In many countries of the world, anti -war demonstrations continue. About 15 thousand people took today to the streets of Melbourne in protest against the war in Iraq and the participation of Australia in it. Today, two thousand South Koreans took part in the anti -war march in Seoul. Manifestants called on the authorities to abandon the intention to send 700 military doctors and engineers to the Gulf of the Persian Gulf.

France President Jacques Shirak and British Prime Minister Tony Blair believe that the UN should play an important role in solving the problems of the post-war Iraq. As stated in the statement of Shirak’s office, in a telephone conversation, the leaders of the two countries agreed on close cooperation on Iraq restoration issues. The positions of London and Paris in the war in Iraq are diverging radically.

The US Federal Bureau plans to open its representative offices in ten cities of the world, including Kabul and Jakarta, as part of the fight against international terrorism. The number of FBI employees abroad will be increased. After the attacks on September 11, about 500 FBI agents operate outside the United States.

American and British aviation continue to apply Baghdad's missile and bomb. On Friday, the allies bombed a number of military facilities and the positions of Iraqi troops on the southern outskirts of the city. The Iraqi authorities say that the attacks were inflicted on civilian objects. In particular, the rocket fell into one of the Baghdad markets, killing 30 and wounding 47 people.

In the south of Afghanistan, in the province of Hilmain, an attack was made on a group of American military personnel. Two - died, one - wounded. Three Afghan soldiers who, together with the Americans patrolled the territory, were also injured. The attack was made from an ambush, American and Afghan units carry out an operation in this province to destroy the surviving taliban detachments. American aviation inflicts missile and bomb attacks on the enemy.

Marina Efimova: At the beginning of January 1923, one of the talent hunters in Philadelphia, the Bessie Bessie Smith, who had opened in Philadelphia, brought the Bessie Smith open to him in the New Yorking Workshop. It was a huge thick black woman with very dark skin. She did not say hello, did not smile, and on her beautiful harsh face it was written: do not soak.

South Korea urged the United States to take a more flexible position in relation to the North Korean nuclear program. On Friday in Washington, negotiations were held by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Yun En Gwan with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. After the meeting, Powell said that Pyongyang - to establish normal relations with Washington - should abandon the nuclear program.

7 Italian journalists who disappeared yesterday in the vicinity of Basra were detained by the Iraqi police and are now in Baghdad. This was announced today by the head of the Italian Federation of Journalists Paolo Cerengenta Longi. According to him, the correspondents are alive and healthy and, most likely, will be expelled from the country, since they do not have Iraqi visas.

In Moscow on Lubyanskaya Square, activists of Russian left-wing parties and organizations today held a rally of protest against hostilities in Iraq and government reform of housing and communal services. According to the Moscow police, more than 5 thousand people participated in the action. According to Interfax, after the rally, part of the audience headed for the US Embassy building, chanting anti -American slogans.

The man who hung up the Turkish airliner surrendered on Saturday night at the Airport of Athens to the Greek authorities. The aircraft, on board which were 203 people, made a flight from Istanbul to Ankara. At the request of the hijacker - a 20 -year -old citizen of Turkey - the route was changed. The liner landed in Athens due to a lack of fuel, although the hijacker, whose motives are still unclear, demanded to deliver him to Berlin or Dusseldorf.

In Germany, at least 90 thousand people have taken part in protest against the war in Iraq today. 40 thousand pacifists formed a “live chain”, stretching 50 kilometers between the cities of Munster and Osnabruk in the north-west of the country. It was there that peace treaties were signed, which laid the end of the thirty -year war in the 17th century. 50 thousand people took to the streets of Berlin. About 15 thousand people participated in the Australian Melbourne in the manifestation.

Türkiye reserves the right to introduce troops to the north of Iraq, which is under the control of the Kurds. This statement was made today in the parliament of Turkey, Prime Minister Rezhep Erdogan. According to him, Türkiye will listen to the opinion of the United States - but only so far it does not threaten its safety. Türkiye fears the expansion of the autonomy of Iraqi Kurdistan, believing that this can complicate the situation in its own provinces inhabited by the Kurds.

The UN Security Council unanimously decided to extend the mandate of international advisers to the administration of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. 80 civilian and 3 military advisers have been in Kabul for a year. Their task is to help the creation of new state institutions in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime.

Transfer Topics: projects of new manned spacecraft, construction of an American scientific station at the South Pole, as well as short scientific news. Lilia Shukaeva: NASA employees - the National Aeronautics and Space Research Directorate - have long planned to replace space shuttles - "shuttle" - by new generation ships.

In the south of Afghanistan, 70-kilometers from Kandahar, American troops and Afghan government units conduct surgery against the surviving taliban detachments. American aviation inflicts missile and bomb attacks on the enemy. According to the representative of the Kandagar police, in fierce battles, the Taliban suffer losses. According to France Press, citing local authorities, in the southwest of Afghanistan, at least two US troops were injured as a result of an attack on a military column.