Türkiye continues to pull off the troops to the border with Iraq - on the eve of the possible beginning of hostilities in the region. According to the Turkish media, an additional 800 military personnel as part of infantry, artillery and tank troops are transferred to the border areas. As Ankara previously stated, in the event of a war of the United States and its allies against Iraq, Türkiye can introduce troops into Iraqi territory, but only in order to prevent the influx of refugees.

The Governor’s elections are held in the Magadan region. 12 candidates apply for this post. The elections will be recognized as held if at least 25 percent of voters take part in them. The winner needs to gain more than half the votes, otherwise the second round will be appointed. The elections are held ahead of schedule - the former governor of the Magadan region, Valentin Tsvetkov, was killed in Moscow in October last year.

In the center of the capital of Macedonia, Skopier three people were injured when unknown people threw grenades one of the apartments in a residential building. According to police representatives, the motives of the attack are unclear, but it is possible that they are purely criminal.

In Kyrgyzstan today is a referendum on the project of the new Constitution. Among the changes that are proposed to make to the main law of the country are the transition from a bicapalate to a one -fan parliament. The opposition believes that the reform gives more power to President Askar Akayev. The United States said the referendum does not comply with international standards. Protest rallies are expected. The police warned that it would hardly suppress any attempts to disrupt the vote.

On February 2, the powers of the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Gavel, - the famous playwright and in the past, the dissident, ended. In a television show to the nation, he thanked the fellow citizens for trust. Since 1989, Gavel headed Czechoslovakia, and then the Czech Republic.

The Russian freight spacecraft "Progress M -47" - as planned - starts from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Sunday and goes to the International Space Station. The ship will deliver fuel, food and equipment to the orbital complex.

In Columbia, the left rebels operating in the north of the countries released two foreign journalists hostage more than 10 days ago. British Ruth Morris and American Scott Dalton were transferred to representatives of the International Red Cross. The leadership of the rebels - the so -called National Liberation Army - said that journalists were captured by mistake.

Israeli troops continue to conduct anti -terrorist raids in the Palestinian territories. Today, in Jennin, on the western coast of Jordan, in clashes with Israeli troops, the Palestinian was wounded when the soldiers opened fire on the crowd of Palestinian teenagers, throwing them with stones and bottles of incendiary mixture. In Hebron, Israeli troops began to demolish 22 houses belonging to the Palestinians suspected of attacks on residents of a nearby Jewish settlement.

Valery Vinokurov: It just so happened that our anniversary four -hundredth release goes on tragic days when the whole world is shocked by the death of Shattla Columbia. And last week, Moscow said goodbye to Valery Brumel, on Monday it will be 9 days from the date of his death. The historian and sociologist Yuri Tepper recalls an outstanding athlete. Yuri Topper: In April 97, I met Valery Brumel in the Moscow Bibli-Globus store. His last book was sold. Buyers were delicious.

On the territory of the American state of Texas, fragments of the bodies of astronauts who died yesterday during the disaster of the Columbia spacecraft were discovered. The reasons for the tragedy have not yet been established. Representatives of the American Space Agency (NASA) do not exclude that the explosion of the space shuttle could occur due to the failure in the thermal protection system of the left wing, which, apparently, was damaged even at the start of Columbia.

In Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, a referendum was held on the project of the new Constitution. According to the election commission of the republic, about 80 percent of voters took part in it. Among the changes that are proposed to make to the main law of the country are the transition to a single -fled parliament. The opposition believes that the reform expands the powers of President Askar Akayev. The United States said the referendum does not comply with international standards.

The Iraqi representative at the UN Mohamed al-Duri said that Baghdad did not object to the flights over his territory of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft-if this is done under the auspices of the UN. In an interview with Western agencies, al-Duri noted that only a number of technical issues remained to coordinate, which will be done during the upcoming February 8 visit to Baghdad, head of the UN Hans of the UN Hans of the UN.

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In Kosovo by the International Police, 6 local Albanians were detained for interrogation - during the investigation of the shelling of the police building in the city of Peca. On Sunday, the UN mission representative in the provinces said that a car was found in the Peca in which there were about 20 machines, a kilogram of explosives and four grenades.

International experts in Iraq today examined nine objects today -including, three enterprises for the production of missile components and dairy plants. The head of the UN Military Inspectors Hans Blix and the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed El Baradey, will hold new negotiations in Baghdad on February 8.