In Germany, the federal court considers the case of a citizen Morocco Abelgani Mzudi, arrested yesterday in Hamburg on suspicion of involvement in the attacks in the United States. The court decides whether to leave the mzudes in custody until the end of the process. According to the investigation, the Moroccan provided assistance to terrorists led by Mohammad Nata, who lived at one time in Hamburg.

Yuri Zhigalkin , New York: plans for creating a government that will replace the regime of Saddam Hussein began to be developed in the White House and the State Department. If you believe the sources in the American administration, then the White House is so sure that the days of Saddam Hussein’s regime are considered that the experts of the National Security Council and State Department was given the task of preparing a plan for establishing a new, if possible, stable power in the post -dadam.

The fifth international film festival "East-West" is opening today in Baku. It is held with the support of the Confederation of the Union of Cinematographers of the CIS and Baltic countries. Films created in the countries of the Commonwealth, Baltic, Turkey and China will be shown, marked by awards of various film forums.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Thursday granted President George Bush the authority to use military force against Iraq - if necessary. The corresponding resolution was approved by the overwhelming majority of votes. As expected, a similar resolution will soon be approved by the US Senate.

The group of "Brigades of the Martyrs of Al-Aksa", closely related to the Palestinian extremist organization "Hamas", took responsibility for yesterday's terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. As a result of the explosion at the bus stop, arranged by the Palestinian terrorist-self-aligned terrorist, the Israeli woman died and several more people were injured.

Kyrgyzstan and China are ending today military exercises along the joint border in the area of the Irkestam border missile system in the Osh region. In the exercises that are under the code name "zero one", they take a part of about 300 border guards and fighters of special forces on both sides. To date, their main task is to acquire skills in joint confrontation with international terrorist formations.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Viktor Rezunkov: Today we will recall the end of the 70s-early 80s, when a group of intellectuals published an underground typewritten1 magazine "Sum" in Leningrad. Our guest is one of its founders, professor of St. Petersburg State University Anatoly Versik.

The bodies of four illegal immigrants from North Africa were found today in a autofurg in the city of Alhasiras in southern Spain. The victims were discovered by the driver of the van who arrived in Spain from the Moroccan port of Tangier. Most likely, immigrants died from a lack of air. This is not the first time that the inhabitants of North Africa are trying to illegally get into Spain, using trucks for this.

Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to continue intensive negotiations with Western partners on the Iraqi problem. He stated this today after a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the residence of the Russian president in Zavidovo. According to Putin, he does not exclude that in the future, members of the UN Security Council will agree to adopt a new resolution on Iraq, but at the moment does not see the need for such a resolution.

Semen Mirsky , France: Russia is excluded from the "black list" of countries that do not fight money laundering. This decision was made today by the International Combating Financial Crime Organization - FATF. The decision made at the plenary session of the group to combat money laundering is unequivocally declared that Russia is now in no way not involved in this type of fraud. It's about something else.

The program is conducted by Peter Vile. Radio Liberty Radio Freedom, Yang Runov, who is talking with the Professor of the Military College in Pennsylvania, Stephen Blanc, the editor of Russia in the Global Policy magazine Fedor Lukyanov, with whom Andrei Shary, and Vladimir Dubinsky are talking. Peter Vail: The Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair arrived in Moscow on a visit.

Peter Vail: This morning, Israeli troops, with tanks support, held a raid in the camp of Palestinian refugees Rafach in the south of the Gaza sector. In a collision with Israeli military, two Palestinian teenager died. On the western coast of Jordan, over 70 Palestinians suspected of terrorism were arrested during a large-scale anti-terrorist operation. Today there was a new terrorist act in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with human victims. That is, the war continues.

It is necessary to increase financial assistance to Afghanistan to $ 20 billion over the next five years, ”said Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Gani. This is more than 4 times the amount promised by Kabul international donors at a conference in Tokyo in December last year. Gani spoke on Friday in Kabul on the eve of a two -day meeting of the working group for coordination and control over the receipt of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.

The Palestinian terrorist-self-killer exploded himself at the bus stop in the Bar-Ilan University in the eastern part of Tel Aviv yesterday. A 70-year-old woman died, 29 people were injured. The Islamic group of Hamas took responsibility for the terrorist attack. Yesterday, the Israeli troops, with the support of tanks, held a raid in the camp of Palestinian refugees Rafach in the south of the Gaza sector. In clashes with Israeli military, two Palestinian teenager died.

The People’s Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) never accepted the financial assistance of businessman Boris Berezovsky and does not intend to do this herself. This is stated in a statement by the executive committee of the Union, published today. The statement emphasizes that the NPSR never instructed anyone to conduct negotiations on cooperation with Berezovsky.