American troops, which entered Monday morning in the center of Baghdad, remained in the city - despite the onset of darkness. They occupy one of the palaces of Saddam Hussein. Iraqi units hold defense at the bridges through the tiger and government institutions. American aviation resumed the intensive bombardment of Baghdad. In the north of Iraq, Kurdish formations, with the support of US forces, squeeze the ring around the cities of Mosul and Kirkuk.

Andrei Shary: The Man of Radio Liberty Day April 8 is a new York newspaper Times Clifford Levy, who became the laureate of the most prestigious American award in the field of Puliser's journalism in the nomination-“Journalistic Investigation” for a series of materials about mentally ill in New York clinics for insane ones. Born in the 67th year in the city of New Roshel in the state of New York. He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of Princeton University.

The International Olympic Committee once again expressed concern about the pace of preparation for the 2004 Olympics, which will be held in Athens. The head of the IOC inspectors Denil Oswald told reporters that "some projects for preparing for the Olympiad are late for 60-90 days, and if the lost time is not possible to catch up, this may become a disaster for games." Meanwhile, he declared his claims to Olympic "gold" Athens is one of the strongest duets of world synchronous voyage.

US President George Bush said that the United Nations will play a significant role in the post -war structure of Iraq. George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair Dali Dali today a joint press conference-upon completion of two-day negotiations in the capital of Northern Ireland Belfast. According to the American president, the UN will supply humanitarian assistance to Iraq, and also take part in the formation of the temporary administration of the country.

The United States completely rejects the Russian ambassador to Iraq that the US military deliberately fired at the Russian column. The US Ambassador to Moscow Alexander Vershbow on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station emphasized that the Russians refused the plan for the movement of the column proposed by the American military. Vershbow promised that the United States would share the information received during the investigation of the incident with the Russian side.

The leaders of the leading Russian media have signed today the “anti -terrorist convention”, which introduces restrictions on the activities of journalists in the coverage of special operations of law enforcement agencies. From now on, reporters are forbidden on their own initiative to take interviews from terrorists, provide them with a live broadcast, and to act as intermediaries. The idea of the "anti -terrorist convention" arose with the filing of the authorities.

Vladimir Abarinov , Washington: after the end of the active phase of hostilities, the commander of the central command of the US Armed Forces, General Tommy Franks, will be responsible for security in Iraq. The temporary civil administration will be headed by retired General Jay Garner, who performed similar functions in Iraqi Kurdistan after the 1991 war.

In ancient times, the main technique of military strategy was a decisive battle. As a rule, one of the parties, which managed to intercept the initiative, chose a place that seemed to her the most profitable and forced the enemy to give a battle. And although the battlefield itself was a pure convention and could be a forgotten wasteland, the side of the battlefield, according to the rules, was considered a loser.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Veronika Bode and the leading researcher VTsIOM Leonid Sedov participate. Andrei Shary: According to the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, the vast majority of Russians - 83 percent - expressed indignation and indignation about the military operation in Iraq. Only 2 percent approved. In recent weeks, Radio Freedom has conducted several street surveys on this subject in different cities of Russia.

The Russian authorities turned to the International Red Cross Committee with a request to assist in the evacuation of the wounded employee of the Russian Embassy in Iraq, located in the city of El Falludge. The Red Cross replied that its representatives have no access to the city where active hostilities are going on.

The blow was dealt in the city quarter, which is known as one of the strongholds of the Hamas group. According to the witnesses, the plane - before releasing rockets - circled for several minutes, entering the target. To whom the car belonged and who died is still unknown. The Israeli command does not comment on what happened.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. He talks with a military expert, a researcher at the University of Stanford Security Center Alexander Goltz. Andrey Sharry: lively Radio Liberty Military Expert, researcher at the University of Stanford Security Center Alexander Golts. Alexander, how do you assess the results of the last days of the battles, do you agree with the assessment of your American colleague Dan Gure of British tactics in the Basra as a successful tactics of fighting in cities?

Marina Timasheva , Moscow: Festival "Kinotavr" will open in early June, and Mark Rudinstein still remains its head. Like all the previous ones, the new "Kinotavr" was again conquered in battles. Mark Rudinshtein repeatedly stated that he was ready to leave his festival to the new guardian. But this time, only part of the powers attended the Neftegasbank: organizational. Money should become more, but they will not come from where they were waiting from.

The Russian State Duma intends to consider the issue of ratification of the Russian -American agreement on reducing strategic offensive potentials until the end of the spring session, ”said Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs. According to him, the deputies will return to this issue as the situation is normalized in Iraq.

Alexey Dzikovitsky , Warsaw: Today, about noon, after 20 hour silence, the journalists got in touch and talked in detail about what had happened. On Monday, four employees of Polish television companies, as well as the reporter of the State Hadio Poland, suddenly stumbled upon the Iraq block-post in the vicinity of the city of Najaf.