US President George Bush ordered the sending of warships and marine corps units to the coast of Liberia. According to the television company Xi En, three ships will patrol the coast, providing assistance to peacekeeping forces that direct other countries of West Africa to Liberia. According to unofficial data, more than two thousand naval infantrymen of the United States will be on board the ships. If necessary, they will land.

Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz and the head of the Palestinian Security Service Mohammad Dahlan will discuss the planned withdrawal of Israeli troops from two cities on the western coast of Jordan in the coming days. This was announced by the Palestinian Minister of Information Nabil AMR. It is still unknown which cities will leave the Israeli military.

Three American soldiers were killed and four were injured today as a result of an armed attack in the city of Baabuk, 50 kilometers north of Baghdad. According to the American command, the attackers threw grenades building a children's hospital, guarded by military personnel. In the city of Mosul, a house was demolished today, in which on Tuesday, as a result of the operation of American troops, the sons of Saddam Hussein - Udae and Kusai were killed.

Troops and armored vehicles were introduced into the capital of the Philippines - Manila. The presidential palace is taken under special security. The President of the Philippines Gloria Arroio announced today about the failed attempt by the coup. The conspirators are small, according to her, a group of junior officers and deserters. The Commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed all support for the president. The rebels are ordered to arrest - they are searching.

In Iran, 5 special services employees were detained - as part of an investigation into the circumstances of the death of a Canadian journalist who died in prison from beating. According to the State Information Agency of Irra and Radio Tehran, all five were arrested on Friday. The Iranian authorities have already admitted that the Zyra Kazemi, a Canadian citizen, born in Iran, died from a severe head injury. She was arrested at the end of June in Tehran, where she covered student demonstrations.

In the West Kazakhstan region, the number of children hospitalized with food toxic infection exceeded one hundred. There are 11 children in serious condition. Earlier, the death of one 12-year-old girl was reported. Children underwent treatment in a tuberculosis sanatorium were poisoned by poor -quality food.

In Chechnya in the village of Petropavlovskaya Groznysko -Selsky district, one policeman died as a result of a car under the explosion and three - they were injured. The night before, when leaving Grozny, sheltered, the Michni Ministry of Internal Affairs was subjected to shelling - one policeman was killed, three were seriously injured. Over the past day, six suspects of belonging to Chechen armed groups were detained in the republic, including one woman.

In the south of China, in the last two days, at least 8 people died and 24 were injured as a result of a hurricane. Another 3 people are missing. Destroyed or damaged houses in which 3 and a half million people lived. The amount of damage is estimated at $ 120 million.

The United States imposed new sanctions against North Korea in connection with the sale of 15 missiles of SKAD last year. New sanctions are symbolic, since the United States previously banned any kind of trade ties with Pyongyang. The representative of the State Department, Richard Bucker, emphasized that sanctions are not injected against Yemen due to US-Jemenic cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

Evgenia Lavat: Our guest today is a ten -year -old boy Alex Prayer living in London, who, despite his age, has already won the British vocal competitions seven times. He performs opera arias, romances and songs in seven languages, including Russian. For Alex, who was born in England, Russian, like English, is his native language, his mother is Russian, his father is an Englishman.

In Liberia, where bloody battles do not stop, the number of victims among the civilians is growing every day. Over the past day alone, at least 20 civilians died in the capital of the country - Monrovia. 7 people were killed today, when a mortar shell hit the church, where people tried to hide from shelling. 30 people were injured. Both rebels and government troops, faithful to President Charles Taylor, use artillery and mortars in battles.

In Argentina, more than 40 figures of military junta, who ruled in the country from 1976 to 1983, were arrested. They are detained at the request of Spain, which intends to judge them for the torture and murder of Spanish citizens who were at that time in Argentina. One of the arrested - Alfredo Astis, known during the years of dictatorship under the nickname "White Angel of Death" - was sentenced in absentia in France to a life imprisonment for the murder of two French nuns.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, 25 thousand hectares of taiga were covered with fire. The number of fires in the region increased to 87-and. Heat and drought - in the entire Far Eastern region, except for the Amur region. During the day, up to 10 thousand hectares of the taiga burn out there. 2700 people are conducting the fight against fire with the support of 42 aircraft and helicopters.

The book of memoirs Hillary Clinton, the wife of the ex-president of the United States, is a great success. According to the Publishing House "Simon And Shuster", from June 9, when the book, called "Living Story", was published, more than a million two hundred thousand copies were sold. I had to print the circulation - the first order was a million. The advance from the publishing house received by Hillary Clinton for the book is $ 8 million.

In Burma, 12 oppositionists were arrested, whom the country's military authorities accuse the preparation of terrorist attacks. The representative of the local security service claims that the detainees planned to raise the uprising. The international community criticizes the Burmese junta for repressions against dissenters, in particular - for the arrest of the leader of the democratic opposition Aun San Su Zi.