A powerful explosive device worked today in the Chechen district center of Gudermes. A few minutes before the explosion, I drove by - a military car. There are no victims. In Urus-Martan, two local residents were killed this morning. According to the district administration, the murder was committed by people dressed in camouflage form. In Grozny, over the past day, at least five military personnel were injured as a result of undermining military equipment on mines.

Lev Roitman: Romain Rollan once remarked: "Paris is slanderous with his literature." Poprazing the classic, I take it to say: Prague is disconed to his taxi drivers. I once drove from the station with a fraudster and said to him: in your Czech Republic, such a nice president, it is only a pity that you meet visitors, not him. Well, now, I hope, it will not be very offensive to the Moscow taxi drivers. The conversation about them, however, is not only about them.

Pavel Borodin’s lawyers filed a statement on Monday to the Brooklyn Court of New York with a request to free their client from prison on bail. Earlier it was assumed that a court session on this issue would be held on April 30. Borodin’s lawyers seek that the consideration of a change in the preventive measure takes place earlier. Secretary of State of the Union of Russia and Belarus Pavel Borodin was arrested in New York on January 17 at the request of the Swiss prosecutor's office.

In Russia, a protest of teachers takes place, which require the elimination of salary debts and increase it at least one and a half times. According to the trade union, the average salary of teachers in most regions is 800 - 1200 rubles, which is less than the subsistence level. According to Radio Liberty correspondents, the rallies of teachers took place in Primorye, Altai, in the Stavropol Territory, the Ivanovo Region, in Nizhny Novgorod and other regions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is now in South Korea, put forward the idea of creating a single transport railway network, connecting the South and North Korea with the Trans -Siberian Railway. Alexander Chudodeev: The idea of mastering the Trans -Siberian Railway is not new. In the heads of Russian politicians, she has constantly matured, since the time of the famous slogan of centuries -old prescription that Russia will grow with Siberia.

On Monday, the US State Department published an annual report on the observance of human rights in different countries of the world. According to the law, at first this significant document must be taken to Congress, after which it can be widely published. Therefore, reporters were looking forward to the press conference of the acting assistant to the US Secretary of State on Democracy, Human and Labor Michael Parmli, who presented a report by the general public, in Washington.

The representative of the European Council for Human Rights Alvaro Hil-Robles begins today a three-day trip in Chechnya. He is accompanied by the special representative of the President of Russia for Human Rights in Chechnya Vladimir Kalamanov. Hil-Robes will visit the Grozny, Chernokozovo, the village of Znamenskoye, where he will get acquainted with the work of the Human Rights Bureau.

The United States and Israel must adhere to a unified policy against Iran and Iraq, said American Secretary of State Paulin Powell immediately after a meeting with the Israeli President Moshe Katsava.

The US Department of Foreign Affairs has published a human rights report in which the so -called "liquidation policy" pursued by Israel has strictly criticized. Victoria Munblit: The point is that people involved in the implementation of terrorist attacks against the Israelis are eliminated by the Israeli special services without trial and investigation, or shooting right in the middle of the street, or by applying a point-missile blow from a car helicopter.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov ends his three-day visit to Italy today, during which he met with leading Italian politicians and businessmen, and was also adopted by Pope John Pavel the Second in the Vatican. Irina is worth it: Much attention during the visit of the Russian Prime Minister to Italy was given to the economic aspects of bilateral cooperation. Mikhail Kasyanov is accompanied by ministers of industry and telecommunications, as well as many Russian businessmen.

In most Russian regions, today there is a protest of teachers who require the elimination of salary debts. About 22 thousand teachers took part in the Altai Territory in the Altai Territory. Oleg Kupchinsky: From 12 hours of local time, the work of many schools and universities has been suspended. In Barnaul, over five thousand school teachers and university teachers, as well as students, participated in the building of the regional administration.

The United States will be closely consulted with its European allies on the creation of the National System of PRO, said US Secretary of State Colin Powell. He spoke today before journalists in Brussels after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. In addition, according to Powell, consultations with Russia and China will be held. The US Secretary of State said Washington supports EU plans to create European quick response forces.

In the castle of Hambacs in the vicinity of the German city of Neustadt today there is a meeting of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with the presidents of France and Poland - Jacques Shirak and Alexander Kvasnevsky. The prospects for the expansion of the European Union are discussed. Poland is included in the first group of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which are candidates for joining the EU.

For the first time, American scientists managed to prevent the development of cancer with genetic therapy. Researchers from the Jefferson Medical College received a line of mice, in which the gene was disconnected, leading to the self -destruction of precancerous cells. When a carcinogenic substance was given to these animals, they quickly develop tumors of the esophagus.

The Supreme Leader of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Muhammad Omar ordered all the statues in the country, saying that they were an insult to Islam. The UN organization on education, science and culture (UNESCO) called on Taliban not to destroy its own cultural heritage. Among the monuments of the pre -Islamic period located on the territory of Afghanistan are the world's largest Buddha statue 53 meters high.