The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded Russian programmers working with American firms about the need to observe US laws that protect copyright.

The leadership of the Afghan movement Taliban today allowed another meeting with parents to two Americans, arrested in early August in Kabul along with other foreigners - employees of the International Humanitarian Organization. Two Americans, two Australians and four Germans will appear before the Islamic court on charges of preaching Christianity. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Taliban - Vakil Ahmed Mutavakil. He did not specify when exactly the process begins.

The Tokyo Fire Service intends to inspect several thousand buildings in the Japanese capital - after a fire that claimed the lives of 44 people. The fire was the result of the explosion in one of the houses in the entertainment quarter of Tokyo. The investigation showed that the owners of the house did not comply with the fire safety rules. As the head of the fire service of the Japanese capital stated, it was impossible to escape from the burning building.

Victoria Munblit, Tel Aviv: The academic year in Israel usually begins with a strike of teachers, chronically dissatisfied with working conditions, and even more chronically salaries. However, in the current academic year, the trade union of school teachers, to the great disappointment of students, decided to cancel the strike. The fact is that the Israeli special services warned of the possibility of a terrorist attack at school.

The host of the final information hour Andrei Sharry: On August 31, 1996, peace agreements were signed in Khasavyurt, which ended the first Chechen war. Five years have passed - the war in Chechnya continues. Aslan Maskhadov calls on to peaceful negotiations, and a senior Kremlin representative Sergey Yastrzhembsky calls the Khasavyurt agreements a small Munich conspiracy.

On September 1, Russia celebrates the "Knowledge Day" - the beginning of the new school year. Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking today at the Moscow State Pedagogical University, said that in the country's draft budget for the next year, expenses for education are exceeding defense costs - for the first time in Russian history. According to Putin, this academic year the salary of teachers will be doubled.

The Macedonia Parliament continues to discuss the issue of amendments to the Constitution today, which should grant great rights to the Albanian population of the country. Such constitutional amendments are provided for by a peace agreement concluded in August by the leaders of the Macedonian and Albanian communities. In exchange, Albanian rebels are required to lay down weapons according to this plan.

At least 44 people were killed today as a result of the explosion and the followed by the fire in one of the Tokyo areas, where entertainment institutions are concentrated. According to the representative of the Tokyo Fire Department, three people were injured. Representatives of the fire department do not exclude that the cause of the explosion could be a gas leak. At the scene of the incident, fragments of a gas pipe were found.

In Chechnya, the deputy head of the administration of the village of Hermenchuk, Shalinsky district, Dzhabrailov, was killed. According to the military, Dzhabrailov and the officer of the local military registration and enlistment office of Khasanov, who accompanied him, were shot dead on the street last night. In the Kurchali district, as a result of the attack of Chechen fighters, a Russian soldier was killed on a block of internal troops.

Presenter Evgeny Muslin The program is broadcast from New York by Evgeny Muslin. Topics of the program include autoimmune diseases in women, smart electronic glasses, and the latest medical news. Evgeny Muslin: It is well known that women, on average, live longer than men, and that men’s health is threatened by a greater number of “harmful” conditions of various kinds, associated both with specific “male” professions and with an abundance of bad habits.

The host of the final information hour Andrei Sharry: The man of the week Radio Liberty is a single candidate for the president of Belarus from the broad civil coalition Vladimir Goncharik. Vladimir Goncharik was born in 1940 in the Minsk region in a large family of a rural teacher and a collective farm. Economist by education. He held the Komsomol and party positions of the lower and middle level, defended his doctoral dissertation. Since 1986, he heads Belarusian trade unions.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan welcomed a compromise, allowing the fate of several hundred refugees located on the Norwegian ship near the Australian Island of Christmas. Earlier this week, Norwegian sailors removed 460 illegal emigrants - mostly Afghans - with a sinking Indonesian ferry. Australia categorically refused to accept refugees. On Saturday, New Zealand and a small island state of Nauru - agreed to temporarily place them on their territory.

The representative of the head of the UN Department of Refugees John McCalen expressed concern about the surviving in Russia by racist manifestations in relation to foreigners. According to Interfax, on Friday, McKalen visited a mass of Angola in the capital's Botkin Hospital Mass Majoni, who was brutally beaten by a group of adolescents 14-16 years old 8 days ago. According to McCallen, recently in Russia such attacks have been "quite often".

In Turkey, the police arrested several thousand Kurds to prevent the protests in Ankara planned for today. According to the representative of the Kurdish People's Democratic Party, yesterday, as a result of clashes with the police, one person died and another was seriously wounded. In the city of Diarbekir, in the southeast of Turkey, eight Kurds and 11 policemen received wounds during the riots. Every year on September 1, the Kurds hold protests, demanding the provision of autonomy.

Uzbekistan celebrates the 10th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union. Officially, independence was proclaimed on September 1, 1991 - shortly after the unsuccessful attempt of the August coup in Moscow. The festivities began in Tashkent yesterday, a military parade took place. President of the Republic of Islam Karimov warned against the danger of terrorism in the region and promised to observe the basic human rights.