The Republican Party of Russia and the movement "Forward, Russia" signed today a contract for the same. As stated, speaking at the Unification Congress in Moscow, the leader of the forward movement, Russia Boris Fedorov, the new party will adhere to the liberal-conservative, patriotic ideology. The leader of the Republican Party Vladimir Lysenko said that the new organization will protect the interests of the middle class in Russia. Fedorov called for further economic reforms.

The winner of the third international competition of pianists named after Sergey Rachmaninov, who ended on Friday in Moscow, was the Japanese performer Sadakatsu Jida, a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory. The second place was taken by the Moldavian pianist Alexei Gulenko, the third place was Russian Fedor Amirov. 25 musicians from nine countries participated in the competition

In the Pakistani army, the first woman-gene in history appeared. This is a military physician Dr. Shahida Malik. She was awarded the general title by decree of the President of the country of the Musharraf Perevoz. The woman with the rank of general is an extremely rare phenomenon for the armies of Muslim countries. In the Armed Forces of Pakistan, women - in addition to hospitals - also serve in engineering and rear units.

Armed with a zrine of narrow OS, Earth's axis sucking, earthly axis I remember everything I had to meet And I remember by heart and in vain. Ilya Dadashidze: Siren Vitali, Bella Akhmadulina, Emma Gershtein, Andrey Sinyavsky, Sergey Averintsev, Nikita Struve, Andrei Bitov, Boris Messerer, Yuri Freudin recall. Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam was buried on January 2, 1981. "The day was a student with a clear sky and completely calm, as is the case with severe frost.

Journalists of the American newspaper Wall Street Jornel continue to hope that their colleague Daniel Perl, stolen last week in the Pakistani city of Karachi, is alive. They consider the latest reports about the fate of the journalist. On Friday, several informational agencies received a letter about the death of pearl by e -mail. On the same day, the unknown called the American consulate in Karachi and demanded a ransom of $ 2 million for the release of a journalist.

Musa Khasanov, North Caucasus: The attack on Russian troops occurred on Victory Avenue in the center of the Chechen capital. The division of the military commandant’s office of the Leninsky district on two armored personnel carriers accompanied the energy engineers. The column stopped at the central market. After some time, from the destroyed five -story building, fire from machine guns was opened. According to eyewitnesses, a young man shot in civilian clothes, who then disappeared in ruins.

Jan Runov, New York: The second day of the forum was devoted to issues of international politics, European self -awareness, stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan and the problem of poverty. These issues were devoted to the performances of US Secretary of State Colin Powell and German Chancellor Gerhardt Schroeder.

The international human rights organization "Reporters without borders" condemned the attack of employees of the Uzbek intelligence services on independent journalist Ruslan Sharipov. The head of the “reporters without borders” Robert Menar in a letter to the General Prosecutor and Minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan said that the attack on Sharipov is an open attempt to intimidate the opposition journalist.

More than one hundred thousand refugees returned to Afghanistan over the past month, the UN department for refugee matters reported today. According to him, the majority of those who returned are ethnic Tajiks, less than 20 percent of Pashtuns, another 15 percent - Khazareans, Turkmen and representatives of other nationalities of Afghanistan. Many of the returning people hope to find work in the new authorities and state institutions created by the interim administration of Afghanistan.

The work of experts inside the building of the Kursk nuclear submarine, located in the dock by the village of Roslyakovo, may end next week. As the first deputy military prosecutor of the Northern Fleet, Pavel Vodinsky, said today, after the end of the investigators, Kursk will be sent for utilization for a shipyard in the city of Snezhnogorsk in the Murmansk region.

The number of victims of the explosion in the ammunition depot in the largest city of Nigeria - Lagos - exceeded a thousand people. According to the state governor Lagos Bola Tinube today, the search for the bodies of the dead is almost completed. The explosion occurred last Sunday. Most of the victims of the disaster died, fleeing the fire and fragments of shells. They drowned in nearby channels or were trampled by running.

Experts participating in the work of the World Economic Forum in New York express cautious optimism regarding the prospects of the world economy. According to Khorst Keler, the executive director of the International Monetary Fund - despite the signs of stabilization, there is still a risk of a decline and the occurrence of a crisis. Keler criticized the US government for the provision of large subsidies to farmers.

The head of the interim Afghan administration Hamid Karzzei established a special commission to investigate the circumstances of the armed clashes between rival groups in various regions of Afghanistan. The Commission of nine people is headed by the Minister of Border The Border of Amanullah Vakran.

In the Kaliningrad region, electricity shutdowns at facilities belonging to the Baltic Fleet for debts began. According to the energy company, Yantarenergo, the debt of the fleet is more than 150 million rubles. Power engineers promise not to de -energize strategic objects.

US President George Bush said the United States cannot allow countries with unpredictable regimes to develop weapons of mass destruction and support terrorists. Speaking on Friday in the state of West Virginia, Bush emphasized that the United States and its allies should clearly understand the essence of this threat and not to miss time.