.

In the Novolak district of Dagestan - on the Dagestano -Chechen border - last night, unknown people fired at the deployment of the regiment of internal troops. There are no victims. In Chechnya, the Russian military and administrative objects over the past day have been attacked by Chechen fighters more than 20 times. The sappers neutralized more than 10 explosive devices.

Today, regular civil aviation flights between Moscow and Baghdad should resume. The Iraqi Minister of Transport told the official news agency in Invoi that the company "Vnukovo Aerolines" will provide four direct flights a week between Moscow and Baghdad. Yesterday, representatives of the Russian airline reported that in addition to ordinary flights to Iraq, aircraft with humanitarian aid will also fly.

The farewell ceremony with the crew members of the sunken atomic submarine Kursk, which was supposed to take place tomorrow in Severomorsk, is transferred to Sunday. Due to the storm in the Barents Sea, the body of four sailors, raised to the surface, cannot be delivered to Severomorsk from the Norwegian ship-platform "Regalia". All work at the site of the disaster is also interrupted due to the storm. As expected, they will resume on Saturday - not earlier than the second half of the day.