The Iraq parliament is discussing today at an emergency session a bill on the ban on the production of weapons of mass destruction and developing in this area. The adoption of such legislation for a long time from Iraq was required by the United Nations.

In Madrid, a ceramic plate of the work of Pablo Picasso was stolen from the international fairy art fair. This is the first theft over a more than 20-year history of the existity of a fair, in which this year is participated in more than 280 art galleries from 28 countries. A ceramic plate with the image of the Bulls fight, painted by Picasso in 1949, was estimated at 11 and a half thousand euros.

In Novosibirsk, a deputy of the regional council, General Director of the SIBIAR household chemical plant, Sergei Filatov, was killed. His body was discovered on Thursday in a sauna located in the complex of buildings of the State Academy of Water Transport. Filatov was killed by a shot in the back of his head. According to the preliminary version, the murder is ordered.

The program is attended by: Radio correspondents Freedom Alexander Solovyov and Yuri Vachnadze, Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Parliament Committee on Foreign Relations Hamlet Chipashvili, deputy of the Georgian Parliament, Chairman of the United Democrats faction Georgy Baramidze, Chairman of the Russian Duma Commission Dmitry Rogozin. Tengiz Gudava: Georgia, thank God, is not fighting with anyone.

On Monday, as expected, the NTV television company may be presented by the new Deputy Nikolai Senkevich for Information Policy. Senkevich acts as the general director of NTV. In Gazprom-Media, this information was not confirmed or refuted. According to the correspondent of Radio "Freedom", among the most likely applicants for this position is Alexander Gerasimov, who heads the information service of the Ren -TV television company.

In the capital of Bolivia - La Pas, the bloody clashes of the demonstrators requiring the resignation of the president with troops do not stop. In recent days, about 20 people have died. Dozens wounded. The riots began on Wednesday after President Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada published a plan for increasing income tax by 12 percent. More than half of the metropolitan police officers were striking. The streets of La Pas are patrolled by the military.

IL-86 aircraft flights in Russia will not be prohibited. The decision was made today in Moscow at a meeting of representatives of the State Aviation Administration, the Interstate Aviation Committee, the Ilyushin Design Bureau and the airlines, which have Il-86 aircraft at the disposal. Doubts of the safety of aircraft of this type arose after last year's disaster at the Moscow Airport "Sheremetyevo".

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US President George Bush again said that Iraq would certainly be disarmed. In a statement made after reports at the UN Security Council on the results of military inspections in Iraq, Bush repeated that the regime of Saddam Hussein, who has weapons of mass destruction and maintaining relations with terrorists, is a great danger. One way or another, Iraq will be disarmed, ”the US President emphasized.

Israeli troops blew up an underground tunnel connecting the southern part of the gas sector with Egypt. According to this tunnel, the Palestinians regularly delivered weapons. The operation was carried out today in the area of the city of Rafach. During the explosion, two Palestinians died. At the same time, 13 houses were demolished in the city, of which the entrances to the tunnel were dug.

Alexander Sobolev , Abu Dhabi: Friday can become a decisive day in the development of events around Iraq. Today, members of the UN Security Council hear reports by the chief of the Unmovic Commission Hans Blix and the head of the IAA Muhammad El Baradey on the implementation of the Iraq of the resolution 1441 and the inspection.

Popular singer Kelly Osbourne refused to come from the United States to London and perform in the UK for security reasons. Her parents, the British rock star Ozzi Osbourne and the mother of singer Sharon insisted on this. The Osborne family starred in the documentary television series Osborne, which was shown in America and other countries. In 2002, the Chinese authorities destroyed more than 90 million pirate CDs and video cassettes. In 2001, the authorities destroyed 114 million fakes.

Natalya Golitsyna , London: today the next court hearing was held in London, which considered the case of the extradition of Ahmed Zakaev. Let me remind you that at the previous meeting of the London municipal court, which took place on January 31, representatives of the prosecutor's office and lawyers Zakayev appealed to the court with a request to provide them for two weeks to study the case. The court granted the request and appointed the next meeting on February 14th.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. Radio Liberty correspondents Andrei Babitsky, Evgeny Bovkun and Arkady Dubnov participate. Andrei Sharogradsky: The Russian Supreme Court recognized 15 organizations operating in Russia and abroad by terrorist. Along with Al-Qaeda, Taliban and Jihad, two Chechen organizations included the list compiled by the FSB.

In the UK, police and troops remain in a state of increased combat readiness in connection with the threat of terrorist attacks. Yesterday, on suspicion of terrorism in the town of Langley - next to the Khitrovo London Airport - four people were detained. The interrogation of Venezuela, who was arrested on Thursday at London -Gatwik, continues. During the customs inspection in his baggage, a hand grenade was discovered.