In Jordan, tens of thousands of people took part in a rally of protest against terrorism on Friday. The participants in the action shouted the slogans that terror had nothing to do with Islam. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Jordan Avni Yerfas said that the authorities took additional security measures - after three explosions on November 9 in the capital of the country - Ampan, as a result of which 60 people were killed.

At least 35 people were killed and 50 were injured in an explosion near the Iraqi city of Baakub, ”the local police said. The suicide bomber blew up a mined car during the funeral of a local Shiite figure. Earlier in Baghdad, at least 13 people were killed with an explosion of a mined car, 21 wounded. The explosion occurred near the crowded market. Another explosion in the center of the Iraqi capital was reported. There is no data on victims.

In St. Petersburg on Sunday, mourning events will be held in connection with the seventh anniversary of the death of Galina Starovoyova. Representatives of public, political and human rights organizations, relatives and friends put flowers on the grave of Starovoyova in the Nikolsky cemetery. In the interior theater, an evening of memory of a politician will take place. The leader of the Democratic Russia party Galina Starovoitov was killed on November 20, 1998.

In Turkey, according to local media reports, two people were arrested, who, as they suspect, were engaged in the manufacture of explosive devices for the al-Qaeda terrorist group. The police searched the house of the suspects - father and son - and found electronic devices that can be used for remotely undermining bombs. According to the police, Al-Qaeda planned to organize a terrorist attack in the near future.

At the International Conference in the capital of Pakistan, more than one and a half billion dollars have already been raised to restore regions affected by a catastrophic earthquake in October. The United States announced that they were increasing their three hundred and more than five hundred millions of dollars. A billion dollars promises to allocate an Asian Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He promises help and the European Union - however, the amount has not yet been announced.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: Media] [19-11-05] Sport. About winter sports on the eve of the Olympics in Turin Leading Oleg Vinokurov, Valery Vinokurov and Dmitry Morozov Valery Vinokurov: A lot of events last week with the help of yours and relying on newspapers, we will be able to discuss within the next 50 minutes. It is unlikely that you managed to read all the newspapers that last week wrote a lot about football and about winter sports on the eve of the Olympics in Turin.

An explosion occurred in Istanbul. One person died and 12 - injured. The head of the city, Muammer Guler, said that the bomb was laid in a garbage container near the bus stop on a market square in a suburbs of Istanbul Baylikduz. An investigation is underway.

An international conference has opened in the capital of Pakistan, the purpose of which is to raise billions of dollars to restore areas that suffered from a catastrophic earthquake in October. Opening the conference, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz emphasized that help is required immediately. According to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, while Pakistan received only a third of the acute money.

Andrei Sharogradsky: The man of the day Radio Liberty November 18 is a famous Russian football coach Konstantin Beskov. He was 85 years old. Konstantin Beskov was born in Moscow. He began to play football in the factory team. From 1941 to 1954 he played for the Moscow Dynamo, two -time champion of the USSR, the holder of the USSR Cup. He began to engage in coaching work in the early 50s.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lily Palveliev takes part. Kirill Kobrin: In the Russian Federal Service for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, the ceremony of the return of previously stolen paintings by Russian artists was held to the State Russian Museum and the Plesa Museum-Reserve. The topic will continue our correspondent Lily Palveleva. Lilya Palveveva: From 50 to 100 exhibits are stolen from Russian museums every year. It returns much less.

The prosecutor's office of the Western District of Moscow opened a criminal case on the fact of the death of three people in a fire in a 25-story residential building in the 2nd Setun passage. According to Interfax, employees of the fire service of the Ministry of Emergencies, 10 people were saved from the fire, 5 of them were injured. The fire is extinguished. 500 people are evacuated and spend the night in the building of a neighboring school.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: History and Modernity: Documents of the past] [19-11-05] Emperor Alexander II and Ekaterina Dolgoruky-Yuryevskaya Editor and leadingwardy Toltz Authors Elena Zubkova and Olga Edelman Vladimir Toltz: Usually we are talking about the history of socio-political, economic and so on, about the history of morals. Today we will talk about love.

In Iraq near the city of Baakub, a powerful explosion occurred during the funeral of the famous local Shiite figure. The dozens of dead and wounded are reported. Earlier in Baghdad, at least 13 people were killed with an explosion of a mined car, 21 wounded. The explosion occurred near the crowded market. Another explosion in the center of the Iraqi capital was reported. There is no data on victims.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: On November 16, on the outskirts of the village of Staraya Sunzha, Grozny district of Chechnya, a group of Russian troops opened firing at local residents. As a result, three people died, one was injured. As representatives of law enforcement agencies reported today, Russian servicemen admitted the murder of local residents.

The car accident, which was injured by Chechen Government Sergei Abramov, was an accident, ”said Arkady Zhovlev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia. On Thursday evening, the armored Mercedes, in which Abramov was traveling, collided with MAZ on a highway 40 kilometers from Moscow. The Prime Minister of Chechnya is hospitalized with severe injuries. He has an operation. He is in intensive care. Doctors assess Abramov’s condition as stably serious.