In Minsk, a protest was held, dedicated to the third anniversary of the disappearance of the public television operator Dmitry Zavadsky. About 100 people, having formed a living chain, lined up on the central square of the city, holding portraits of Zavadsky and missing Belarusian politicians in their hands. Officially, the case of Zavadsky is uncovered. Two former employees of the Almaz special forces were accused of his abduction.

Residents of Corsica at the referendum lasted yesterday spoke out against the provision of wider autonomy of this French territory. 51 percent of the voters did not support the plan for the creation of a regional parliament with powers in the formation of the budget. More than 60 percent of the inhabitants of the Mediterranean Island took part in the vote.

Dmitry Volchek , Karlovy Vara: After the velvet revolution, one of the main tasks of the Directorate of the Karlovar Film Festival was to get rid of the former ambiguous and gloomy official reputation. Today in Karlovy Vary, little reminds of the past, but in irony, the festival center is located in the nightmare building of communist times-a monstrous-series of Nedoneboscrebe, the Termal Hotel, sticking out among elegant resort houses, like a rotten fang.

Researchers from Germany determined the configuration of the enzyme molecule, which plays an important role in the work of the human immune system. This enzyme, Granzim A, produce lymphocytes-killers, which use it to destroy the cells affected by pathogens and cancer. Employees of the Institute of Biochemistry and Neurobiology of the Max Planck Society not only performed a structural analysis of Granzima A, but also developed a cheap and effective method of obtaining this substance.

In Iraq, attacks on soldiers of the American-British coalition do not stop. Last night, two US troops died in Baghdad. According to a representative of the American command, in a shootout, when a military patrol pursued a group of armed people, a soldier died. One of the attackers was killed, the other was arrested. Another American soldier died at a mortar shelling. In the city of Ramadi, to the west of Baghdad, an American unit was ambushed last night. Four people were injured.

In the gas sector, the Palestinian security services detained a woman with an explosive who was going to, having penetrated into Israel, to commit a terrorist attack. One of the terms of the Israeli -Palestinian agreement on a ceasefire - the authorities of the Palestinian autonomy must eradicate terrorism. Yesterday, Israel announced that he was releasing 350 Palestinians prisoners.

In Russia, by 2008, no more than 80 army units will be transferred to the professional principle of recruitment. This was stated by Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov during travel in military units of the Ivanovo region. It is now impossible to talk about the timing of the transfer of all the armed forces to the contract basis, he said - the army reform is very expensive. According to him, on average, the monetary allowance of military personnel will be 3,300 rubles.

Boris Berezovsky sells shares of the MNVK (Moscow independent broadcasting corporation, the owner of the TV-6 television channel). This was announced to reporters by a member of the board of directors of the MSVK Igor Shabdurasulov. According to him, 75 percent of the shares belonging to Berezovsky are moving to a consortium, which, among others, included Video International, Rosmediak, Vnesheconombank and Sberbank.

Under the threat, the opening of the most famous and prestigious theater festival in the world - Avignon, appointed on Tuesday 8. Several French trade unions covering actors and working scenes require the cancellation of a new rule on unemployment benefits and warn about the probability of the start of a strike on Tuesday. Director of the Avignon Festival Bernard Fevr d'Arsier turned to the government with an appeal to cancel its decision.

The program involves: Alexander Rondeli - President of the Georgian Fund of Strategic and International Studies, and David Usupashvili - Association of young lawyers. Tengiz Gudava: On November 9, parliamentary elections should be held in Georgia. In anticipation of them between the authorities and the opposition, a serious dispute broke out about the composition of the Central Election Commission, a dispute of such force that the elections themselves were at risk.

In Singapore, a unique operation to separate the Siamese twins with fused heads is coming to an end. Patients are 29 -year -old sisters from Iran. According to the representative of the hospital, neurosurgeons completed the most difficult stage - they managed to divide the vein passing through the heads of the twins. An operation, designed for 48 hours, is carried out by 28 doctors and 100 assistants from different countries.

In the Nozha-Yurt district of Chechnya last night, the head of the administration of the village of Gordali Hamid Saydullaev was killed last night. In the Urus -Martan district near the village of Roshni -Chu, an army armored tractor was blown up in a landmine - one soldier died, another was wounded. A police car was blown up in Grozny on a landmine - a policeman was killed, two were injured. In the area of the village of Novogronensky, the Mi-8 helicopter crashed yesterday.

The authorities of the Palestinian autonomy insist on the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons. In negotiations with the Minister of Justice of Israel Tommy Lapid, a member of the Palestinian cabinet Hisham Abelrazak emphasized that failure to comply with this requirement can disrupt the peace process. Meanwhile, the representative of the radical group "Hamas" today repeated that "Hamas" will come out of the truce if all Palestinian prisoners are not released.

General Secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Jalal Talabani arrives today in Moscow for negotiations with the Russian leadership. The leader of the Iraqi Kurds will discuss with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Ivanov and other officials the current situation in Iraq and the prospects for the development of bilateral relations. According to Russian sources, the head of the Kurdish Democratic Party Masud Barzani may soon visit Moscow.

Sergey Sleptsov , Rostov-on-Don: the interrogation of doctors and psychologists who conducted the sixth examination in relation to the defendant Yuri Budanov, the court is conducting in a closed meeting. Journalists were not admitted to the courtroom. The results of the examination that the court is now exploring are too unexpected.