Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not be sent to Iraq until the UN Security Council accepts a new resolution on the resumption of inspections of Iraqi military facilities. As the representative of Magate Melissa Fleming said in Vienna today, earlier on November 1, inspectors are unlikely to arrive in Baghdad. The new resolution on Iraq is the subject of serious disagreements between the constant members of the UN Security Council.

Musa Khasanov , North Caucasus: representative of the United Group of Russian Troops in the North Caucasus Colonel Ilya Shabalkin at a meeting with journalists at the headquarters of the Russian command at the central military base of the military in Khankala today that in the Urus-Martan district of the Chechen Republic in the vicinity of Komsomolskoye, transpressive airlines are applied bases of Chechen armed groups discovered during intelligence events.

Iranian President Mohamad Hatami said that Tehran - against the creation of an independent Kurdish state in the territory of Northern Iraq - in case of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. Hatam announced this today in Istanbul, where the Summit of the Organization of Economic Cooperation of the Countries of Central Asia is taking place. Hatams supported the prospecting of the Turkish authorities, ready to use military force against the Kurds.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The economic observer of Radio Liberty, Ivan Trefilov, and the RS correspondent in St. Petersburg, Tatyana Voltskaya, participate. Andrei Shary: The leaders of the Goskomstat said: the alarms about the disruption of the census are unfounded, in Moscow and St. Petersburg they refuse to participate in the company from 7 to 8 percent of residents, and about 2 percent in the country as a whole.

In Chechnya, combat aircraft strikes at small groups of Chechen fighters in the southeast of the republic. Over the past day, aircraft and helicopters made more than thirty sorties. A major operation of the Russian troops is carried out in the Nozha-Yurt district, where, at the request of the authorities, a large Chechen detachment has been defeated. In the clash, deputy commander of the 102nd brigade of internal troops Igor Khapizov died, three military personnel were injured.

In Iraq today is a nationwide referendum on the extension of the powers of President Saddam Hussein for another seven years. Hussein has no rivals. Independent observers have not been allowed to the country. Located in power since 1979, Hussein runs the country with the help of the army and the police. In 1995, the first referendum was held at which 99 whole, 96 hundredths of voters spoke out for the extension of the powers of the president.

According to updated data, as a result of yesterday's car accident in Egypt, four Russian citizens and one tourist from Kazakhstan were killed. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the identities of all the dead are identified. Yesterday, sixty kilometers from the Egyptian resort of Hurghada, a tourist bus for an unknown reason drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a truck. Both drivers were also killed.

In the South Korean city of Busan, the 14th Asian games ended. Outside of competition, there were athletes of China who won 150 gold medals - 35 percent of the total. The assets of the South Korean team of 96 awards of the highest dignity, the third place in the team event was taken by Japan, whose representatives won 44 gold medals.

Alexander Sobolev , Abu Dhabi: Almost 12 million of adult residents of the country will have to answer one question today: do they want to see President Saddam Hussein as president of Iraq for another seven years? In 1995, 99.6 percent of the Iraqis answered - yes. This year, the Baas party ruling in the country set itself the task of achieving one hundred percent unanimity. For this, rallies and manifestations have been held in all settlements for several days.

In the United States, the next successful tests of the new missile defense system have passed. The ballistic missile launched this morning from the air base in California was knocked down a few minutes later, a missile-interceptor over the Pacific Ocean in the Marshall Islands-8 thousand kilometers from the launch site. The United States began testing the new missile defense system in October 1999.

The place of destruction of missile containers was chosen by the landfill of the Northern Fleet, which is called "58 kilometer". The last time a similar operation was carried out in May 1984, when the consequences of the explosion on the basis of the Northern Fleet in Severomorsk were eliminated. Containers were delivered to a training ground on special machines.

On the Indonesian island of Bali, hundreds of people today took part in the ceremony of commemoration of the victims of the attack, which claimed the lives of almost 190 people. Most of the dead are foreign tourists. In the investigation of the circumstances of the explosion that occurred on Saturday at the entrance to one of the night clubs, along with the local police, investigators from the USA, Australia, Great Britain, Germany and Japan participate.

In Russia, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are about 4 million “homeless people” - persons without a specific place of residence. Law enforcement agencies hope to clarify this figure during the All -Russian census. During the census, police officers stopped placing “homeless people” in the receivers-distributors.

Vladimir Abarinov , Washington: A new murder has been committed near Washington: in the city of Falls Cherch, Virginia, a woman died from the shot of a sniper. This is the eleventh victim of a serial killer, for which the police hunted unsuccessfully for the third week. The new murder occurred at about half-past nine in the parking lot at the large shopping center of Seven-Korners. As in all previous cases, the criminal required a single shot.

The American state of Virginia confirmed that the woman killed last night became the next victim of a sniper, terrorizing Washington and his surroundings. According to Ferfax County Police, this conclusion is based on the results of a ballistic examination. A large -scale operation to search for a criminal, within which traffic on the main highway was stopped, did not bring results. Over the past two weeks, the sniper operating in this area killed nine people and wounded two more.