Maryana Torocheshnikova: For most of us, the profession of "lawyer" seems extremely serious, still. After all, our life depends on these people. However, in the legal environment there are many ships. And about lawyers and prosecutors, a lot of jokes were invented. To dispel the myth of the frustration and stale of the profession of a lawyer, we invited Henry Markovich Reznik, lawyer, and president of the Russian Bar Chamber.

Marina Timasheva , Moscow: The premiere of the play of the famous Czech playwright Pavel Knoli "Zero" in the production of the Czech director Jan Burian was held at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. Starring Sergey Yursky, Natalya Tenyakova and Tatyana Lavrova. Pavel Khut - one of the brightest representatives of the Prague Spring generation and the famous writer - the last time came to Moscow 35 years ago.

Evgeny Bovkun , Bonn: according to the conviction of the conservative opposition of Germany, the Social Democrats and the Green came to power dishonestly, deceiving voters on the eve of the September elections to the Bundestag. The Chairman of the CDU Angel Merkel raised the question of this three months ago, demanding the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate all the circumstances of the incorrect conduct of the election campaign "red-green".

Victoria Munblit , Tel Aviv: 60 thousand American soldiers are already in the region around Iraq. Another 50 thousand will be mobilized in the near future. In addition, by early January, 40 thousand British soldiers will be transferred to the region. Already in the region there are British special purposes "SAS", which are considered selected parts of NATO. They have the task of preventing Iraqi by Iraqi on Israel.

The Iraqi experts in Iraq began to properly interrogate people who could have important information about weapons of mass destruction and its production. This was announced today by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El Baradey. According to him, it is very important now - to ensure the safety of those who agree to speak with experts. Preparations for the removal of Iraq of such people and their families are underway.

The unmanned American plane is shot down today by the Iraqi Air Force in the so -called "forbidden zone" in the south of Iraq. According to the American command, during an observation flight the aircraft was attacked by an Iraqi fighter.

The requirements of Russian air traffic controllers will not be met, ”ITAR -TASS said a senior representative of the Russian government, whose name the agency does not name. According to him, airport employees who refuse to fulfill their duties can be replaced by military personnel. The protest rally, in which the aircraft dispathers of more than 10 cities participate, cover more and more new regions.

US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld warned North Korea that she should not use the fact that the attention of the world community is focused on the problem of Iraq. The statement of the head of the Pentagon followed after the DPRK re -specialized the nuclear power plant in Yonbon and dismantled the control equipment installed there by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Journalist from Gudermes Elena Rykovtseva: At the beginning of the week, the winners and diplomats of the Sakharov Prize "Journalism as an act" were named. The main prize went to the journalist from the Moscow Novaya Gazeta Anna Politkovskaya, one of the diplomas was received by a journalist from the Gudermes newspaper "GUMS" Ruslan Yusupov.

The Yabloko party has developed a charter of a new democratic coalition and offers all the views separating it - to unite. As noted in the document, the main goal of the created coalition is the construction of a democratic legal state in Russia, the European type market economy, and a fair system of social protection. “Yabloko” believes that at the head of the democrats associations, politicians involved in financial scandals and guilty of the failure of the reforms of the 90s cannot stand.

Israeli troops entered Jericho last night - the only city on the western coast of Jordan, which is not under their control. During the raid, a long-wanted militant of the Islamic jihad group Taufik Az-Zubin was arrested. In Israel, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for terrorism and fled from prison 5 years ago.

The Russian government is not ready to satisfy the requirements of the air traffic controllers conducting protests demanding an increase in wages. This was on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station by the Minister of Labor and Social Development of Russia Alexander Pochinok. According to him, the costs of increasing wages to air traffic controllers in the budget are not provided.

In Khabarovsk, an attack on the editor of the publishing house "Young Far East" Oleg Chuguev was attacked. He was brutally beaten. The state of Chuguev is not reported. One version of the attack is Chuguev’s professional activity. The publishing house in which he works produces several weekly, publishing sharp materials on various topics.

Georgia will join NATO, approximately, in 2005-2006, ”Tedo Japaridze secretary said in Tbilisi in Tbilisi. Today, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze in an interview with national radio said that the expenses of the army next year will be increased by more than 60 percent.

Presidential elections in Montenegro did not take place - due to the low appearance of voters. According to the law, in order for the elections to be recognized as held, at least half of the registered voters must take part in them. However, according to the first preliminary data, only about 45 percent of citizens visited the polling schools. 11 candidates claimed for the presidency of Montenegro.