In Zimbabwe today is the second day of the presidential election. Yesterday, long lines lined up at the polling stations in the capital of Harara and other large cities. The opposition candidate Morgan Tswangirai said that the authorities deliberately replace the vote of residents of large cities, most of whom do not support the current president Robert Mugaba. He urged to extend the vote. In Harara and some other cities, clashes between the police and enraged voters occurred.

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Supporters of the Serbian opposition leader Vuk Drashkovich held a rally in the city of Kraguevats with a demand for early elections in Yugoslavia. Drashkovich accused the leadership of Yugoslavia and President Voislav Koshtunitsa of conducting an "anti -people and anti -democratic policy." Drashkovich called on his supporters to begin the struggle for early elections.

In this issue: - Why do miners intents raise glasses with clean water for their wives; -Elena Manokhina from Slavinsk-on-Kuban, one raises seven children; - In Orenburg, mother-heroine is not considered a honored person; - Maya Petrova from Pskov knows the best of all what times in Russia; - 80% of the unemployed in Mordovia - women; - Culinary secrets of the Buryat shaman Nadezhda Stepanova; - Arkhangelsk: North is not the best place for life; - Saratov: strike as a gift by March 8th; -

In Cairo, on Sunday, a meeting of foreign ministers of the League of the Arab states ended. The General Secretary of the AMR Moussa League said that at the upcoming at the end of this month in Beirut the summit of the heads of the Arab countries will be decided whether there is any practical meaning in the continuation of peace negotiations with Israel. Beirut meeting will open on March 27. It will officially represent a peaceful initiative of Saudi Arabia.

Leading Ivan Tolstoy Marina Efimova: In the spring of 1964, along the California hills, a bus moved along the highway, heading east. It was an ordinary school bus, only old. However, his dilapidation was invisible, since the bus was painted with the brightest colors - orange, green, red. Holes for light and ventilation were made in the roof of the bus. Inside - wiring for electric guitars is made.

In the Bulgarian city of Plovdyv, a ceremony dedicated to the 59th anniversary of the salvation of thousands of Jews from deportation was held yesterday. In March 1943, the Nazis intended to send more than eight thousand Jews of Plovdiv to concentration camps, however, thanks to protests organized by Orthodox priests, politicians, intelligentsia and representatives of other social groups, the deportation was suspended.

Andrey Sharry: The famous actor and popular writer Sergei Yursky - Ostap Bender of Soviet Cinema and the unsurpassed improviser of Pushkin heroes in the Radio Studio Liberty expanding the idea of who the leader is? Sergey Yursky: It seems to me that you did well that they called me. Not because it is flattering to me. This is flattering to me. But because today you have expanded the understanding of the word "leader" today. When leaders are those who hold positions, this society is doubtful.

The American units and their Afghan allies are preparing for the final stage of the Anaconda operation against the Taliban and militants of Al-Qaeda, hiding in the mountains in the east of Afghanistan. According to representatives of the American command, in recent days the operation was difficult due to bad weather - snow and strong winds. Additional detachments of government forces of Afghanistan are transferred to the combat area.

In the city of Hanover in northern Germany, preparations are completed for the world's largest fashion fair - Sebit. The current fair, which will be held from March 13 to March 20, will become indicative for the latest trends in the telecommunications market and electronics. About 8 thousand companies from 59 countries of the world will present their products.

Took part: Natalia Pushkareva , Doctor of Historical Sciences, Moscow State University Elena Levkievskaya - candidate of philological sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Bogdanov - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Troshin - culturalist, RSUSU Alexander Kamensky - Doctor of Historical Sciences, RSUSU Semyon Ekstrat - writer, member of the editorial board of the magazine "Homeland"

The head of the US internal security department, Tom Ridge, said that the United States will soon announce a new system for preventing terrorist attacks. The national warning system will operate together with the local authorities, the administration of the States and the private sector.

A large number of ammunition were discovered today in the courtyard of one of the houses in the village of Mokhovaya Pad of the Amur Region. According to the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, the Separ and FSB officers arrived at the scene after the children found an artillery shell in the village. As a result of searches, more than 20 artillery and 4 tank shells were found from one of the houses.

"Red" in the "blue". - Soviet power against homosexuals - "The OGPU during the elimination of the foci of homosexuals in Moscow was revealed as a homosexual, the head of the protocol part of the NKID Florinsky D.T.

The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Mary Robinson, begins today a three -day visit to Pakistan. She will negotiate with Pakistan President Peresa Musharraf and will evaluate the person’s rights in this country. The other day, the US State Department in its one -year report noted that human rights are violated in Pakistan, in particular, the police kill people without trial. Yesterday, Mary Robinson said in Afghanistan that it was necessary to put an end to ethnic ground crimes.