Central Asian countries intend to create a special fund for the restoration of Afghanistan. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Sina Gurel on the eve of the Summit of the Organization of Economic Cooperation of the Central Asian region on Monday in Istanbul. The Turkish minister called on world leaders to provide urgent assistance to Kabul. According to him, these funds are necessary, first of all, to ensure security and overcome economic devastation in the country.

Valery Vinokurov: In the report from Tbilisi, our special correspondent Oleg Vinokurov, you will not hear a word about the game. And not only because the match Georgia - Russia will be outplayed. The fact is that both teams in the first and only played half showed so inexpressive, low quality football that there is nothing to say about him. So the report is devoted to near sports events, and its beginning is very original.

South Korea allocates the DPRK loan worth about $ 40 million - for the construction of roads and railways, which will connect two Korean states. As part of the loan, building materials, equipment, and telecommunication equipment will be delivered to the DPRK. The loan must be paid for 30 years. The construction of roads between North and South Korea began in September - to strengthen the connections between the two countries interrupted after the 1950 war.

In Chechnya, one soldier died and two were injured as a result of the explosion in the commandant’s office of the Leninsky district of the Terrible. According to the military, the explosion occurred around noon. Two versions are considered - a sabotage or a random explosion of a grenade.

The United States criticized the new proposals of Baghdad to resume international inspections of Iraqi military facilities. The representative of the State Department of the United States said that Iraq continues the “verbal game” with the UN, making mutually exclusive proposals, at the moment the most profitable Baghdad. The representative of the State Department emphasized the need to put pressure on Iraq to force him to cooperate.

The second round of the presidential election in Serbia can be recognized as failed due to the low appearance of voters. According to independent observers, about 32 percent of voters took part three hours before the closing of polling stations, which is one and a half times less than by the same time in the first round. In order for the elections to be recognized as held, more than 50 percent of voting should take part in them.

The Peruvian archaeologists who excavated the Inca Picchu in the ancient fortress found the mummified remains of a person. These are the remains of the girl, which, as scientists suggest, sacrificed about 500 years ago. The mummy was found in a cave at a depth of 120 meters. A similar find in Machu Picchu was made for the first time. Previously, only individual human bones were found there.

The Australian authorities sent military aircraft to evacuate the victims as a result of the Saturday explosion on the Indonesian island of Bali. On Sunday, 30 people who received severe burns were delivered to Australia. About a hundred seriously wounded will be sent in the near future. The victims of the explosion at the nightclub in the Kuta resort became 182 people, more than 200 were injured. Most of the victims are tourists from Australia.

American and British experts are arriving in Kyiv today - to investigate the charges of the Iraqi radio equipment. The agreement on this was previously reached at the negotiations of the head of the President of Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk with the deputy Secretary of State Elizabeth Jones. In September, the American authorities accused Kyiv of supplies to Baghdad's radar stations Kolchug - in violation of the regime of international sanctions imposed against the regime of Saddam Hussein.

The number of victims of the Saturday explosion on the Indonesian island of Bali reached 187. More than 300 people were injured, many of them are in critical condition. Most of the victims are tourists from Australia. The Australian authorities sent military aircraft to evacuate the wounded. On Sunday, 30 people who received severe burns were delivered to Australia. About a hundred seriously wounded will be sent in the near future.

In the south of China, two residential buildings collapsed - nine people died, nine more were injured. According to local authorities, by yesterday evening, the bodies of the five dead, including two children, managed to extract from under the ruins of the buildings. It is still unknown why the buildings collapsed. An investigation is underway.

The problem of the Kaliningrad region was in the focus of attention of non -governmental organizations that ended today. The forum called on the authorities of Russia, the European Union and the Candidates for joining the EU to establish a simplified visa regime for trips between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian territory - until this issue is completely resolved.

Translated from Spanish: Aurora Galgo (Madrid) Essay author: Dmitry Volchek In the second part of the release, for the first time in Russian translated by the aurora Galge, fragments of the new novel by Alejandro Khodorovsky, who not only is not so much a writer. There is a stable expression among those who represent it: "The constellation Khodorovsky." This refers to the constellation of the genres in which Khodorovsky succeeded. Cult film director. The cult screenwriter of the cult comics ...

Interpol issued an arrest warrant of the former chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army Yanko Bobetko. The Hague International Tribunal accuses Bobetko of war crimes. He is responsible for the murder of a hundred Croatian Serbs in 1993. The Croatian authorities refuse to transfer the bean to the hands of international justice - despite the calls from the USA, the European Union and NATO.

The United States criticized the new proposals of Baghdad to resume international inspections of Iraqi objects. The representative of the US State Department said that Iraq continues to “verbal games” with the UN, and emphasized the need to put pressure on Baghdad to force him to disarm.