In the gas sector, as a result of the Israeli missile strike, one of the leaders of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group Mahmoud Juda and two of his assistants were killed yesterday. The attack was made in a densely populated area. About 10 people were injured, including a six -year -old child. On the western coast of the Jordan in the city of Nabluz, Israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd of Palestinian teenagers who threw them stones. A 10-year-old boy was seriously wounded.

In Germany, the ruling Social Democratic Party suffered a serious defeat in the elections to Senate Hamburg. According to polls from polling stations, the Social Democrats supported only a third of voters, Christian democrats - 47 percent. According to experts, the failure of the Social Democrats is caused by the unpopularity of the economic reforms of the Gerhard Schroeder government.

The participating countries of the international conference in Abu Dabi promised to allocate a billion dollars to restore Iraq. The fund is controlled jointly by the World Bank and the UN. In October last year, at a similar conference in Madrid, the 73 countries promised to provide Iraq with an amount of $ 33 billion.

The Katar government accused Russia of detaining two of his citizens at the Moscow airport. The Katar news agency reported with reference to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the detainees were athletes -bombs, who were in Moscow on the way from Belarus to Serbia. The incident occurred last Thursday. On the same day, Katar accused two employees of the Russian special services of involvement in the murder of February 13 by the former president of Chechnya Zelimkhan Yandarbiev.

The lack of trust between Pyongyang and Washington prevents the settlement of the crisis around the DPRK nuclear program, the article published in the official Chinese newspaper Zhemin Ziibao. Yesterday, the next round of multilateral negotiations ended in Beijing, in which representatives of both Korens, the USA, Russia, Japan and China participated. The next round will take place no later than June.

In Kamchatka, due to heavy snowfall caused by a cyclone, traffic is violated. According to the local road service, the city of Ust-Kamchatsk is completely cut off from the outside world, where more than five thousand people live. The road to the only airport in the area is closed.

In the Philippines, the Islamic extremist group "Abu Sayyaf" took responsibility for the fire on a ferry, as a result of which 180 people are listed as missing. The fire occurred last Friday. The representative of Abu Sayyaf told the local radio that this was retribution for attacks on Muslims on the island of the Mindanao. The authorities have not yet established the cause of the fire on the ferry, but they do not exclude arson.

The World Economic Forum in Davos, which is considered almost the main event of globalists, was preceded by the World Social Forum in Mumbay, more familiar to us - in Bombay, where anti -globalists gathered from around the world. And in the Globalist Davos and in the anti -globalist bombing, Russia was represented scarce. Not scarce by persons, but topics and problems. Meanwhile, the Davos forum Russian press noticed and once noted, the Bombay forum actually looked at the forum.

In Haiti, the rebel leaders decided to postpone the assault on the capital of the country of Port-O-Prens for two days. The rebels demand the resignation of President Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide, who refuses to leave his post. The United States has assigned responsibility for Aristide for the political crisis in Haiti and questioned its ability to rule the country. Earlier, France turned to President Haiti to resign with President Haiti.

Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Losyukov believes that the conflict around North Korea’s nuclear program this year will not be able to resolve this year. According to Losyukov, in the latest negotiations in Beijing, representatives of the North and South Korea, the USA, Russia, China and Japan managed to weaken tension. Losyukov warned that if there was no progress in the negotiations, the situation could be extremely aggravated.

The Spanish police discovered more than five hundred kilograms of explosives in a car dungeon, stopped a hundred kilometers from Madrid. Two people suspected of belonging to the terrorist group of Basque-Saparatists were arrested. The police believe that explosives were intended for a terrorist attack in the capital of the country.

In Ingushetia, the Barrt Chechen refugee camp leave its last inhabitants. According to the authorities, only a few families remained in the camp. Bart will be closed on Monday. The Ingush authorities say that refugees are leaving the camp voluntarily. According to human rights activists, the camp residents are forced to leave. Two more tent camps in Ingushetia, where several thousand Chechen refugees live, should be closed in March.

The Los Angeles Los today will host the ceremony of the most prestigious cinematic prize "Oscar" for 2003. The film "Return of the King" is headed by the list of nominees - the last tape of the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings". The picture claims a prize in 11 categories, including as the best film of the year and for the best directing. This year, the nomination "Best Actress of the Year" presents 13-year-old Kisha Kasl-Huez-the youngest contender for this award in the history of Oscars.

Safety measures have been strengthened in Pakistan - after yesterday's attempt to attack in the city of Ravalpindi in the north of the country. The terrorist-samobitan has driven the pissing device at the local Shiite shrine. By a happy chance, no one except the terrorist himself was injured. The incident occurred on the eve of one of the Shiite holidays. The Pakistani authorities are afraid of outbreaks of violence between the adherents of Islam of Sunni and Shiite.

In Japan, the third case of infection of poultry is registered with a bird flu virus. By order of the authorities, more than 100 thousand chickens were destroyed at the poultry farm in Kyoto. The epidemic of "bird flu" covered ten countries of Asia. In Thailand and in Vietnam from the "bird flu" 22 people died. According to experts, at least half a billion dollars will be required to restore the economies of Asian countries affected by the epidemic.