In Israel, a new terrorist attack is committed. The explosion occurred in the center of Jerusalem, at the bus stop near the market. According to the initial data, several people were killed, at least 40 were injured. The bomb was blown up by a terrorist-self-cap. Other details are still unknown.

In Cherkessk, the correspondent of the local newspaper Renaissance of the Republic is beaten by Jan Svider. As the newspaper editor Vladimir Panov told the Interfax agency, two people attacked a journalist this morning at the entrance of his house. The Svider has a head injury, fractures of arms and legs. According to Panov, the attack may be related to the professional activities of the journalist.

According to the Governor of the Murmansk region Yuri Evdokimov, it is planned to allocate $ 292 million, half of which are designed to create a sporage of the storage of the spent nuclear fuel from the active zones of the nuclear submarines of the northern fleet of Russia in the Kola nuclear fuel infrastructure on the implementation of the project to create means of physical protection around Russian nuclear facilities in 2002.

The author of the program Alexander Genis Leading Ivan Tolstoy Alexander Genis: What is Hollywood, everyone knows. Few heard about the changryl. The easiest way would be to say that this is one and the same. The country of dreams, the edge of eternal youth and beauty. Recently, they are often confused. Maybe that's why, you need to start not with similarities, but with differences. Announcer: Shamball's prototype was the prototype of Shangrill.

Marina Timasheva, Moscow: From April 14 to 16, in the Moscow Jewish Cultural Center and the Rachmaninovsky hall of the Conservatory, concerts are held as part of the musical and educational project "Repressed Music". The concerts are attended by Russian musicians and the “New Music group” of the Terezinsky memorial project.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan insists on the speedy deployment of international forces in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone. Speaking today in Geneva at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission, Annan emphasized that the escalation of violence and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Middle East require immediate intervention of the world community.

In Nepal, at least 50 people were killed last night as a result of the attack of Maoist rebels on police posts. This is the largest operation of Maoists over the past 2 months. In March, the rebels killed 34 police officers during a similar operation. Maoists are conducting an armed struggle against the monarchical regime. In recent months, their activities have been significantly intensified.

Participants of the UN conference on the problem of aging of mankind in Madrid called the governments of the world of the world to strengthen the social protection system of older people. However, the document adopted by representatives of 160 countries does not indicate specific financial, medical and other measures in this direction. According to demographers, by 2050, the number of people over 60 years on our planet will increase almost 4 times - up to two billion.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: Bill Clinton, even in the role of the former president, continues to shake the imagination of the Americans. The future of former American presidents is quite strictly determined by tradition. Unlike vice presidents, not to mention ministers who easily change government chairs to chairs in the board of directors of leading companies, the former owners of the White House should move away from the momentary fuss and live their age in the role of political patriarchs.

In the Pakistani city of Karachi, the trial of Islamist Sheikh Omar, accused of organizing the abduction and murder of American journalist Daniel Pall, resumes today. Last week - immediately after the start of the process - the defense demanded that the government provide additional documents in this case. The judge ordered the resumption of court sessions only after the claim of lawyers was satisfied.

The Russian delegation, in agreement of the project of a new framework for friendship, good neighborliness and cooperation between Russia and Georgia, is headed by the head of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with compatriots Boris Pastukhov. The delegation also includes a special representative of the President of Russia to resolve the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict Valery Loshchinin. The parties are trying to bring the Russian and Georgian options for the new contract closer.

Jan Runov, New York: Elliot Spitzer, the general prosecutor of the state of New York, said that the investigation that had been around 10 months revealed violations in the practice of Merrill Lynch. The company's brokers lied to their customers, offering to buy promotions, which, as professionals were already known, could hardly bring income. This is a shocking abuse of the trust of the depositors, said Eliot Spitzer, and one of the most, seemingly reliable companies in Wall Street went on.

The Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MNVK) - the owner of the TV -6 television company - today sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Representatives of the corporation consider it illegal to the decision of the Russian court on the liquidation of TV-6 for insolvency and claim that when considering the case, an error was made. MNVK seeks the resumption of the action of the license for broadcasting on the sixth meter channel.

According to the latest data from the Tunisian authorities, as a result of yesterday's explosion, 7 people died on the island of Jerga and 32 were injured. Among the dead three Germany citizens are two women and a 11 -year -old boy who died today in the hospital. Most wounded with severe burns were delivered to hospitals. According to the Tunisian authorities, the tragedy occurred due to the fact that the driver of the fuel truck lost control and crashed into the fence of the synagogue.

The Constitutional Court of Russia today recognized the constitutions of the Constitution some norms of laws regarding the inviolability of deputies of regional parliaments. According to judges, deputies who have committed crimes that are not related to the fulfillment of authority may be prosecuted without the consent of local legislative assemblies.