The Minister of Internal Affairs of India, Lal Krishna Advani, rejected Pakistan's proposal to negotiate on the problem of Kashmir. He stated that they were not necessary. According to Advani, Pakistan must first demonstrate a willingness to fight terrorists. Delhi requires Islamabad of issuing 20 people whom the Indian authorities accuse of terrorism. Pakistan and India were already fought twice because of Kashmir.

The ending week on the New York Exchange once again confirmed the tendency to increase the main promotions of shares. During the week, the industrial index of Dow Jones grew by almost 2 percent, the index of modern technologies of Nasdak - by 7 percent. The growth of shares has been observed for the fourth week in a row. The Chairman of the Central Bank of the United States, Alan Grinspen, stated on Thursday to congressmen that an economic recession for all the main signs behind.

In recent days, the resistance of the Taliban and militants of Al-Qaeda in the mountains in the east of Afghanistan has noticeably weakened, ”said General John Ros, a representative of the American command. The general believes that in a week of battles it was possible to destroy about half the forces of the enemy. American planes continue to bomb the mountain district, although in recent days, due to bad weather conditions, the number of sorties has declined.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. He talks with the Chisinau correspondent for RS Vasile Bootnar and a special correspondent of Radio Liberty in Moldova Vladimir Vedrashko. Dmitry Volchek: In Chisinau, protests continues that arose due to the decision of the country's government to oblige Moldovan schoolchildren to study the Russian language from the second grade. Our correspondent says Vasile Botnara.

The representative of the American command stated that the US troops and their allies are preparing to strike a final blow to the remnants of the Taliban and militants of Al-Qaeda in the mountains in the east of Afghanistan. Currently, the intensity of hostilities in this area has decreased - due to the worsening of the weather. With a last night, the coalition forces performed operations to search and destroy small groups of the Taliban, hiding in the caves.

In Ukraine yesterday, at least three people died as a result of a strong hurricane. Gusts of wind tore off the roofs of the houses, poured trees, broke off the power lines. About one and a half thousand settlements in 19 regions of Ukraine turned out to be de -energized.

In Zimbabwe, voting in the presidential election continues. At the polling stations in the capital of the country, Harara and other large cities lined up long lines. The opposition candidate Morgan Tswangirai said that the authorities deliberately replace the voting of the residents of the capital, most of whom do not support the current president Robert Mugaba.

The military authorities of Myanmar (Burma) announced today the arrest of the son -in -law and three grandchildren of the former president is not guilty. According to a military intelligence representative, they were detained for trying to overthrow the current military government. At the same time, the authorities refute reports that the wines themselves are under house arrest.

Iraq Vice President Yassin Ramadan said that the issue of returning military inspectors was not discussed in negotiations with the UN. Speaking at a conference in Baghdad, Ramadan said that Iraq would agree to the resumption of subdivisions, only on condition that they will be carried out in all countries of the region, including Israel.

The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Mary Robinson, who is on a visit to Afghanistan, said that those responsible for committing war crimes during the last conflicts in the country could not be forgiven. According to human rights organizations, recently the persecution of representatives of the ethnic majority - Pashtuns - from pro -government armed groups has become more frequent. The Taliban regime, overthrown at the end of last year, relied on the support of Pashtunov.

The Israeli military continues operations in the camps of Palestinian refugees on the west coast of the Jordan and in the Gaza Strip. About 500 Palestinians suspected of promoting extremist groups were taken to the Israeli military base for interrogation from the camp in the vicinity of the city of Tulkarm on the west coast. Israeli tanks entered the Dheishah camp near Bethlehem. The military occupied the helicopter platform and the Palestinian Service Service.

In Krasnodar on Friday evening, the fifth of the six escaped prisoners was detained. According to the regional police, we are talking about Yuri Zhukov - life -condemned for 11 murders, numerous robberies and robberies. He was hiding in the laundry of one of the medical institutions of Krasnodar. In total, 6 prisoners escaped from custody of the first of March.

Marina Timasheva: Allow me to remind you of a fragment of an interview with Donatas Banionis. We talked with him about those trends in the modern Lithuanian theater that bothers the outstanding artist. Thus, I will immediately indicate the theme of the current theater issue. Donatas Banionis: Well, if we talk about trends: it is precisely to abandon the theater, which we call psychological.

Lev Roitman: On March 6, the FSB received its own church. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' himself is solemnly, in the presence of the FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev and the highest ranks of this organization, consecrated the temple of St. Sophia of God's wisdom in Lubyanka. For private Orthodox, access to this temple, as in other Lubyansk lands, was closed at this time.

In Zimbabwe, in an environment of extreme tension, voting in the presidential election began today. Two main candidates apply for the presidency: the current head of state is Robert Mugabe, who has been in power for 22 years, and the leader of the democratic opposition is Morgan Tsvangirai. According to the Associated Press Agency, increased security measures have been introduced in the capital of the country - Harara, the streets are patrolled by troops.