Islamic extremists operating in the south of the Philippines will open fire on American military if they appear in areas controlled by the rebels. This was announced today by the representative of the Islamic Front of the Liberation of Moro, one of the separatist groups, under the control of which is part of the Filippin Province of Basilan.

More than 60 people died as a result of clashes of local warring groups in the city of Gardez in the east of Afghanistan. The head of the interim Afghan administration, Hamid Karzai, sent an intermediary delegation to the city, whose members today held negotiations with representatives of the warring parties. The delegation includes a personal messenger of Karzai and assistant to the UN representative in Afghanistan Lahdara Brahimi.

At least 45 people were killed and more than 150 were injured on Sunday as a result of an earthquake in the West of Turkey. Its epicenter was near the city of Afion - 250 kilometers from the capital of Turkey - Ankara. The force of underground shocks reached six points on the Richter scale. More than a hundred houses and almost the entire industrial area in one of the cities of the province of Atheno were destroyed.

The authorities of Pakistan detained 12 people - during the investigation of the case of the abduction of American journalist Daniel Pall in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Perl was kidnapped 10 days ago. Yesterday, the Pakistani police combed about 20 cemeteries in Karachi - after the journalist, a letter came from the alleged e -mail from the alleged mail, stated that Pearl was killed and his corpse was thrown into one of the city cemeteries.

About four tons of religious literature of the Jehovah's Witnesses and Baptists sect were burned in the vicinity of Tbilisi by religious fanatics led by the priest Vasil Mkalavishvili, excommunicated from the Georgian Orthodox Church. He told reporters that together with his supporters he intends to go to Kutaisi and destroy more than 70 tons of religious literature that was brought to Georgia from the United States.

The People’s Party ruling in Cambodia stated that its candidates won the elections in 70 of 76 city councils of tumor-the capital of the country. These were the first in the history of Cambodia elections to local authorities. According to the election commission, about 5 million people participated in the vote on Sunday. About 75 thousand candidates of eight parties claimed 11 thousand places in the authorities.

The Turkmen ambassador to Turkey Nurmukhamed Khanamov resigned and intends to join the opposition. Khanamov told Radio Liberty that he would like to contribute to the activities of the opposition against the President of Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov. The former ambassador said that he was not going to return to his homeland and hopes to stay in the Turkish capital.

The Argentina government must make a program of measures aimed at overcoming the most acute socio-economic crisis today. On Friday, the situation in the country has become even more aggravated - after the Supreme Court recognized the restrictions on the payment of banking savings of citizens to the government. President Euardo Dailede said after that that Argentina was on the threshold of anarchy.

Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze positively appreciated the recently adopted UN Security Council on the extension of the mandate of the mission of military observers that control the observance of a truce in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. Speaking on Saturday on National Television, Shevardnadze expressed satisfaction by the fact that the borders of Georgia were recognized in the document at the time of the collapse of the USSR.

According to updated data, 35 people were killed and more than a hundred were injured and injured today as a result of an earthquake in the West of Turkey. Its epicenter was located near the city of Atheno - 250 kilometers southwest of the capital of Turkey - Ankara. The force of underground shocks reached six points on the Richter scale. At least 70 residential buildings and almost the entire industrial district in one of the cities of the province of Atheno were destroyed.

In Munich, the International Conference on Safety and Combating Terrorism continues to work. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, speaking to the forum participants, said that there are currently new dangers - in particular, nuclear terrorism and terrorist attacks that could cause an environmental disaster. Touching upon the situation in Chechnya, the Russian minister said that Moscow has evidence of the connections of Chechen armed groups with international terrorism.

The head of the interim administration of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, called on the warring Afghan groups to stop armed clashes and submit to the central government. On Sunday, in the city of Mazari-Sharif in the north of Afghanistan, the battles again unfolded between supporters of one of the military leaders of the Northern Alliance, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Provisional Afghan Administration of Rashid Dustum and detachments of the field commander of Mohamad Atta.

NATO Secretary General George Robertson believes that European member countries of the North Atlantic Union do not fulfill their obligations within this organization. Robertson said this today in Munich at the International Conference on Security Problems. According to the NATO Secretary General, criticism of European members of the Alliance by the United States is quite justified.

The Filipino General Romeo Tolentino said that more than 20 rebels from the Islamic Front of Moro Liberation were killed when military helicopters attacked their positions in the jungle in the south of the country. The military reported that the group is associated with the organization of the bin Laden Bin Ladena Al Caida. The representative of the Islamic Front said today that the rebels would open fire on American military if they appear in the areas controlled by them.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Asnar said that the European Union should make a decision on the implementation of important economic reforms in March in March in Barcelona. As Asnar said, if the EU does not begin to create a single energy market and a single transport system, then soon the European Union will be far behind the United States, whose economy demonstrates signs of healing.