The United States share the concern of Romania in connection with the disappearance of three Romanian journalists in Iraq, ”said the representative of the US State Department. According to him, American diplomats in Baghdad are doing everything possible to find journalists. All three disappeared on Monday after an interview with the head of the Iraqi transition government, Jay Allaaui. It is assumed that journalists are taken hostage by one of the extremist groups.

In the elections of the President of Moldova, appointed on April 4, two candidates will participate - both from the ruling Communist Party. On Tuesday, deputies of the Communist faction nominated two candidates - the current president Vladimir Voronin and the president of the Academy of Sciences Georgy Duku. President in Moldova elects parliament. At least two candidates must participate in them to recognize the elections in them.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent of Jan Runov takes part. Andrei Shary: Rescuers are searching for people who are under the rubble as a result of a powerful earthquake that occurred the day before late in Indonesia. Unlike the December spontaneous disaster, this time American and Japanese seismologists and meteorologists managed to report the earthquake that occurred in the ocean and warn of the possible tsunami within half an hour.

The UN Security Council approved the introduction of sanctions against those who are responsible for crimes against civilians in the province of Sudan Darfur. The decision was made, despite the categorical protest of the Sudanese government. Sanctions - a ban on the issuance of entry visas and freezing bank accounts - will enter into force after 30 days.

38 prisoners captured during military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will be released from a military prison on the basis in Guantanamo. The decision was made by the commission of the Ministry of Defense, which conducted the audit of cases of prisoners. 520 people remain in prison - almost all of them are suspected of belonging to Al -Qaeda.

The President of the Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev is ready to resign if, upon returning to his homeland, he will be provided with security guarantees. He stated this on Tuesday in an interview with the first channel of Russian television.

The program is conducted by Olga Pispanen. The Radio Liberty correspondent Dmitry execution and guests - the director of the Russian ethnographic museum Vladimir Grusman and the Consul General of the Kingdom of Norway Otto Mamelund take part. Olga Pispanen: in the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg, on April 6, the exhibition “Russia-Norway will open.

At the ambassador of Israel in Ethiopia, an attempt was committed - it is seriously wounded. The attempt was made last night in Addis Ababe, the shooter disappeared.

In Tashkent, a meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti -Terrorism structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is being held in Tashkent. The discussion program contains the situation in the region, the threat of stability and security of the countries participating countries. The SCO includes China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

In the Kurchaloevsky district of Chechnya, a car with employees of the security service was fired. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, three people were injured, one is very difficult. In the city of Shali this morning, a 28-year-old Mujahidean from the field commander Shamil Basayev was detained. The detainee has already admitted to involvement in a series of terrorist attacks committed in the Shali district in the last two years.

The death of 518 people is confirmed in Indonesia - as a result of a strong earthquake on Monday in the western regions of the country. The number of victims is likely to increase. The vice president of Indonesia Yusuf Calla said that about two thousand people had died. The island of Nias was most affected near Sumatra. Humanitarian assistance from around the world enters Indonesia.

US President George Bush expressed the hope that in the very near future the Iraqi parliament would overcome all disagreements and form the government. Yesterday, the second meeting of the National Assembly has passed in Baghdad since the January elections, which has not been able to choose a speaker. Due to stormy discussions, the meeting was interrupted just a few minutes after the start.

The Israeli parliament adopted the budget for 2005. Thus, the last barrier was eliminated on the path of implementing the plan of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on the withdrawal of troops and evacuation of settlements from the Gaza sector. If Knesset had not supported the budget, he would be dissolved and for three months the Sharon would appoint early elections.

In the city of Baikalsk (Irkutsk region), a deputy of the district Duma, a well -known entrepreneur Alexander Babuchenko, was killed last night. His body was found in the garage. According to the main version of the investigation, the murder was registered. The search for criminals has not yet given the result.

Entrepreneur Vladimir Gusinsky gave on Wednesday the testimony of the Israeli police in the case of financial abuse in the largest bank of Israel - Apoalim. Earlier, the police arrested about 20 bank employees and froze 180 bills, which have hundreds of millions of dollars. Apoalim Bank is suspected of laundering funds received illegally. During the investigation of the case, searches were carried out in Israeli offices of Vladimir Gusinsky.