Arkady Dubnov , Berlin: 49-year-old Sergei Duvanov is accused under the article of the 318th Criminal Code of Kazakhstan-"insulting the honor and dignity of the president of the country." The basis for such an accusation of the journalist was the article "Silence of the lamb", written by him in May of this city and posted on the Internet.

Matches of the next, 14th round of the championship of the country have been played on the football fields of Russia. The central was the meeting of the leaders of the Lokomotiv championship and CSKA, who tied - 0: 0. Now Lokomotiv has 34 points after 15 matches, CSKA has 29, but there are two games in reserve. The “wings of the Soviets” are in third place, which prevailed in Samara over the “torpedo”-1: 0 and scored 24 points after 14 matches.

The European Commission today submitted a draft radical reform of agrarian policy today. The purpose of the reform is to make a system of subsidies to European farmers market more oriented, improve the quality of agricultural products and ensure effective environmental protection. The project involves, in particular, to reduce the size of subsidies by 20 percent, and the released funds are sent to larger measures for the development of agriculture and the protection of nature.

The Turkish Prime Minister Buent Ezhevit is currently holding a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in an attempt to resolve the government crisis. Ezhevit insists on holding the parliamentary elections on schedule - in 2004, while the opposition calls for early elections and the change of government. The government crisis lasts several days. The Deputy Prime Minister and three ministers from the Democratic Left Party and a number of deputies of parliament led by Ezhevit went retired.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon believes that the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian contacts at the level of ministers should contribute to the cessation of violence and weakening tension in the region. Over the past two days, the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Shimon Perez has negotiated with the Ministers of Finance and the internal security of the Palestinian autonomy.

In the Pakistani city of Heiderabad, hearing in the case of the abduction and murder of American journalist Daniel Pall ended. On the bench of the defendants - four Islamic extremists. It is expected that the verdict will be announced on Monday. The correspondent of the newspaper Wall Street Jornel, Daniel Perl, was abducted and brutally killed in Karachi in January this year.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on the Senate to ratify the contract to reduce nuclear offensive potentials, signed by American and Russian presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin in May in Moscow. Speaking on Tuesday in the Senate Foreign Affairs Commission, Powell said that the document would help two countries become strategic partners. According to the contract, the USA and Russia for 10 years should reduce its nuclear arsenals by two -thirds.

In the storehouse of one of the museums of New York, a drawing of Michelangelo Buanarotti was accidentally discovered, the cost of which exceeds $ 10 million. The drawing was found in the Museum of Decorative Art of Cooper-Huguitt in a box with technical sketches of the Renaissance. Experts found that the image of the candlestick was made by Michelangelo. Five sketches, including a sketch of the candlestick, were acquired by the museum in 1942 for $ 60.

Builders accidentally found the burial in the city center who carried out repair work in the basement. Police and experts arrived at the court building on Wednesday. It was found that the burial belongs to the years 1930-1940 years of the last century. In the basement, the search for the remains is now ongoing. So far, it has not been possible to determine the exact number of buried ones.

In the Kaliningrad region in the city of Baltiysk, a man died as a result of the explosion. Wound and hospitalized a woman. The deceased tried to remove the shield with an obscene inscription from the lawn near his house, which was mined.

The European Commission approved the draft radical reform of the EU agrarian policy. Details of the project will publish today in the European parliament a member of the European Commission, responsible for agriculture, Franz Fishler. The agrarian policy of the EU is increasingly criticized both in Western Europe and international trade organizations. The system of subsidies to farmers did not change 40 years and led to overproduction of agricultural products.

Palestinian extremists do not stop attacks on the Israelis. Today, an Israeli officer was killed in the gas sector on the border with Egypt from Egypt. The responsibility for the murder was taken by the group of the "Brigade of the Martyrs of Al-Aksa", which warned Israel and the USA that the attacks would continue. On the western coast of Jordan, a shootout occurred in the Tulkarm area, in which the Palestinian was killed.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Asnar conducted permutations in the government. The new Minister of Foreign Affairs was Ana Palaceio. Jose Pic, who previously held this post, received the portfolio of the Minister in Science. Angel Asubes is appointed Minister of the Interior. He is known for his tough position in relation to the organization of Basque-saparatists. Asnar also appointed new ministers of health, labor and social security.

On July 9, the Kazakhstan national security committee opened a criminal case against the famous journalist Sergei Duvanov. He is accused under Article 318 of the Criminal Code of insulting the honor and dignity of the president of the country. The basis for initiating the case was the article by Sergey Duvanov, “The Silence of the Yagnit,” written in May of this year and placed on the Internet.

In Protem, several thousand Kosovo Albanians held a demonstration on Tuesday, protesting against the UN police arresting several former participants in the armed groups of the Kosovo Army Army. The detainees are suspected of killing and kidnapping people, but official accusations have not yet been brought. The head of the UN interim administration in Kosovo, Michael Steiner, said that no criminal can be above the law and all of them should be a fair punishment.