Israeli politicians - co -authors of the Inference Middle Eastern Peace Plan, known as the Geneva Agreement, said that on Friday they would meet in Washington with US Secretary of State Paul Powell and Deputy Minister of Defense Paul Wolfovitsa. Powell previously supported the idea of such a meeting. The symbolic ceremony of signing the "Geneva Agreement" took place on Monday.

US President George Bush signed on Thursday an order to cancel import duties on steel. About two years ago, the American authorities introduced tariffs for some types of imported steel to protect the US Stallelite industry from foreign competition. The World Trade Organization called them illegal. The European Union and Japan threatened the United States with a trading war that would lead to multimillion -dollar losses for the American economy.

US President George Bush believes that an unofficial peace plan prepared by a group of Israeli and Palestinian politicians can play a positive role in resolving the Middle Eastern conflict. At the same time, according to Bush, a call to the fight against terror, security for all and the creation of the Palestinian state - democratic and free should sound clearly in the document.

Australia joined the American missile defense system. This was announced today in parliament by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Dauner. According to him, this strategic decision will enable Australia to make an important contribution to the provision of global and regional security. The American missile defense system is designed to destroy the enemy ballistic missiles. Among the states capable of applying this weapon are usually called North Korea.

Andrei Polozov , Kirov region: the campaign for the election of the governor of the Kirov region in the history of the region is unprecedented, since twelve candidates are involved in it. There were only five candidates in the past elections. The governor’s post seemed accessible to many Vyatka politicians after the head of the regional administration Vladimir Sergeyenkov could not participate in the elections, for whom the rural population and people with communist views traditionally voted.

Elena Rykovtseva: Two weekdays are left before the elections, and we are talking about your, dear listeners, choice today. And we ask you the question: what role in your solution, which has probably already been formed, played the Russian press, newspapers, television, and how exactly did it affect your choice, if, of course, influenced? We now have in the studio - our own correspondent in Moscow of several Polish publications Zigmund Zenchiolovsky.

Due to the unprecedented flood on Thursday, the large French city of Marseille was declared a natural disaster zone. For three days of continuous rains in the southeast of France, five people were killed. 15 thousand - were evacuated. France President Jacques Shirak visited the south of the country yesterday and promised financial assistance to injured areas.

The laureate of the Russian “Buker” Prize for 2003 is named the writer Ruben David Gonzalez Galeo, the author of the novel “White on black”, is named today. The short list of the award also included Natalya Galkina, Leonid Zorin, Afanasy Mammadov, Elena Chizhova and Leonid Yuzefovich. The Buker laureate will receive a prize of 15 thousand dollars, the remaining nominees - one thousand.

Is it possible and should in Russia adopt a law legalizing voluntary departure from the life of a hopelessly sick patient with a doctor?

The disarmament of armed groups in the north of Afghanistan is an important step towards stabilizing the situation in the country, - US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld said today in Kabul. He held negotiations with the leader of the ethnic Uzbeks General Dustum and the Tajik field commander of Nata Mohammad, whose armed formations are involved in clashes by the city of Mazari-Sharif.

The Bashkiria prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case on the print of the additional circulation of ballots for the presidential elections of the republic, which will be held on December 7. According to reporters, candidates for the post of head of the republic Sergey Veremeenko and Ralif Safin, that the circulation of the ballots is illegally printed in the printing house under the administration of the President of Bashkiria, Murtazi Rakhimov, it became known last night.

Presenter of the program "Topic" Vladimir Baburin: Man of the Day of Radio Liberty December 4 - judge of the Moscow City Court Olga Kudeshkin. It was she who was the first to betray the facts of pressure from the General Prosecutor's Office to the court in order to make decisions necessary for the authorities. Olga Kudeshkina was a candidate for deputies of the State Duma.

In the city of Ramadi in Central Iraq today an attack on a police station, two policemen and four civilians were injured. According to the American command, the US troops continue operations against local armed detachments in different areas of Iraq. In the central part of the country, one person was killed in a shootout with American soldiers, 63 were detained on suspicion of organizing attacks on coalition troops.

Lithuania President Rolandas Paxas postponed a visit to the United States, which was supposed to take place from December 7 to 9th. The deputies of the Lithuanian parliament, who prepare the procedure for removing the president from power due to accusations of relations with Russian criminal structures, demand to cancel the trip. Earlier, Rolandas Paxas stated that he did not intend to resign and abandon a visit to the United States.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Tatyana Valovich : Today, December 3, the International Day of the Disabled, the day when it is customary to recall the problems of people with disabilities. The European Commission, which proclaimed 2003 by the year of the disabled person, was on the fact that people with disabilities should become full citizens of their country. Russia also joined the conduct of a disabled person on its territory of the year.