The exhibition "Fathers and Children" opened in Trubnikovsky Lane, 17 . It was organized by the State Research Institute and Studio Vera Pogodina. The couples of famous artists - fathers and children are represented - actively speaking on the Moscow art scene and abroad.

Yuri Bagrov, North Caucasus: In recent days, the situation has sharply aggravated at the Russian-Georgian section of the border in the Itumkalinsky district of Chechnya. In fact, every night of border posts and block-poles are shelling from the armed Chechens. According to the forecast of the Director of the Federal Border Service of Konstantin Totsky, in the near future Chechen militias will activate their activities in the mountain border area.

India rejects any mediation in negotiations with Pakistan. This statement was made today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, Yasvant Singh - after an unsuccessful Indo -Pakistani summit, whose participants could not even agree on the text of a joint community. The minister emphasized that India and Pakistan themselves must solve the problem of Kashmir - the most painful in bilateral relations.

In Stavropol, four people were injured as a result of the explosion tonight at the bus stop in the city center. According to the Assistant President of Russia Sergei Yastrzhembsky, two women, a five -year -old child and a man were injured. An investigation is underway.

In Chechnya, the deputy head of the administration of the village of Old Atagi - Alawdi Bashayev was killed. Interfax reports that the incident occurred on Sunday evening. The unknown man burst into Bashayev’s house, shot a pistol and disappeared by a Zhiguli car. Artillery and aviation inflicted yesterday a series of missile and bomb strikes in the Itum-Kalinsky district of the republic, as well as the mountains in the south of Chechnya.

In the northeast of China, in the province of Shanxi, at least 41 people died as a result of the explosion. According to the Sinhua agency, more than 90 people were injured. Dozens of people are buried under the ruins of houses. According to the police, explosives exploded, which was secretly transported after the disclosure of underground plants of explosives in April.

US President George Bush called on international financial organizations to increase the amount of gratuitous assistance to the poorest countries of the world. Speaking today in Washington at the headquarters of the World Bank, Bush emphasized that such subsidies should be directed to the development of education, healthcare and other humanitarian needs. The idea of gratuitous financial assistance was previously nominated by a group of independent experts.

As a result of the explosion in Stavropol - according to the latest data - five people were injured. Two of them are a 23 -year -old man and woman in serious condition. The 4-year-old son of a wounded woman was also hospitalized. Another child was wounded - a five -year -old boy. The explosion occurred at about five o’clock in the evening at the bus stop in the center of Stavropol. An investigation is underway.

In Bosnia, two more mass burials of Muslims were discovered, shot by Serbs in 1992 during the war in the Balkans. Burials were found in the area of the city of Sanski Bridge in the north-west of Bosnia. Over the three years of the Bosnian war, 200 thousand people were killed and more than 20 thousand were missing.

In Cologne, a portrait of Lenin was stolen by Andrew Warhol, a famous artist who worked in the style of pop art. The picture, estimated at 650 thousand dollars, was stolen from a company specializing in the transportation of works of art. The portrait of Lenin, written by Warhol in 1987, was bought by a private collector in the Munich gallery and was stored in a company that was supposed to transport its owner.

In Iran, the campaign of repression against the reformists is expanding. Today, the court in Tehran issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the opposition liberal party, the freedom movement - Ibrahim Yazdi. The ulcer is currently in the United States. The Irna agency quotes the court that the authorities will seek the issuance of the opposition leader. Since April, more than 60 people have been arrested in Iran, including liberal journalists and opposition representatives.

The parliament of Croatia voted on Tuesday for continuing cooperation with the international tribunal for war crimes. The Croatian government intends to transfer to the UN tribunal in the Hague two generals accused of crimes against the Serbian minority of Croatia in 1995 during the Balkans war. The largest nationalist party of the country of the Croatian Democratic Union opens against the extradition of generals and requires the continuing to discuss this issue.

In Pskov, the Su-33 fighter, who participated in the air show dedicated to the Day of Maritime Aviation, crashed. According to the latest reports, the pilot of the aircraft - General Timur Apakidze - died in the hospital, without regaining consciousness. According to information agencies, the plane, which performed the figures of the highest pilot, fell when landing three kilometers from the runway.

Representatives of non -governmental organizations and trade unions of different countries hold the so -called "counter -smamim" in Genoa - on the eve of the meeting of the leaders of the "Big Seven" countries. During the meeting, trade union leaders criticized transnational corporations for low salaries and reduction of jobs.

Maria Persanova, Moscow: On Monday, a new stage of the historical and archaeological expedition of the adventure club Dmitry Shparo began. Participants in the campaign had already flew to the village of Tiksi in the wake of the great northern trip of Vitus Bering. The campaign is headed by Sergey Epishkin - Deputy Director of the Club "Adventure" Dmitry Shparo. He has been studying the Great Northern Expedition for ten years, which was still conceived by Peter the Great, and began in 1735.