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.

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.

According to official information released today in China, 12 people died when the building of the shopping center in the city of Dungan collapsed, in the southern province of Guangdun. The tragedy occurred in early December, and previously reported eight dead and 28 wounded, 12 of which were still in the hospital. According to the investigation, the first floor of the building failed under the weight of the upper floors, illegally built in the center owner.

In Rome last night, 7 demonstrators and 24 police officers were injured, 7 people were detained as a result of riots that arose during the protest against the arrival of the ultra -right Austrian politician Jorg Haider and against the fact that he was accepted yesterday by Pope Pavel II. The clashes occurred when the manifestants tried to break through the police cordons to the hotel in which Hyder stopped.

Karen Agamirov: Says Radio Liberty. “Face to face. The leader is responsible for journalists,” the weekly program of the Moscow editorial office of Radio Liberty. Our guest today is Yuri Lebedev, the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod. The questions are asked by Marcus Warren, Daily Telegraph, Great Britain, and Dmitry Pinker, weekly “Results”. Conducts the program of Karen Agamirov.

In Kosovo, the joint patrol of American and Russian peacekeepers was fired on Sunday by unknown people near the border with Serbia. According to the representative of Keifor, none of the peacekeepers was injured. In recent weeks, Keifor forces strengthened security measures on the border with Serbia - to stop the supply of weapons from Kosovo from the Albanian rebels operating in the Presevo Valley in the south of Serbia.

In the village of Senkino, Perm region, the search for a minibus missing on Saturday continues, in which 10 people were supposedly located. According to eyewitnesses, the bus fell under the ice during a crossing through the Kama reservoir. Rescue divers intend to examine the bottom under the wormwood located about a hundred meters from the coast. Local authorities do not have any data about the personality of people who were in the missing bus.

In Moscow, an employee of the investigation department of Novaya Gazeta Oleg Lurie was beaten. According to the Russian media, yesterday, near the house of Lurie, he was beaten by unknown. According to the journalist, the doctors examined his bodily injuries of moderate severity. Lurie said that they did not take anything from him, the poet - in his opinion - this, in all likelihood, was revenge for revealing publications.