In the Western African country of Guinea -Bisau, a military coup is committed. According to the Portuguese news agency, the military said that President Kumba Yala was arrested. The rebels accused him of inability to solve the problems facing the country. The commander of the armed forces urged the population to refrain from acts of vandalism. The former Portuguese colony of Guinea -Bisau is one of the poorest countries in the world.

In the Mexican city of Cancun, the Conference of the World Trade Organization is ending. Forum participants are trying to coordinate the draft final resolution. Developing countries believe that the document does not sufficiently focus the need to reduce state subsidizing the US farmers and the European Union countries, which could increase the competitiveness of agricultural products of the third world.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Iraq. This is the first visit to the head of the American Foreign Ministry in Baghdad over the past 40 years. Today, Powell will hold negotiations with members of the ruling Iraq Council on the issues of post -war recovery of the country. Yesterday, in Geneva, the foreign ministers of the five states - regular members of the UN Security Council discussed the American draft resolution on Iraq.

Under St. Petersburg, the general director of the Kolpino meat processing plant Sergey Kuznetsov was killed. According to the Interfax Agency, entrepreneurs shot themselves, allegedly from a rifle with optical sights. The investigation is conducted. In May, an attempt was made on one of the founders of the enterprise Valery Bogdanov.

The international jury made a list of new laureates of the Albert Lasker Prize, which is often called the American analogue of the Nobel Prize. It is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of medicine in the 2003 Lasker Award for fundamental medical research received Robert Redder, a professor at the University of Rockefeller in New York. This award marks his merits in the study of enzymes involved in the processes of the synthesis of ribonucleic acids.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a visit to Iraq, met in Baghdad with the head of the Provisional American-British administration Paul Bremer. Details of negotiations are not reported. Today, Powell will discuss with members of the ruling advice of Iraq the problems of the post -war restoration of the country. Yesterday, in Geneva, the foreign ministers of the five states - regular members of the UN Security Council discussed the American draft resolution on Iraq.

In Chechnya in the village of Alpatovo, Naursky district, an employee of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs was killed. According to law enforcement agencies, on Sunday night, a group of unknown armed people shot an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Babenko in his house. Babenko was an employee of the wrestling department with drug trafficking.

In the province of Pactica in the southeast of Afghanistan, a Taliban detachment attacked the border post of the Afghan police. According to the head of the local police, Dulat Khan, more than 15 armed Taliban, which surrounded the building, participated in the attack. After a short battle, the police were forced to retreat. No one was injured. The Taliban, he said, set fire to the building and disappeared into the territory of neighboring Pakistan.

In Belgrade, increased safety measures were taken after a shot rang out near the complex of government buildings on Sunday night. The police are in a state of increased readiness, the central streets of the city are blocked. There was no information about the victims. According to reports, the fire was opened on the same street where the Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Dvinzhich was killed in March.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Iraq. This is the first visit to the head of the American Foreign Ministry in Baghdad over the past 40 years. Powell made a stop in Kuwait, where he held negotiations with the leadership of the country. Yesterday in Geneva, the Foreign Ministers of the five countries - regular members of the UN Security Council discussed the American draft resolution on Iraq.

In South Korea, at least 74 people were killed when Typhun Maemi fell to the south of the country on Friday and Saturday, the most powerful over the past century. According to local authorities, about 25 thousand people were evacuated. The wind speed reached 216 kilometers per hour. Many houses were destroyed, sea vessels were sunk, floods in several cities and villages. Tens of thousands of people were left without electricity.

In Iraq in the city of El Falluja, one US soldier died and three were injured, ”the representative of the American command said. The military car was blown up on a home -made explosive device laid down on the road. According to eyewitnesses, an attempt to evacuate the wounded by a helicopter ended in vain. The crew was forced to return to the base after a rocket was released by helicopter.

Yakov Krotov: This release of our program will be dedicated to the centenary of the first publication of the so -called "protocols of the Zion sages." Our guest is a publicist and historian Valery Kajay, the author of a number of printed works on the history of "protocols". At the end of August 1903, the publication of the text, entitled "Protocols of the Zion sages" began in the St. Petersburg newspaper Banner. This publication laid the foundation for a whole string of publications.

The airport of the German city of Dusseldorf is closed and all flights were canceled after several telephone warnings about the laid bomb. All passengers are urgently evacuated. Airliners who were supposed to land here are now heading to neighboring airports, mainly to Cologne and Bonn. This Sunday, Dusseldorf Airport was supposed to serve 64 thousand passengers.

In Volgograd, the mayor is elected today. 9 candidates apply for this post, including the acting head of the city administration Alexander Tyurin and the chairman of the City Council Sergey Mikhailov. The elections are held on one tour. The winner will be determined by a simple majority of votes with the participation of at least a quarter of voters.