Iraq authorities call for compatriots living in exile, return and promise them complete inviolability. As stated in one of the local newspapers, everyone who "deviated from the right path" and now hide abroad can use the right to amnesty, recently declared by Saddam Hussein.

Croatia risks losing the help of the European Union if the former chief of the General Staff Yanko Bobetko is not issued to the UN tribunal. President of Croatia Stepa Mesich made this warning today. The Hague Tribunal seeks the issuance of General Bobetko, accusing him of war crimes during the war for the independence of Croatia in the 90s. In the homeland, the general is considered a national hero.

In the American state of Maryand this morning, a man - a passenger of a regular bus was wounded by a shot from a rifle. It is still unknown whether this crime is a matter of the hands of a serial murderer, who has terrorizes Washington’s surroundings since the beginning of October. Previously, he killed nine and wounded - three people. Police in Maryand blocked the roads and searches for cars. Police helicopters were raised into the air.

The Rodina party, which is a purely pre -presidential, held a meeting of its political council, at which reorganization rearrangements were made. A special resolution of the Party Chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev from the leadership of the political council, Sergei Tereshchenko, former Prime Minister of the country and the founder of the party.

In the bench of the defendants-natives of Chechnya brothers Ramazan and Lom-Ali Ibragimov, who are accused of kidnapping people and extortion. According to the presiding judge Vikenty university, the trial, the trial is nearing the end. The state prosecutor, who spoke at previous meetings, demanded for the defendants 10 years in prison. According to the investigation, the Ibragimovs belonged to the grouping of the Akhmadov brothers, who specialized in the trade of "living goods".

Russia and France - permanent members of the UN Security Council - criticized the USA proposed by the USA for the new resolution on Iraq. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that the document does not meet the requirements of Moscow. According to information agencies, the United States insist on the unquestioning fulfillment of the conditions of inspection of military facilities -in the harsh terms.

Karen Agamirov , Moscow: on the eve of a meeting in Mexico during the work of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the Presidents of Russia and the United States of America, Deputy Secretary of State, John Bolton, held consultations in Moscow and spoke about their results to representatives of the Russian and foreign press. John Bolton said that at meetings with Russian colleagues it was a question of global strategic stability and partnership of the Big Eight countries.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Tatyana Valovich: Everyone who has no housing wants to purchase it, and those who have it sometimes want to change their living conditions. Affordable housing is the basis of the political stability of the company - this thesis was one of the main people in St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg. When can we talk about the availability of new housing in Russia? Why is mortgage lending so slowly?

In Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Tuesday, a memorial service was held by the governor of the Magadan region Valentin Tsvetkov, who was killed on October 18 in the center of the capital of Russia. President of Russia Vladimir Putin and several higher government officials participated in the mourning ceremony. The governor was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovsky cemetery.

Foreign Ministers of 10 countries that will be admitted to the European Union in 2004 are discussing today in Prague the problems of the final stage of negotiations on joining the EU. The focus of the meeting participants are budgetary issues and agricultural subsidies of the EU. The ministers expect to adopt a joint resolution, which will then be represented by the EU leadership.

Irina Peters , Vilnius: before Spain, Lithuanian diplomats had to urgently go to Italy and France - to find out the positions of these EU countries on the Kaliningrad issue, to clarify their arguments. As you know, recently several countries of the Southern EU region, France. Spain. Italy and Greece urgently called for studying the possibility of implementing the project of the movement of Russian visa -free trains through Lithuania, that is, they took a pro -Russian position.

Foreign Ministers of the European Union have developed a compromise on the movement of Russian citizens living in the Kaliningrad region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, presiding in the EU, - Perig Muller said today in Luxembourg that the new proposal takes into account the sovereignty of Lithuania, the rules of the Schengen agreement, as well as the interests of Russia and the European Union.

In the capital of Colombia Bogota, three people died and more than 30 were injured as a result of the explosion of a mined car at the headquarters of the police. A powerful explosion occurred in the morning - during the peak hours. Among the dead are a policeman. In response to the terrorist attack, the special forces held a raid in the poor suburbs of the capital, where the militants of the Levakian extremist groups operate.

In Montenegro, the coalition, led by the President of the country Mil Dzhukanovich, won the vast majority of places in parliament. According to the official results of the parliamentary elections held on Sunday, the supporters of Dzhukanovich received 39 out of 75 deputy mandates. Dzhukanovich expressed his readiness to invite representatives of the Albanian parties to the new government and restore stability in the country as soon as possible.

The Supreme Court of Ukraine refused to consider the cassation appeal of the Prosecutor General about the illegality of the initiation of a criminal case against President Leonid Kuchma. According to the Supreme Court, during the presentation of the cassation, the requirements of the Code of Criminal Procedure were not observed. The cassation case was returned to the Kyiv Court of Appeal, the decision of which last week the case was initiated against the president.