Azerbaijan accused Armenia and the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic of violation of the ceasefire. Yesterday's statement of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense talks about the shelling from the Armenian side of the checkpoint in the Nakhichevan Enclave of Azerbaijan. As a result of the incident, a soldier died. In addition, according to Baku, the Nagorno-Karabakh forces fired at Azerbaijani positions several times in the last days.

A powerful explosion occurred in Kabul today. One person died, the other is wounded. The explosive device worked near the police station. Other details are still unknown. Yesterday, three military personnel of the peacekeeping contingent were injured in the province of Kunar during an attack on a military motorcade. Yesterday, the American military base in Kandahar was subjected to missile shelling. There are no victims. Three suspects were detained.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that it would take some time to put an end to attacks on American military personnel in Iraq. The attackers are skillfully hidden, ”he admitted. The statement was made after another American soldier was killed last night in Baghdad. Over the past day, US losses amounted to 2 people killed. Since the beginning of the operation in Iraq, 149 American troops were killed - more than during the entire war in the Persian Gulf in 1991.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair insists on a thorough investigation of the death of the death of an adviser to the Ministry of Defense of David Kelly - if the body found yesterday really belongs to him. Forensers today will make the results of the examination and official identification. Kelly left the house on Thursday evening and did not return.

China and the United States will make joint efforts to resume negotiations with North Korea to resolve the crisis around its nuclear program. This was stated in Washington by a senior Chinese diplomat Dai Bingo - after negotiations with the US Vice President Diko Chain, Secretary of State Paul Powell and the presidential adviser to Kondolizi Rice.

The Armenian authorities refused to return the license to broadcast to one of the first private television channels of the Al+country. The television channel that made criticisms of the government was deprived of a license in May last year. His closure caused protests in Armenia. "Al+" was not allowed to participate in the auction for the sale of its frequency. The to no avail ended and all the attempts of the TV channel to challenge in court a decision to close it.

At the London Airport of Khitrov, due to the unexpected strike of the staff of British Eiruez, 80 thousand passengers were stuck since the evening of yesterday. Today, more than three hundred flights were canceled - internal and international. British Airuez personnel, engaged in registering passengers, protests against the new labor rules. The company introduced an electronic control system that records the exact time of the arrival and departure of employees.

Andrei Sharry: On July 20, the famous Russian filmmaker Alexei Herman turns 65. Herman plans to spend his birthday on the set. He recovered from the recently transferred illness and resumed work on the film "It is difficult to be a god" according to the famous story of the Strugatsky brothers. Herman also finishes writing the book "Reflections and Memories", an excerpt from which we bring to your attention: Alexey German: About the film "Khrustalev, car!" They wrote a lot.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, a marine corps unit was ambushed last night during a special operation. As a result of undermining the armored personnel carrier, according to official figures, one soldier was wounded. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, in the Urus-Martan district, Chechen fighters made two attacks on Russian positions in the area of the village of Alkhazurovo. The military claims that the dead and the wounded are not.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya, who is talking with the director of the Institute of Generalogical Research of the Russian National Library, a member of the Russian Heraldic Council, Igor Sakharov, takes part. Andrei Shary: The Heraldic Council under the President of Russia is considering the possibility of introducing personal civilian emblems in the country.

In Iraq today, a set of new army began. The recording of volunteers is in Baghdad, Basra and Mosule. The statements have already submitted several hundred people. Among those who wish there are many former soldiers of the army of Saddam Hussein. The first set - a thousand people - will begin to undergo training in August. A year later, the army should have 12 thousand people, after two - 40 thousand.

On Saturday, the Afghan authorities released 16-Afghan prisoners, previously liberated by the US military from custody at the USA in Guantanamo in Cuba. At the beginning of the week, they returned to Afghanistan, where they were interrogated by the police. On Saturday, representatives of the Pentagon reported that 30 Pakistanis and Afghans were liberated in Guantanamo. In total, this American base contains about 680 and prisoners from 42 countries.

The European Union urged Russia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol that limits the release of industrial gas waste into the atmosphere. The call sounded on Saturday at a meeting of ministers of energy and ecology of the EU countries in the Italian city of Montekatini. The protocol is aimed at a significant reduction in industrialized sampling countries in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide. At the same time, quotas are established for each participant in the agreement that can be sold and bought.

A number of large politicians in Armenia criticized the decision of the commission on television and radio, which refused to return the license to broadcast the opposition television channel "A 1 plus". According to the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, one of the leaders included in the ruling coalition of the Republican Party - Tigran Torosyan, such a decision will harm the international authority of Armenia.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, a Russian checkpoint was fired last night. One soldier was wounded. According to the military, in the Urus-Martan district, Chechen fighters committed two attacks on Russian positions in the area of the village of Alkhazurovo. According to official figures, there are no victims and wounded among the military. The losses from the Chechen side are also not reported.