American military facilities in Afghanistan are constantly shelling. According to the command, over the past two days, three American bases in the east of Afghanistan were subjected to missile and mortar fire. There are no victims. The shooters could not be detained.

The leadership of the European Union hopes for the success of the Irish referendum appointed on October 19 on the ratification of the EU extension agreement concluded in Nice. In the Sunday interview of Swedish television, a member of the EU leadership, Gunther Ferkhoigen, called on the Irish to support the contract.

US President George Bush believes that the explosion on the Indonesian island of Bali, who claimed the lives of almost 190 people, was organized by the al-Qaeda international terrorist group. According to Bush on Monday, a tragedy in Bali, a recent attack on American troops in Kuwait and an explosion of a French tanker off the coast of Yemen look like the links of one chain.

US President George Bush called the “terrifying act of terror” a Saturday explosion in a night club on the Indonesian island of Bali, which were 187 people. According to the American president, the world community should end the very idea of terrorism. The leaders of the European Union, Great Britain and Australia made condemning the attack on Bali. Indonesia President Megavati Sukarnopyuria promised that the criminals would be punished.

Islamabad called the "farce" the recently ended parliamentary elections in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. President of Pakistan Perevez Musharraf said on Sunday that - according to him, only 10 percent of voters took part in the elections. According to official information, about 45 percent voted. The Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani expressed confidence yesterday that the central authorities would put cooperation with the elected legislative assembly of the state.

On the western coast of Jordan, a Palestinian terrorist - member of the Extremist group "Brigade of the Martyrs of Al -Axsa" died in a suburb of Bethlehem as a result of the explosion. According to Palestinian sources, the explosion occurred at the moment when Mohammed Abayut entered a telephone cabin on the street. The Palestinian authorities accused Israel of the murder. The Israeli side has not yet commented on the incident.

“Country in shit” - many Israeli newspapers went under such an expressive heading on Monday. The second day the bins strike lasts, due to which garbage and discharges fall out of the urn to the sidewalk. Many state and government services are striking, but the police are most concerned about the shares of the garbage holders - after all, in piles of garbage, it is easy to hide explosives.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who will fly to Washington on Tuesday, prepare for a very difficult conversation with US President George Bush on Tuesday. The day before, the Chancellery of the Israeli prime minister received information that European and Arab leaders set a condition for their support for the US operation in Iraq in the complete retreat of Israel from the west coast of the Jordan and from Gaza to the borders of 1967.

In Novorossiysk, a resident of the city was detained, trying to get to Turkey on the Black Sea on a home -made raft. During the detention of a middle -aged, the traveler explained that, going out at sea, he began to write poetry and did not notice how he was far from the shore. The FSB officers found out, however, that this is not the first attempt by the Novorossiysk pensioner to immorate the state border of Russia to go to the state border of Russia.

The host of the program "Topic" Andrey Sharry: the person of the Day of Radio Liberty October 14 is Nigerian writer Chinoa Achebbe. At the International Book Fair in Frankfurt-on-Main, he was awarded the world of the world of the German book-trade in 2002. Achebe was awarded an honorary award for "peacekeeping efforts in conflict regions." Chinoa Achebe was born in 1930 in Nigeria in a family of Protestants. He graduated from a government college in 1944, then a university in the city of Ibadan.

Ayya Kuga , Belgrade: The President of Serbia was not elected because less than half of the voters of the republic voted in Sundays. Two presidential candidates participated in the second round of elections. Voislav Koshtunitsa gained two million, and Mirrolyub Labus one million votes. In total, six and a half million citizens of Serbia had the right to vote. It is possible that this week the terms of new elections will be announced, and the whole procedure will begin from the beginning.

Sweden intends to take more stringent measures against illegal immigrants from the countries of the former Soviet Union. The representative of the Swedish government stated in Stockholm that the number of offenders who arrived in Sweden from the former USSR has recently increased sharply. They abuse the laws on political refuge and are trying to illegally stay in the country.

King Morocco Mohammed the sixth arrived in Russia on an official visit. Today he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the Center for negotiations - the situation around Iraq, the Palestinian -Israeli conflict, as well as the problems of bilateral relations. During the visit, King Morocco will meet with the chairmen of both chambers of the Russian parliament and the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy Second. It is planned to sign documents on partnership and cooperation.

10 countries of Central Asia decided to create a fund for assistance to Afghanistan. In Istanbul, at the summit of the regional organization of economic cooperation, the possibility of building a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan - through the territory of Afghanistan, was also discussed, which can bring its economy tens of millions of dollars. The Afghan leader Hamid Karzai spoke at the summit, who called for assistance to his country - to stabilize the situation in the region.

In Argentina, the world volleyball championship among men's teams ended. In the final, the Brazilian team defeated the Russian team 3: 2 and for the first time in its history became the world champion. In the match for 3rd place, France won 3-0 of Yugoslavia. The 9th double and the 15th victory in the season completed the World Camps of Formula 1 The Ferrari Camps.