The Governor of Chukotka Alexander Nazarov refused to participate in the elections of the head of the district administration scheduled for December 24. The telegram sent to Nazarov in the District Hebird does not say anything about the reasons for such a decision.

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Austria President Thomas Klestil expressed concern about the current political climate in the country. In an interview with the newspaper Kurir, Klestil condemned those who, abandoning the dialogue, contribute to confrontation in society.

The Israeli parliament is discussing on Monday the amendment to the electoral legislation, which will allow the prominent opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu to nominate his candidacy for the post of Prime Minister on Sunday, the Law Committee of the Knesset approved the proposed changes in the election law. Former Prime Minister Netanyahu was defeated in a general election last year. New elections in Israel are scheduled for February.

The newly elected US President George Bush appointed retired General Colin Powell on Saturday by the State Secretary in his future administration. Speaking at a ceremony in Texas, Powell emphasized that in the foreign states foreign policy, the Middle East will still take an important place. Powell noted that he supports plans to deploy a nationwide missile defense system.

Several US states suffered from natural disasters. 10 people died and 30 were injured last night in Alabama, where 3 hurricanes swept. Damaged power lines, destroyed houses. In Alabam, a state of emergency was introduced. In the central states of America, abundant snowfalls fell, traffic in South Dakot, Minnesota and Wyoming was paralyzed. In Chicago, the international airport about "Hara.

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In Grozny, as a result of two armed incidents, three police officers were killed today, several Russian military and local residents were injured. In the area of the Central City Market, Chechen fighters fired from a grenade launcher by a machine of the interior of the Oktyabrsky district. Some time later, an attack was attacked on the building of the city administration. All trips and entrances to Grozny are blocked by Russian troops.

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On Saturday evening, in the center of Moscow - on Kutuzovsky Prospekt - an explosive device was neutralized. According to the press center of the internal affairs department of Moscow, the box containing an explosive device was found at the entrance to the sports goods store. Residents of the nearby house were evacuated. The power of the device neutralized by explosives was 800 grams in TNT equivalent.

In China, the deputy mayor of one of the cities of the province of Jiangsu was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery. According to the Chinese media today, the total amount of bribes he received exceeds $ 220 thousand. In the past few months, a number of high -profile processes over corrupt officials have passed in the PRC. The Chinese authorities say that the fight against corruption is a "issue of life and death" for the Communist Party

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak discussed on Sunday issues of Middle Eastern peaceful settlement with Colin Powell, who was appointed US Secretary of State in the future administration of George Bush. Powell assured the barrack that the new US government would still pay considerable attention to the problems of the Middle East.

The activist of the reformist "Iranian movement of Freedom" Ezatollah Sakhabi was arrested today in Tehran by order of the revolutionary Islamic court. According to Sakhabi's supporters, he is accused of anti -government propaganda and insulting the Supreme Leader of Ayatollah Ali Hamenie. Speaking at the University of Tehran, Sakhabi criticized the country's canvas.

In Japan, one person died today and 26 were injured as a result of a collision of two single passenger trains in the small city of Matsuoka 350 kilometers west of Tokyo. Two wounded - in serious condition. According to the preliminary version, the brakes were faulty in one of the trains, and therefore he could not stop at the prohibiting signal of the semaphore. Japanese railways are known for their safety.

At the bottom of the Kama reservoir in the Perm region, a minibus was discovered, which disappeared the day before. In the car are the bodies of nine dead. The rescuers managed to raise four bodies to the surface. Earlier, it was reported from the words of eyewitnesses that a bus, crossing the frozen reservoir, fell under the village of Senkino under the ice. The personality of the dead is not reported.