In the center of Omsk, one person died last night from the explosion of the grenade and 11 were injured. One of the young people, participants in a drunken fight, threw a grenade in the people nearby. The personality of the criminal is established, the police are searching for him.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives today in Israel - as part of a visit to the Middle East. Powell will discuss with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon the route of the road map - a peaceful plan developed by international intermediaries. Then, in Ramallah, the Secretary of State will hold negotiations on this issue with the head of the government of the Palestinian Autonomy Mahmoud Abbas.

The musical "Nord-Ost" will be shown today in Moscow for the last, 411st time. According to the press service of the performance, the team will go on an international tour, during which a concert version of the presentation will be demonstrated. There will be no longer in the capital of the Nord -Ost, renewed on February 8, for economic reasons in the capital.

US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitudge expressed cautious optimism in connection with an improvement in relations between India and Pakistan. Armitage met today in Delhi with Indian leaders - at the end of the visit to the South Asian region. The American diplomat, on behalf of the US leadership, expressed a high assessment of the actions of the head of the government of India - Atala Behari Vedzhpai, who allowed the dialogue between Islamabad and Delhi.

In Kyrgyzstan, law enforcement agencies detained a citizen of Uzbekistan on suspicion of involvement in the explosion of May 8 in the city of Osh in the south of the country. According to the Interfax agency with reference to a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, one person died as a result of a homemade explosion at one of the exchange points of Osh.

The temporary American administration in Iraq intends to restore the normal work of healthcare systems, education and life support in the country by mid -June. Jay Garner, who heads the administration department of reconstruction and humanitarian aid, suggested that the population be provided for free. He said that in the near future, local governments will be created in all Iraqi cities.

In the south of the Philippines in the city of Koronadal, 12 people were killed and more than 30 were wounded as a result of the explosion of the bomb laid on the market. The authorities accuse the separatists from the so -called "Front of Islamic Liberation of Moreau" of a crime, which have organized a series of similar terrorist attacks since last year.

Topics of the transfer: a new path to thermonuclear energy, the New York Automobile Exhibition of 2003, as well as short scientific news. Lilia Shukaeva: In early April, American scientists from the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reported that they managed to make a thermonuclear reaction in a new way, and actually blow up a tiny thermonuclear bomb.

American troops in Iraq forced the Iranian opposition group "Mujahedin Hulk" to lay weapons. The agreement was preceded by a two-day camp of the camp northeast of Baghdad. Mujahedin Hulk fought for years with the Iranian Islamic regime with the support of Saddam Hussein.

Evgenia Lavat: Guest of our Saturday James Hadley Billington, director of the library of the US Congress in Washington, a state official in the rank of a congressman, who can also be called the "godmother" of modern American Russians. Russian history has always been the main interest of Billington. In the 50s, he investigated the Berdyaevsky philosophical tradition, then became interested in Orthodoxy and populism. His book "Icon and ax, published in 1967, was published in Russian last year.

The verdict of the Saratov Regional Court in the case of Eduard Limonov entered into force - four years for the purchase and storage of six AKM machine guns. Together with Limonov, they received deadlines for the same weapons, but less, five more of his associates in the National-Bolshevik party. Eduard Limonov is a writer, a passionate publicist, but just all the accusations related to the word, ideas, slogans, the court rejected the court.

In this issue: - Why did Nikolai Putin not receive an American order; - defenders of the Kola Peninsula are still buried; - The Tyumen search detachment restores the lost pages of history; - Faina Linkova from Cheboksar was lucky - the father returned from the front; - The veteran of war from Kostroma is forced to prove that he has the right to be a citizen of Russia; - Yekaterinburg: you may not be a Russian, but is obliged to serve in the army; - Nizhny Novgorod: which is worse: pneumonia or

As a result of the accident of the Ukrainian aircraft in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local authorities, seven people were killed. At an altitude of more than 2 thousand meters at the airplane that made an internal flight, sealing was suddenly disturbed - the door in the passenger salon broke off. People literally thrown out. On board the IL -76 aircraft there were 120 passengers - military and civilians. All are Congolese citizens.

After a 23-year exile, Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Khakim, the leader of the largest organization of the Shiites-the Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, returned to Iraq. Al-Khakima, who arrived from Iran, met crowds of admirers. Speaking to 10 thousand supporters in the Basra, he said that Iraq should become an Islamic state. At the same time, he condemned Islamic extremism. Al-Khakim rejected any Iraqi government instilled by foreigners.

After a 23-year exile, the leader of the Shiites Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim returned to Iraq. The head of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq arrived in the country from Iran. On the eve of al-Khakim, he said that the future of Iraq is inextricably linked with Islam. According to him, the goal of the largest Shiite organization headed by him is to restore justice and order in the country, to establish good relations with neighboring states.