The leader of North Korea Kim Jong Il continues to a visit to Russia. On Sunday in Moscow, Kim Jong Il visited the Khrunichev space center, and later - the orbital flight control center, which is located in the city of Korolev, Moscow Region. In the queen, increased security measures were taken. The streets patrolled reinforced police outfits. In the evening, the North Korean leader left for St. Petersburg.

Leading Ivan Tolstoy Speaker: Far on the empty horizon of the prairie, a black stroke appeared. Two seconds later it became clear that it was a horse and a horseman fly, diving in the hills. Either disappear, then they appear. Up and down, up and down. Their figures became more distinct. A distant clatter and short cries were rushed: "Hoy, hi." And after a minute his “hi” and our cheers merged into one cry.

Significant progress has been achieved in the negotiations on the settlement of ethnic conflict in Macedonia, the Macedonian State Information Agency said. According to him, the leaders of the Slavic and Albanian parties, which had been negotiating in the city of Ohrid for a week, managed to agree on a number of issues regarding the strengthening of the control of the Albanian community for a number of local police units.

Last day, a hurricane wind and thunderclines collapsed to the Tiana district of Georgia. Residential buildings, bridges were damaged, part of the crop of agricultural crops was destroyed, several hundred heads of cattle were killed. The supply of electricity and water is broken. In the village of Daba, hundreds of trees are hidden, many power lines are damaged. There were no reports of human victims.

In the Republic of Bosnian Serbs, the remains of the 152nd Bosnian Muslims found in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina are buried today in the city of Vsevgrad. According to the Bosnian search for the search for missing people, they were all killed in 1992, when at the beginning of the war the district passed under the control of the Bosnian Serbs.

The former senior employee of the Serbian special services, Momir Gavrilovich, was killed last Friday in Belgrade. This was reported today by local media. Gavrilovich headed one of the departments of the State Security Service until August 1999, however, it remains unclear whether he continued to cooperate with the special services after that.

At negotiations on the settlement of ethnic conflict in Macedonia, an agreement was reached on the main controversial issue - on the reform of the police. This was stated in Skopier Javier Solan, who oversees the foreign policy of the European Union. Details of the agreement are still unknown. The Albanian community requires that in the regions of the country with a predominance of the Albanian population, local police units were formed mainly from Albanians.

The detachments of the Philippine army liberated 13 hostages as a result of a fierce battle with Muslim separatists on the island of Basilan. The military operation was carried out after the separatists from the Abu Sayyaf group were ahead of a total of 10 people from the hostages captured on Thursday. The representative of the Philippine Army said that the operation to destroy the rebels is ongoing. 21 people, including two US citizens, still remain in the hands of the separatists.

In China, executions continue. According to the Chinese media, recently been executed by another 13 death sentences. Since the beginning of the year, 1800 people have been executed in China. In this regard, human rights organizations come up with a sharp criticism of the Chinese authorities.

In the negotiations to resolve the ethnic conflict in Macedonia, an agreement may be reached in the near future. According to negotiation participants, the controversial issue of the reform of the Macedonian police is close to the decision. The Albanian community requires that in the regions of the country with a predominance of the Albanian population, local police units were formed mainly from Albanians.

The head of the World Bank, James Wolfenson, said that there is no alternative to the globalization process, the main thing is that this process benefits every resident of the planet. Wolfenson made this statement in Australia, where he is on a visit. According to him, the globalization of the economy has been going on for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to stop it. According to the World Bank, about three billion people won as a result of globalization of the global economy.

At least 10 people were injured in the center of Tel Aviva today, when a fire was opened from a car passing by the building of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Among the victims are both military personnel and civilians. The protection of the building was opened by fire, the attacker of the Palestinian was seriously wounded. He was taken to one of the hospitals.

In Chechnya, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the capture of the Terrible Chechen formations, all roads between settlements are blocked. The entrance and departure to the Grozny itself are completely closed, traffic within the city is limited. The streets are patrolled by reinforced outfits of the military and police.

Virzhini Kullon: "The culture of wine consumption determines the culture of society as a whole." This ancient speech is attributed to the French. Statistics say that the French and Russians consume the same amount of alcohol per year. Although the French drink wine, twice a day, that is, more often, but not so tight, drinking alcohol organically entered the Russian lifestyle. They say that vodka has existed for more than 500 years. She has always been in Russia.

The American air heater Steve Fosset made today a new attempt at the first in the world alone to fly around the world in a balloon. At dawn, he started from the city of Norma in the west of Australia. The 57-year-old Fosset expects that the wind will carry it to the east, towards the Pacific Ocean. Previously, only the crew of two people - Swiss Bertrand Piccar and the Englishman Brian Jones was flying around the world in a balloon. This happened in March 1999.