The flight to the International Space Station of the Soyuz TM ship with Russian astronauts and American tourist Dennis Tito on board will take place on time. This was announced today by the chief designer of the Russian Space Corporation "Energia" Yuri Semenov. The possible postponement of the deadlines - due to the failure of on -board computers at the International Space Station - said American experts from the flight management center in Houston yesterday.

Taiwan again called on China to resume a bilateral dialogue interrupted six years ago. China, who has been considering Taiwan to his rebellious province, since 1995 refuses to enter into any negotiations with Taibei. This week, the United States decided to sell Taiwan a large batch of weapons - despite the sharp protests of Beijing.

The Voronezh court today sentenced American citizen John Tobbin to imprisonment for 3 years and one month for the storage and distribution of drugs. Tobbin’s lawyers intend to appeal the verdict. The twenty -four -year -old John Tobbin - graduate student of the University of Voronezh - was detained in February this year. During the search, they found a matchbox with marijuana. Tobbin does not plead guilty, claiming that he found boxes in one of the bars.

German Foreign Minister Yoshka Fisher called on the Ukrainian leadership to continue the reform policy, which was begun former Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko. According to Fisher, the continuation of democratic and economic transformations is a decisive condition for close cooperation between Ukraine with European and international financial organizations. The parliament of Ukraine on Thursday issued a votum of Yushchenko’s incredity and voted for the dissolution of his office.

Vladimir Ivakhnenko, Kiev: One of the leaders of the Ukrainian opposition Yulia Tymoshenko announced the creation of a referendum headquarters on early termination of powers of President Leonid Kuchma. The former Deputy Prime Minister of the Ukrainian Government does not exclude the possibility of the next arrest, however, does not refuse to further fight against Leonid Kuchma.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is on a visit to Moscow, is discussing today with Russian President Vladimir Putin the situation in the Middle East and the issues of bilateral cooperation. The representative of the Putin administration said, in particular, that one of the topics of negotiations is the possibility of “leasing” of Russian passenger aircraft.

The US Department of Defense said that some American intelligence secrets could fall into the hands of China - after earlier this month, an American military aircraft made a forced landing on the Chinese island of Hainan. The representative of the US military department said that the amount of damage is currently being specified. On Thursday, Beijing made a sharp statement in connection with Washington’s intention to sell defensive weapons to Taiwan.

The International Monetary Fund believes that the current economic decline is universal. As the head of the IMF Khorst Keler said in an interview with the Fayneshl Times, due to the globalization of economic processes, not a single region of the world can feel protected. Keler noted that economic growth has slowed down in the USA, Europe and Asia.

The European Championship for football players is no older than 16 years in England. On Thursday, the tournament of the first stage completed the team of groups "A" and "C". In group "A" with the same score of 2-0 Germany won with Spain, and Belgium at Romania. The national teams of Germany and Spain went to the quarterfinals. In the group "C" England defeated Hungary - 1: 0, and Italy and Switzerland tied - 1: 1. The wrestling in the quarterfinals will continue the teams of England and Italy.

In Chechnya, three suspects of abduction of people were detained in the Shalinsky district. According to the Chechen police, the detainees, in particular, are charged with the abduction in May 1996 of the chief accountant of Grozeenergo, Suleiman Muslimov. For the liberation of Muslimov, the abductors allegedly received 35 thousand dollars. During the last day of special operations, the Russian military seized two anti -personnel mines, more than 20 grenades and one and a half kilograms of TNT.

In the Palestinian territories, clashes continue. In the gas sector near the border with Israel, the Palestinian was wounded. The Israeli military reported that they had taken him to the hospital. The Israeli was an Israeli, Netar Khazani in the Jewish settlement of Netzan Khazani as a result of the explosion of the mine. On the west coast of Jordan, the Israeli bus was fired. There are no victims.

Last night, the new leadership of the Muscovy television channel, accompanied by a security service, tried to capture the television company. On April 25, a meeting of shareholders of the TV channel elected a new leadership. However, the current leaders consider this meeting illegal, because it was not attended by representatives of the Government of the Moscow Region, which owns 44 percent of the shares of the television company.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that poverty and poverty on the planet must be fought by developing international trade and increasing investments. With such a statement, Powell made on Friday in Washington at a meeting of the organization of the leaders of the largest American companies engaged in development and international financial programs.

From April 28, Russia partially cancel the ban on the import of livestock products from European countries, introduced on March 26 due to the outbreak of the disease. Of the meat products, it is allowed to import only boneless beef - due to the threat of the spread of another disease - the so -called "cow's rabies".

-The taliban’s Afghan movement rejected Japan's proposal to conduct negotiations on its territory on peaceful settlement in Afghanistan. The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taliban says that the Taliban movement refuses any negotiations with the participation of the UN. In January, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions against the Taliban, which cover the international terrorist Osama Bin Laden.