US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld arrived in Moscow today on an official visit. On Monday, his negotiations with the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Ivanov are scheduled. It is expected that American plans will be discussed to create a new missile defense system and the issue of reducing strategic offensive weapons. It will also be about the development of partnerships between Russia and NATO, in particular, their interaction during peacekeeping operations in the Balkans.

The Macedonian government announced on Sunday about the ceasefire - as a gesture of goodwill. From half past seven in the evening in local time, all the Macedonian forces are ordered to stop the fighting against the Albanian rebels. The representative of the Macedonian government said that, as it is expected, now the rebels - after negotiations of their leaders with the NATO messenger in Macedonia, Peter Feit - will also observe a truce.

About a million people took part in the annual "Love Parade" in the Swiss city of Zurich on Saturday. The action took place under the motto "Love, freedom, tolerance." 30 platforms with powerful columns drove along the main street of the city, on which 150 disk-jockeys from around the world performed. According to the France Press, for the first time at such an event, a platform with DJs from DJs was presented. The procession stretched almost 4 kilometers.

The authorities of Tajikistan reported on Sunday about the arrest of three Islamists. The detained activists of the prohibited religious party "Hizbi-Ut-Tahrir" seized propaganda literature. This group advocates the creation of an Islamic state in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Since the beginning of this year, more than 50 Islamists have been arrested in Tajikistan. 10 of them have already been sentenced to different prison terms.

The Minister of Internal Safety of Israeli Uzi Landau said today that the Israeli authorities did not intend to return the Palestinians the building of the unofficial representation of the organization of Palestine's liberation in East Jerusalem, occupied by the Israeli police on Friday. Yesterday, in front of the building, known as the Orient House, a demonstration of the Palestinians took place. The Israeli police dispersed the manifestants.

The balloon of the American Steve Fosset on Sunday reached Easter Island off the Pacific coast of South America. The air heater started last Sunday from the west coast of Australia and has already flew about 14 thousand kilometers. He intends to go around the globe, overcoming almost 30 thousand kilometers. This is the sixth such attempt by a 57-year-old millionaire from Chicago.

President of Slovakia Rudolf Shuster and his family traveling on the Amazon were saved from the boat on which the fire began. The boat engine caught fire on Saturday evening - near the port of Manaus. Rescuers managed to remove all passengers from the ship. Earlier during this trip, the President of Slovakia was hospitalized for a short time due to poisoning.

In the suburbs of Paris today, a suspect in the impudent robbery of the bank was arrested, as a result of which three people were killed and five were injured. A robber dressed by a woman on Saturday took hostage to a group of clients and employees of one of the branches of Cass D'Epern Bank in Paris. As a result of shootings with the police who arrived at the scene, two bank employees were killed. The criminal, taking two hostages with him, disappeared.

The Russian Sportsmen Olga Egorova won the race of 5 thousand meters in the Canadian city of Edmonton, where the World Athletics Championship is held. Egorova was initially suspended from participation in competitions according to the results of a doping test. Then she was again allowed to competition, as the analysis was recognized as incomplete. Egorova rival - Romanian Gabriela Sabo - was in this eighth race.

In the Georgian city of Rustavi, a group of Orthodox extremists attacked members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization, gathered for prayer. The attackers beat praying sticks and metal pipes and burned all religious literature. Seven people were taken to the hospital. As stated in a press release from Georgian "Jehovah's Witnesses", the police refused to intervene. According to the press release, this year this is already the fourth similar incident in Rustavi.

The American Discovery Cosmic shuttle with the Russian -American crew on board is preparing for today's docking with the International Space Station - the ISS. Astronaut Frank Kalbertson and Cosmonauts Yuri duty officers and Mikhail Tyurin will spend at the ISS from four to six months. Discovery will take the current crew of the ISS - Yuri Usachev, James Osa and Susan Helms to Earth.

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As a result of heavy rains and floods they caused in the northeast of Iran, at least 70 people died. Many locals are considered missing. The supply of gas and water in many cities and villages is broken. Roads, including the highway leading to Turkmenistan, are flooded.

Angola's government accused the rebel grouping of the toilet of attacking a train with refugees, as a result of which over 90 people were killed and about 150 were injured. The train with refugees was blown up yesterday on a mine about two hundred kilometers from the capital of the country - Luanda. The train burned down, and people trying to escape were shot by attackers from automatic weapons.

In Russia, on Sunday, commemorative measures were held on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of the Kursk nuclear submarine. In the village of Vidyaevo, Murmansk region, on the basis of the Northern Fleet, a mourning rally took place. It was attended by more than 300 relatives of the dead sailors, representatives of the command of the Navy, as well as the administration of the Murmansk region.