US President George Bush again expressed optimism about the prospects of the American economy - despite the danger of the beginning of a new phase of economic recession. Speaking in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bush noted that the country's leadership is responsible for a responsible financial policy and therefore there is no reason for concern. The government report published last week says that the American economy can enter the next stage of the recession.

Today in the morning throughout the south of Primorye and in Vladivostok it is raining, which has not stopped for the whole week - one cyclone flows into the next. Forecasters note a steady rise in water in rivers on average by 25 millimeters per day. According to experts who approached Primorye, another storm front can become the very “drop” that will overwhelm local reservoirs.

In Bolivia - after the ongoing days the debate - the Congress chose the president of the country yesterday. The head of state was Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada, who held this post from 1993 to 1997. In the Presidential election in June, Losada and his rival, the radical leader of the farmers - Evo Morales received the largest number of votes, but not one of them won the absolute majority. According to the Constitution, the president in such cases is elected by members of the Congress.

In Moscow, in the entrance of one of the residential buildings last night, a box was discovered, in which there was a dummy of an explosive device. A note with an appeal was attached to the box - to kill Jews and immigrants from the Caucasus. For two months, more than 10 different devices and posters with xenophobic and hooligan inscriptions have already been discovered in Russia. Some of them were mined. When trying to remove posters, one person died and four were injured.

Egyptian and Israeli Foreign Ministers - Ahmed Maher and Shimon Peres said that political negotiations are the only way to resolve the Israeli -Palestinian conflict. At today's press conference in Cairo, ministers emphasized the need to return to the negotiating table. On Monday, Israel completely blocked the movement of the Palestinians in five cities of the western coast of Jordan and in the area of the city of Rafach in the Gaza Strip.

In the American city of Dallas, a serious crime was committed last night. An unknown attacker was shot by a family of five, including three children. One person was injured. The tragedy occurred in a private house in the suburbs of Dallas. The Dalla police said that the wounded woman managed to get to the neighbors, later she was hospitalized. Soon after the crime, the police arrested a suspicious person in the nearest supermarket.

Author: Alexander Kabakov Leading Sergey Yuryenen Reading for vacation. Roman composition. "Day of the life of a fool": Reads the author- Alexander Kabakov ... In full form, the novel was first published in the magazine "Banner". The author’s version for Radio Liberty is presented here.

In Israel, at least 13 people were killed yesterday, injured-about 70. In the vicinity of the city of Cephate, a terrorist-suicide bomb blew up a bus. 9 were killed, 50 people were injured, many are hard. The bus transported military personnel returning to their bases. The extremist group "Hamas", took responsibility for the terrorist attack and stated that she took revenge on the recent murder of one of her leaders.

In Karelia, in the tract of Sandarmokh, today there will be a ceremony of memory of science and culture figures of Ukraine who died here during the Stalinist response in 1937. According to the Kharkov human rights group, about a thousand Ukrainian citizens were tortured in Sandarmokh, the same amounts were shot in the nearby areas of the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. At the initiative of the St.

In the UK, the most powerful outbreak of the so -called "Legionnaire's disease" has been registered in 17 years. The number of cases is 63, one patient died. Doctors are afraid that more than 20 people are infected. "Legionnaire disease" is a serious infectious disease of the lungs and other internal organs, the early manifestations of which are similar to the symptoms of influenza. The disease received its name after in 1976 29 UASTRIKOVS of the Russian Legion Congress died in Philadelphia.

The Afghan military leader Poshokhon Stron, whose detachments do not stop attacks on government troops in the southeast of the country, rejected Kabul's drafts to stop subversive activities. The government of the leader of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai warned Zadron and his group yesterday, which will be forced to use force if the rebels do not stop attempts to take control of the city of Host and Gardez.

In Grozny, the assistant to the head of the administration of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov - Vakha Saidov went missing. He was taken away from the house by a group of armed people who introduced the FSB officers. According to the military, the detachment of the field commander Shamil Basayev is preparing to attack Gudermes. Army units are brought into a state of increased readiness. The protection of the administrative border of Chechnya is also strengthened.

On the final day of the European Championship in Water Sports in Berlin, 9 sets of awards were played. Russian athletes won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal. The Russian male team became the best in a complex relay of 4 x 100 m, and Svetlana Timoshinina and Evgenia Olshevskaya showed the 3rd result in synchronous jumps in water with a 10-meter tower. In this discipline, Annet Gamm and Ditte Kotzian from Germany won. In addition, Germany’s athletes won the complex relay of 4 x 100 m.

The remains of the American journalist Daniel Pore, abducted and killed by Islamic extremists at the beginning of this year in Pakistan, will be sent to the United States and transferred to relatives today. The body of the pearl was discovered in May in the vicinity of Karachi - the city where it was kidnapped. Ahmed Said Sheikh, found guilty of organizing a crime, was sentenced by the Pakistani military court to the death penalty, three other extremists - to a life -based conclusion.

Elena Kolomiychenko: The elections of the German Bundestag were scheduled for September 22nd. Sociologists argue that the ruling red-green coalition loses supporters: according to recent surveys, only in the last week the gap between the social democrats and their rivals by Christian democrats and socialists increased by three percent. They say that this is why German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and went to Hanover on Monday to give a new impetus to his election campaign.