Presenter Vladimir Baburin "All men are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and must act towards each other in a spirit of brotherhood." Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this issue: - Right to work The right to work is the most relevant topic of the May Day program. The guest of the studio today is the head of the Department of Social Development of the Russian Government, Evgeny Gontmakher.

The court in Istanbul sentenced the football “fan” -ure of Ali Umit Demir to 15 years in prison for the murder of two fans from the UK. In April, in April in the capital of Turkey, mass clashes of football fans took place on the eve of the meeting of Lids United with the Turkish team Galatasaray. Other participants in the brawl are sentenced to several months of prison and fines.

The forces of the anti -terrorist coalition are transferred to the eastern regions of Afghanistan - at the border with Pakistan, where the taliban and militants of Al -Qaeda were discovered. Several hundred British troops are located in the vicinity of the city of Khost. Combat helicopters are transferred to the military base in this area.

President of Pakistan Perevez Musharraf remains in his post for another five years - these are the results of the national referendum held on Tuesday. According to the election commission, 98 percent of the referendum participants voted for Musharraf, and a total of 43 million people. In total, about 70 percent of voters participated in the vote. The authorities reduced the age qualification from 21 to 18, due to which millions of young supporters of the president took part in the referendum.

Israel began the withdrawal of troops from the headquarters of the head of the Palestinian autonomy of Yasir Arafat in the city of Ramalllah on the west coast of Jordan. An agreement on the conditions of withdrawal was reached on Wednesday through the mediation of the United States and Great Britain.

US President George Bush sharply condemned the manifestations of anti -Semitism, which have recently become more frequent. Speaking on Tuesday in the city of San Jose, California, Bush called anti-Semitism "ancient evil", which should be over. As a tragic examples of anti -Semitism, the US president cited the murder in January of this year in Pakistan of American journalist Daniel Parla and the recent series of attacks on synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in France.

The program is the program Peter Weil. Participation are the correspondent of Radio Liberty Victoria Munblit and the editor -in -chief of the Iraqi service Radio Liberty Kamran Karadagi Peter Vail: American and British experts today continued negotiations with Palestinian representatives on the implementation of the United States of the plan for unlocking the headquarters of the head of the Palestinian autonomy of Yasir Arafat.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations reported the arrest of the head of the International Muslim Charitable Organization on suspicion of relations with the terrorist group of the bin Laden's osama al-Qaeda. Anama Arnaut, the executive director of the International Charitable Fund, was detained in Chicago on charges of giving false testimonies in the form of providing the court of fake documents.

In 2001, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed 1147 facts of theft of budget funds aimed at restoring the Chechnya economy. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs Boris Gryzlov, the total amount of theft amounted to 567 and a half million rubles. Representatives of the official Grozny do not agree with this charge.

The mass Pervomaisky rally on the Vasilievsky descent in Moscow, organized by trade unions, ended with the adoption of the resolution. The document emphasizes that the social policy of the Russian government does not meet the tasks. The increase in salaries and the establishment of minimum wages at the subsistence level is one of the main requirements of the resolution. The rally participants protested against the introduction of a single social tax and raising utility tariffs.

The Tomsk region of Russia from May 1 is transferred from the sixth to the fifth time zone. Local time here is now different from Moscow by 3 hours, as in Novosibirsk, Omsk and Altai. The Russian government made such a decision at the request of the administration and the Duma of the Tomsk Region. Geographically, the region is located between two axial meridians of the fifth and sixth hour belts and, thus, is divided into two parts.

An emergency has been announced in the Kurgan region - in connection with a sharp rise in water level in the Tobol River. According to the Volga-Ural regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, thousands of houses and personal plots are fully or partially flooded in the city of Kurgan and its environs. There are no victims. According to meteorologists, the water in Tobol began to subside and over the next three days will return to the normal level.

In the center of Madrid, two explosions occurred; According to updated data, nine people were injured. The first explosive device was laid in a car parked at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, where the semifinal match of the European football champions between the Madrid and Barcelona League later began. The Executive Committee of the European Football Union decided not to cancel the meeting. The second explosion occurred in the center of Madrid, causing a small fire in a nearby building.

In this century, diabetes can be the number one disease, ”Medical Experts in Hong Kong believe. Now 150 million are suffering from diabetes in the world. According to doctors, in 2050 this figure will at least double. One of the main reasons is a sedentary lifestyle.

Eric Lindberg - the grandson of the famous American pilot Charles Lindberg - flew on Wednesday from New York to Paris to repeat the flight of his grandfather through the Atlantic Ocean. The flight of Charles Lindberg in 1927 took 33 and a half hours. His grandson, flying on a small single -engine aircraft, intends to cover the same distance in no more than 21 hours. Lindberg Sr. paved his route using an ordinary compass. His grandson uses an ultramodern electronic system for this purpose.