Iraq today resumes oil exports. On April 8, President Saddam Hussein announced the embargo for export in protest against the actions of the Israeli troops in the Palestinian autonomy. He called on the Arab world to support the embargo, but not a single state followed his example. Within the framework of the UN program "Oil in exchange for food", Iraqi daily exports two million barrels of oil.

In Israel, two terrorist attacks were committed in less than a day. On Wednesday night in the city of Rishon -Later, 16 people died as a result of the bomb explosion and at least 50 were injured. A few hours after that, the terrorist blew up a bomb at the bus stop near Haifa. Besides the terrorist, no one was injured.

Russia resumed the supply of low enriched uranium to the United States at new prices, ”said a representative of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Industry. According to him, at the end of April two shipments of Uranus were already carried out. At the end of January, Russia suspended supplies, as the United States raised the question of reducing the price. During the negotiations, the Russian side made concessions.

In the Pakistani city of Karachi, as a result of the explosion, according to the latest data, 12 people were killed-10 French workers, a driver-driver and a terrorist-self-altitude. At least 20 people were injured. The unknown person blew up a car, parked next to the bus, in which foreigners who left the hotel landed. The dead are employees of the French company that helps Pakistan in the construction of the submarine fleet. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the explosion.

The chief prosecutor of the UN tribunal for war crimes Karl del Ponte announced that the investigators of the tribunal will begin an investigation of three more cases of crimes committed during the conflict in Macedonia last year. Del Ponte reported this yesterday, completing a visit to the capital of Macedonia - Skopier. According to her, three new cases concern crimes committed by Albanian rebels.

Inflation in the consumer market of Russia in April amounted to 1.2 percent, and at the end of four months - 6.6 percent, ”the State Statistics Committee said. Among food products in April, vegetables and fruits went up most of all - by 6.4 percent, as well as fish and seafood. In the group of non -food goods, shoes and knitted products increased most significant. In April, the cost of automobile gasoline increased by 0.9 percent.

The leadership of the European Union sharply criticized the power of Belarus for refusing to issue an entry visa to the representative of the organization for security and cooperation in Europe. The acting director of the OSCE mission in Minsk Eberhard Hayken was denied a visa on the grounds that he was appointed to this post without the approval of the Government of Belarus.

In Israel, a terrorist act is again committed. At least 16 people died, more than 50 were injured. The terrorist-samobitan blew a bomb in the billiard room of the town of Rishon-Leatsion near Tel Aviv. Responsibility for the attack was taken by the Palestinian extremist organization "Hamas". Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon interrupted his visit to the United States and urgently flies to his homeland. On Tuesday in Washington, negotiations of Sharon with US President George Bush took place.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been instituted against the culprits of yesterday’s accident in the subway, which entailed the stopping of the train for more than 8 hours. On the stage between the Tretyakovskaya and Marxist "stations, builders who carried out drilling work on the surface, by mistake, drilled the subway tunnel through and through. The driver noticed the barrier in time, and the collisions of the train with the Bur were avoided.

The court in Amsterdam was presented today by Volrtkert Van der Count, an activist of movement in defense of animals, an official accusation of the murder of a well -known Harvesting Political Pass of Pim Fordein. The extremist ecological group, of which he is a member, is considered involved in another murder - an employee of the environmental department. The motives of the murder of Fordein are still difficult to name.

Musa Khasanov, North Caucasus: in the village of Dolinskoye, Groznysko-Selsky district, 42-year-old brigade general Ichkeria and three of its fighters were detained. The fighters of the Grozny riot police took part in the special operation to detain them. This was told by the senior district inspector of the village of Petropavlovskaya, Groznysko-Selsky district, Sultan Yamadaev. According to him, the detainees are fighters of the unit of the field commander Badruddin Obeva.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon returned from the United States to Israel and immediately called a meeting of the security office. One of the issues of the agenda is the deportation of the head of the Palestinian autonomy of Yasir Arafat, to whom Israel has the main responsibility for the terror campaign.

On Tuesday, two catastrophes of airliners occurred in the world - in China and Tunisia. In the north-east of China, an airliner fell into the sea, on board of which there were 112 people. Shortly before the disaster, the crew commander informed the dispatchers about the fire on board. According to rescuers who have already discovered several dozen bodies, most likely there are no survivors.

A Spanish Galeon of the 17th century with a load of gold and silver ingots was discovered near the Pacific coast of Panama. The San Jose ship sank in 1631. The cost of its cargo is estimated at $ 50 million. Last year, near the Atlantic coast of the country, archaeologists found another sunken galleon. From the 16th to the 18th century, Panama served as a transshipment point when transporting gold and silver from South America to Spain.

In Amsterdam today, an official accusation of the activist in defense of animals, who is suspected of killing a famous Dutch policy of the ultra -right, Pim Fordein, will be charged today. Walkert Van der Count was detained yesterday. An extremist ecological group, which he is a member, is considered to be involved in the previously perfect murder of an employee of the environmental department.