Tennis. Last weekend, the next, quarterfinal round of the Davis Cup is held. In Minsk, the team of Belarus won the Argentina team - 5: 0. The fate of the meeting was resolved ahead of schedule when the couple Maxim Mirny - Vladimir Volchkov in three sets prevailed over Agustin Calieri and Lucas Arnold. Thus, Sundays did not matter, nevertheless, the peaceful fight defeated Arnold, and then Volchkov defeated Juan Monaco.

The accident at the Taizhina mine indicates a violation of human rights and safe labor in Russia, ”the telegram says, which the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Vladimir Lukin, sent the Governor of the Kemerovo region. As a result of the explosion of methane in the mine, 44 people died, according to the latest data. Three people are considered missing. April 13 is announced in the Kemerovo region during the day of mourning.

The presidents of the United States and Egypt - George Bush and Hosni Mubarak - held negotiations on the ranch of the American president in Texas on Monday. The situation in Iraq and the Middle Eastern region as a whole was discussed. Mubarak expressed serious concern to the current outbreak of violence in Iraq. The leaders of the United States and Egypt approved Israel's plans to withdraw troops and evacuate Jewish settlements from the Gaza sector.

In the first three months of 2004, the sale of musical records in the United States grew by 9 percent. Experts consider this fact as evidence of overcoming the crisis of the musical industry, which lasted four years. Significant damage to this field of business was the sale of pirate CDs and illegal distribution of music on the Internet. Currently, US courts are considering about 2000 claims against Internet users.

Five experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Iran to check whether the Uranus enrichment program is really suspended in the country. The Iranian authorities said that the program has been frozen from Friday. The enriched uranium is used as fuel for nuclear power plants, and can also be used in the production of nuclear weapons.

In Moscow, as a result of an accident, 15 people were injured in the Lianozovsky Park, according to the latest data. One of the victims is in extremely serious condition. The carousel collapsed on Sunday evening. The causes of the accident are clarified.

In Grozny, deputy head of the republican veterinary station Vahab Vatsaev disappeared. As Interfax was informed today in the veterinary service of Chechnya, the last time the doctor was seen on Friday when he left the place of work. Now nothing is known about his fate.

The international group of chef scientists has mastered a new method for determining the age of underground aquifers. The method is based on the analysis of the content of the radioactive isotope of the crypton-81 with a half-life of about two hundred thousand years. This isotope is formed in the atmosphere under the influence of space rays, and then penetrates into the water, where it gradually breaks up. The concentration of radioactive crypton is very low.

The commander of the American troops in Iraq, Ricardo Sanchez, said that the US military was set to kill or capture the radical Shiite leader Moktadu al-Sadra. At the same time, in the city of En-Zajaf, which is controlled by the AS-Sadra detachments, negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the situation are continuing, local sources report. In El Falludge, where the Coalition forces confront Sunni detachments, the situation today was calm. There are also negotiations.

Tatyana Voltskaya , St. Petersburg: The second Calvary is another name for the sad Solovki. The trilogy of Archbishop John is telling about the neighboring spiritual life of the Solovetsky monastery. The presentation of these books took place before Easter in St. Petersburg. In Russian history, Solovka has long been known as the place of references of persons and religious criminals that are not indifferent to the government.

The situation of prisoners contained on the American military base in Guantanomo is unacceptable, - their relatives and lawyers said in an appeal addressed to the US authorities. Participants of the conference in Yemen organized by the "International Amnesty" called for the release of prisoners or betraying them to an honest court. The appeal emphasizes that prisoners in Guantanomo are deprived of fundamental rights.

April 21 in Tallinn will host a festival of documentaries about Chechnya. The tape program was shot by journalists from France, Great Britain, Russia and Poland. They affect the theme of the Chechen war and the investigation of terrorist attacks in Moscow. Previously, films were shown in Japan, the USA, Great Britain and, selectively, in Moscow.

Israeli military personnel shot two armed Palestinians this morning, trying to penetrate the Jewish settlement of Netsarim in the gas sector. According to the military, the Palestinian militants were the first to shoot and were destroyed by return fire.

In Russia today is Cosmonautics Day. 43 years ago, Yuri Gagarin made the first flight into space in the history of mankind. Since then, 431 people from 32 countries visited orbit. Today, for the first time, a direct radio motorist of the crew of the International Space Station with the village of Ternovka Saratov Region will be organized, where Yuri Gagarin landed on April 12, 1961.

In the Iraqi city of El Falluja, negotiations on a complete ceasefire between the coalition troops and the Sunni detachments will continue today. Taking advantage of the celebration announced yesterday, the civilian population leaves the city. Over a week of fighting in El Falluj, more than 600 Iraqis and at least 40 American troops were killed. According to the American command, a American military helicopter is shot down near Baghdad. Both pilots died.