In the United States today, presidential elections are held. At the end of the election campaign, the Democrats candidate Senator John Kerry again pointed out the need to change the direction in which the country is moving. The current US President George Bush, nominated by the Republican Party for a second term, in turn, emphasized that the security and prosperity of America on the weight of Libra. It all depends on who the voters believe, ”he concluded.

In the Naderechny district of Chechnya, a policeman from the Ivanovo region, who guarded a kindergarten in the village of Gorahgorsk, was wounded last night. A hand was amputated in the hospital to the wounded - a fragment of a shell launched through a kindergarten from a grenade launcher fell into it. In the Naursky district of the republic, a 12-year-old boy was blown up on a trap-with multiple wounds, he was taken to the hospital.

In Makhachkala, at least two people were injured as a result of an explosion in a parking lot. They are taken to the hospital in serious condition. So far there is no data on what the explosion was called.

Representatives of the UN in Sudan report that the authorities impede the provision of humanitarian assistance to refugees in the province of Darfur. The army and the police blocked several refugee camps. The UN staff fear that the authorities want to force people to leave the camps and return to their homes.

Candidates for the presidency of Abkhazia - Sergey Bagapsh and Raul Hadimba - arrived last night to Moscow, reports the Echo of Moscow radio station. They will negotiate through the mediation of Russian officials. On Monday, the television of Abkhazia resumed work. Employees refused to work after Bagapsha’s supporters captured the television center.

Alexander Genis: All America is nervous on this Tuesday. Having voted for the president or his rival, the country, taught by the experience of past elections, is impatiently awaiting the result, praying not about the victory of his chosen one, but that the result is clear, convincing, and most importantly as indisputable. We, voters, have already done everything we could. Now it remains only to wait for news, which we are no longer able to influence.

In Amsterdam, the famous Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh was shot dead on the street. The attacker was detained in a nearby park. During the detention, he opened fire, wounding the policeman. The police can not say anything about the motives of the crime. The director was repeatedly threatened after his film was shown on television, telling about the humiliations of an Islamic woman.

On the western coast of the Jordan in the city of Nabluz, the Israeli military demolished the house in which there was a 16-year-old suicide bomber, exploding himself yesterday in the market in Tel Aviv. As a result of the attack, three people died, dozens were injured. Responsibility was taken by the organization "The Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine." The mother of a minor extremist blames in all of the militants who sent a teenager to death.

The European Union put forward new proposals for the implementation of the "road map" - an international plan for a peaceful settlement of the Middle Eastern Conflict. One of the EU leaders Javier Solan said that the European Union, in particular, is ready to increase economic assistance to the Palestinians, support structural reforms in the Palestinian autonomy and help to hold local elections outlined in December.

In the center of Baghdad, with an explosion of a mined car, at least six people were killed behind the wheel. Eight - wounded. In the morning, US aircraft inflicted another blow to the alleged bases of the rebels in the city of El Falluja. Yesterday, in the Iraqi capital, extremists took six people - an American, a Nepal citizen and four Iraqi guards. All of them were captured during the attack on the office of the Saudi company. Two guards were later released.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lyubov Chizhova takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: A report from Moscow, where an exhibition “From the History of Terrorism in Russia and abroad” was opened in the State Public Political Library. According to the authors of the exhibition, the story of the individual terror of the past will help to better understand the ideology of modern terrorism and fight it more efficiently.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Abarinov takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: The presidential campaign ended in the USA. Despite the desperate efforts of the last days, none of the candidates managed to secure a clear advantage. About the last day of the campaign from Washington is reported by the Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Abarinov.

Today in the United States is the presidential election. The day before, on the last day of the election campaign, the current US President Republican George Bush and his opponent, a candidate from the Democratic Party, John Kerry performed in the States whose voting could be decided by the outcome of the elections. The Republican Bush called on the temperate democrats to vote for him.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Morozov takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: In the US presidential election, New York traditionally votes for a candidate of a democratic party. However, a small survey of the state residents, who was conducted by our correspondent on the eve of the vote, shows that the opinions of the New York residents were divided, as well as the opinions of the inhabitants of other states.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. A radio correspondent of Radio Freedom Jan Runov takes part. Kirill Kobrin: The main international theme of this hour of our program and the main international topic of today is the US presidential election. What will be the US foreign policy in the event of Bush’s victory or in case of Kerry’s victory? Is there a fundamental difference in solving the problems of Iraq in the other?