The Afghan leader Hamid Karzai intends to demobilize about 40 thousand fighters of regional armed groups. This was announced on Friday by Deputy Minister of Defense of Afghanistan Abdul Rakhim Vardak. The Governor of the Province of Herat Ismail Khan, the leader of the Afghan Uzbeks Abdul Rashid Dustum and other regional military leaders still command groups, between which clashes periodically arise.

In Voronezh, three teenagers are charged with the murder of an African student on the basis of racial intolerance. According to the representative of the regional prosecutor's office, other versions of the investigation about the motives of the crime were not confirmed. The citizen of Guinea-Bisau Amara Lim, who studied at the Voronezh State Medical Academy, was killed on February 21.

The Serbian police conducted a search on Friday in the Belgrade office of the Helsinki Committee on Human Rights. 250 copies of the book "Military Secrets" were confiscated, telling, in particular, about the actions of the Yugoslav troops in Kosovo in 1999. Its author Vladan Vlaikovich has been in custody since March 18.

Three people were detained in France - on suspicion of involvement in the organization of the AZF, threatening the terrorist attacks on the country's railways. According to the French police on Friday, two men and a woman were arrested. Their interrogation is underway. Earlier, the unknown AZF group sent the French government several letters of threats to blow up railways and the requirement of a multimillion -dollar ransom for dismantling explosive devices.

Jan Runov , New York: Color TV celebrates his 50th anniversary. In the spring of 1954, the first color TV was sold in America. But most Americans could not afford such a luxury almost until the end of the 60s, when the prices of colored televisions became available to everyone. Today, 98 percent of American families have at least one color TV. How did it all start? Exactly half a century ago at the RCA plant in Bloomington, Indiana, the first color TV came off from the assembly line.

The United States imposed a veto on the UN security resolution, condemning Israel for the murder of the spiritual leader of the Palestinian group "Hamas" Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The resolution was proposed by Arab countries. US representatives blocked the document, because it did not say that Hamas was responsible for the murder of hundreds of civilians-Israelis.

Andrei Sharry: The Man of the Day of Radio Liberty on March 26 is the Palestinian politician Hanan Ashraui. She filed an open letter to the leadership of the Palestinian and Islamic organizations, calling not to respond to revenge for the liquidation of the Israeli special services of the leader of the Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin group. The circle of violence must be torn, according to Hanan Arshaui. She was born in 1948 in the Palestinian city of Ramalla. According to religion - a Christian.

Tatyana Voltskaya , St. Petersburg: on Wednesday, a press conference was held at the Institute of Regional Press in St. Petersburg, at which the President of the Center for Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Yuri Djibladze, spoke about the beginning of the project aimed at developing instead of the “enemy language” in the mass media of the Tolerance language.

In Brussels, a two -day summit of the European Union ended. 15 EU countries and 10 candidate states agreed by mid-June to complete negotiations on the draft Constitution of the expanded union. Participants in the summit expressed the intention to conduct a set of economic reforms, an agreement on which was reached back in 2000. European leaders spoke out in support of the expansion of the role of the UN in Iraq and for the speedy reunification of Cyprus.

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. The correspondent of Radio Lily Palveliev is involved. Vladimir Baburin: Russian official human rights activist Vladimir Lukin exactly a month has been in his post of an authorized person for human rights in the Russian Federation. Today, on Thursday, he met with reporters and said that the connections of the previous Ombudsman with human rights activists existed, but in a rather loose form.

Pakistan does not intend to provide its nuclear facilities for international craps. This was stated on Friday by Pakistani Minister of Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. According to him, Pakistan did not sign an agreement on non -proliferation of nuclear weapons, so such inspections are not obligatory for him.

In Chechnya, 10 Russian troops died when their car was blown up by a mine. According to Interfax, the tragedy occurred on Thursday evening in the Chechen district center Shali. The truck was blown up on a mine fence when leaving the unit. An investigation of the causes of this incident is underway.

In Dagestan, a deputy of the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Birslan Kasimov was killed. According to the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, Kasimov’s body with gunshot wounds was discovered on Friday evening two kilometers from the village of Babayurt. The motives of the murder are still unknown.

The Golovinsky court of Moscow decided to eliminate the Moscow community of "Jehovah's Witnesses." The community is accused of inciting religious and destruction of families. The lawyers of Jehovah's Witnesses intend to appeal the verdict in the Moscow City Court. Since 1998, the Golovinsky court twice refused the prosecutor's office to liquidate the community, but the Moscow City Court also sent the case for the investigation both times.

Semen Mirsky , Paris: On Friday in Brussels, a meeting at the highest level of the leaders of the Member States of the European Union, on the agenda of which two points dominated: closer than before, coordination of actions to combat international terrorism, and overcoming obstacles to the adoption of the pan-European Constitution.