US President George Bush welcomed the entry of seven states of Central and Eastern Europe in NATO. On Monday, speaking in the White House, Bush called NATO the most successful alliance in history. The triumph of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia participated in the celebration. On April 2, the flags of these seven countries will be raised at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

In Uzbekistan - not far from Tashkent - 20 armed people, who were surrounded by police and special services, blew themselves up. Three policemen were also killed, five were injured. This was reported with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbek television. In the morning in the same area, an attack on the post of traffic police was made - two people were killed. The police destroyed the eight attackers.

Maybe this news has not yet reached everyone: Dolly is no longer with us, the most famous sheep of the last century, and perhaps the whole story - it is unlikely that anyone will be able to remember another sheep by name. This triumph of science was short -lived, because the cloning technique is extremely imperfect, its products usually suffer from a whole bouquet of congenital defects, and Dolly's short life was incredible on the altar of science.

In the regular NHL championship, Toronto won at Atlanta - 4: 2. The players of Toronto Nikolai Antropov and Alexander Mogilny once struck the gates of Atlanta at a time, and the grave was also made by the burning gear. Detroit striker Pavel Datsyuk abandoned the last puck in the match with Minnesota, in which his club won - 5: 3, and brought his account in the championship to 30 goals. The Minnesota was distinguished by Andrei Zyuzin, who realized a numerical advantage.

Andrei Shary: The public continues to warmly discuss the article published on the eve of the Moscow newspaper Vedomosti and signed by the name of the most famous Russian prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The famous Russian human rights activist, the widow of Academician Sakharov, Elena Bonner in connection with this publication turned to a reading and thinking public with a letter called "Ne Sudite", which sets out her opinion on liberalism in Russia.

In Moscow, when receiving a bribe, a senior employee of the Federal Service for Economic and Tax Crimes was detained today. Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Pukhov extorted 250 thousand dollars from the construction company - for the termination of the criminal case. When Pukhov was detained on Leninsky Prospekt, a car accident almost occurred - he tried to hide in a car, but during the chase he crashed into another car.

A terrorist attack is prevented in the Philippines, which could be compared in scale to the tragedy on March 11 in Madrid, ”said Gloria President Arroio. Several people were detained - presumably, members of the extremist group "Abu Sayaf" - and a large amount of explosives are confiscated. The arrested, apparently, planned explosions on trains, as well as in shopping centers in Manila.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to hold a referendum among the members of the ruling block "Likud" regarding the plan of evacuation of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip. The extreme right in the "Likud" sharply criticize the plan of Sharon. In April, the Israeli Prime Minister must arrive in Washington to discuss his plan with US President George Bush. It was decided to hold a referendum in May. Sharon said that he would obey the decision that will be made on it.

The leader of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai said that the fight against drug trafficking is a priority to restore the country. The application was made in Berlin, where Karzai arrived to participate in the conference of the donor countries of Afghanistan, which opens on Wednesday. The European commission has already announced that it allocates to Kabul an additional $ 100 million. The United States, according to reports, intends to increase Afghanistan’s help by a billion dollars.

The French government today resigned after the defeat of conservatives in the regional elections last Sunday. Nevertheless, President Jacques Shirak left Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffaren as Prime Minister and instructed him to form a new office. The cabinet will be announced tomorrow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergei Yastrzhembsky today his special representative on relations with the European Union. Until recently, Yastrzhembsky served as the presidential assistant. From 1996 to 1998, Sergey Yastrzhembsky was the press secretary of the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, and since March 1997, he was the deputy head of his administration.

The seven states of Central and Eastern Europe officially became members of the North Atlantic Union. In Washington, a ceremony was held to join NATO, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. US President George Bush called NATO the most successful alliance in history and welcomed the accession of former Soviet republics and allies of the USSR.

Vladimir Abarinov , Washington, an independent commission for the investigation of terrorist acts on September 11, 2001 insisted on participating in his public hearings by the US Presidential Advisor for National Security Condolisia Rice. However, the White House agrees to allow her to testify only in a closed meeting.

In New York, the descendants of African slaves sued the British and two American companies for genocide. The amount of the claim is 2 billion dollars. The defendants are the London insurance company Lloyd, which, according to the plaintiffs, insured the vessels that once went to Africa for slaves, the Filboston company, once the Ilands Providen Bank clan, which financed the shipment of the courts, and the tobacco giant Ar. Jay. Reinolds, used the labor of slaves on plantations.

In the village of Kharashibir, the Mukhorshibirsk district in a fire in a residential building, 3 children were killed in the village of Kharashibir. According to preliminary data, the fire was caused by a short circuit.