The situation in the Palestinian territories is increasingly heating. Today, two more Palestinians were killed on the western bank of the Jordan in a shootout with Israeli troops. Today, in the gas sector on the road along which the Israeli patrol was traveling, a bomb was blown up, after which a shootout ensued. There are no reports of victims.

Presenter of the program Elena Kolomiychenko. They say Ukrainian politicians: First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk and secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine Yevgeny Marchuk. A report is given from Khreshchatyk for young Kyiv journalist Sergei Koryuk.

The American spacecraft landed on an asteroid Eros, located at a distance of more than 300 million kilometers from the ground. This is the first experiment of this kind in the history of space space. Contrary to expectations, the device continued to send signals after landing on asteroid, the length of which is about 34 kilometers. The NIR spacecraft, specially designed for the study of asteroids, was launched 5 years ago and turned around Eros for a year, transmitting his pictures to Earth.

The South African Republic is interested in Russian scientists about this by Essop Pahad, a senior official of the Presidential Administration of South Africa, noting that in their homeland, scientists were paying too little. The South African authorities also intend to encourage the immigration of computer science teachers from India. South Africa needs qualified specialists in the field of education, medicine and information technology.

Natalya Golitsyna, London: On February 15, in two scientific journals - the British "Nature" and the American "Science" - preliminary results of one of the most ambitious international projects, known as "Human Gene", will be published. We are talking about the decoding of the human genome, about the identification of all genes and their functions in the human body.

The program is conducted by Elena Kolomiychenko. The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna talked with the famous British historian, professor at the University of Kent Richard Sakva and professor at the University of London Jeffrey Hoskining. Elena Kolomiychenko: Recently, a documentary television film called "SS in Britain" was shown in the UK.

All 11 vice -governors of Primorye resigned - after a meeting with the representative of the president who arrived in Vladivostok in the Far Eastern District Konstantin Pulikovsky. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, deputies of Pulikovsky will be sent in turn to help the acting governor Valentin Dubinin in the management of the regional management. Personnel permits in Primorye began a week ago - after Governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko resigned in connection with the energy crisis.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: If you believe the New York Times, the mysterious disappearance of the first secretary of the Russian representative office at the UN UN Sergey Tretyakov, according to the Russian version, who disappeared in October with his family - wife and daughter - nothing more than the classic case of the shooting of an employee of the Russian special services.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The correspondent of Radio Liberty Oleg Kusov talked with the former chairman of the Supreme Council of Russia by academician Ruslan Khasbulatov. The report of the Radio Liberty correspondent in the North Caucasus Yuri Bagrov is given. Andrey Sharry: “100 thousand people were killed during the Second Chechen War,” representatives of independent organizations cite such numbers. The Russian authorities offer other data: about 20 thousand.

Pavity of Russia has set the subsistence minimum for the fourth quarter of last year. The per capita calculation of this indicator was in Russia as a whole - 1285 rubles per month, for the working -age population - 1406 rubles, for pensioners - 962 rubles, for children - 1272 rubles.

The working visit of Konstantin Pulikovsky to Primorye after three hours after the arrival of the plenipotentiary of the president brought the first sensation: his meeting with the leadership of the region ended with the resignation of 11 vice-governors. The apparatus of the regional administration is still refraining from commenting, but unofficial sources reported that the proposal was received from Konstantin Pulikovsky and with understanding was met by the deputies of Yevgeny Nazdratenko.

The Serbia Parliament approved the amnesty law today, according to which, almost four thousand prisoners are reduced by the term of imprisonment. Those who committed serious crimes and recidivists do not fall under the amnesty. She will not affect the six hundred Kosovo Albanians in Serbian prisons, ”said Serbian Minister of Justice, Vladan Batich.

In Brussels, the Finance Ministers of the European Union are discussing today the IMF’s request - to help in supporting the world economy. The International Monetary Fund called for the EU government for this purpose - not to increase taxes and not reduce government spending even if the budget revenues this year are below the planned ones. According to the experts of the fund, this will reduce the likelihood of a global economic recession.

The Likud party, headed by Ariel Sharon, is sure that the government of national unity will be formed in the coming days. Sharon is very interested in the candidacy of Ehud Barack for the post of Minister of Defense and his deputy. On Sunday, he again met with the departing prime minister. However, the hut is still refraining from the answer to the proposal of Sharon.

Savik Shuster: This week, President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Thomas Dain made a fairly unexpected announcement - unexpected for Russia: the radio station begins to plan broadcasting in the Avar, Chechen and Circassian languages. These steps are taken, as Tom Dyne stated, in accordance with the law, which was adopted by the US Congress at the end of last year. Congress has not yet allocated funds for new broadcasting.