The rebellion of prisoners in prison near Kabul, which began last Saturday, was suppressed today. Deputy Minister of Justice, Mohammad Kasim Hashimzai, said that the authorities are fully monitors the situation. 1300 prisoners by force were transferred to another prison block. The prisoners led by captured Taliban raised the rebellion after the administration tightened measures to prevent shoots. During the rebellion, five people died.

Prime Minister Kosovo Bayram Kosumi resigned. It is reported that the unexpected departure of the prime minister is connected with the disagreements within his party "Democratic League of Kosovo." According to Western agencies, the post of premiere will be occupied by one of the former military leaders of the Kosovo Albanians Agim Chek.

The Government of the Netherlands today announced the signing of a contract with the Belgian pharmaceutical company Solvay for the supply of a vaccine - in the event of an epidemic caused by the spread of a transformed bird flu virus among people. The volume of Vaccine supplies under the contract - 16 million doses - corresponds to the total population of the Netherlands.

An emergency occurred in Nizhny Novgorod - an explosion thundered in the building of the regional department of the Federal Security Service, the Radio Liberty correspondent in Nizhny Novgorod Oleg Rodin. The incident occurred on the 4th floor, there a window knocked out an explosive wave. An ambulance carriage took two injured FSB officers to the hospital: one was injured of moderate severity, the second - easy.

Yuri Zhigalkin: The USA and India are ready for a new stage of cooperation. The prison threatens the Congressman-Beeker. The teacher becomes a teacher, the provincial school is shocked. These are the topics of the heading "Today in America." On Tuesday, the visit of President Bush to India begins. Experts expect that this meeting will follow the even more sharp rapprochement of the two countries. The word is Jan Runov.

Vladimir Putin considers the energy security of the strategic goal of the "big eight" The Russian President Vladimir Putin preceded his tour of the countries of Central Europe, which began on the eve of a performance published in one of the most prestigious publications of the American business world The Wall Street Journal. From the pages of the newspaper, Putin called on the Big Eight countries to create an international energy security system.

In Moscow, negotiations under the nuclear program of Iran are held. The Russian delegation is headed by Secretary of the Security Council Igor Ivanov. The representative of Iran at negotiations by Ali Laridzhani told reporters in Moscow that the return of Tehran to the moratorium to enrich uranium is not required to solve the Iranian nuclear problem.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov takes part . Alexander GOSTEV : Activists of the Yabloko youth have held a protest rally today, designed to attract the attention of the deputies of the State Duma of Russia to the need to amend the Housing Code, which entered into force exactly a year ago. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov visited the rally.

Sony Pictures intends to start supplying its Blu-Ray disks to the camps of American stores on May 23. At the same time, the first players will appear to play the discs of the new digital format. Sony reported that the intended date will coincide with the entering the market of the BLU-RAY of the Samsung Electronics BLU-RAY. The players and discs of Toshiba, promoting the competing format of the new generation of HD DVD, will appear on the market on March 28.

In the UK, the number of young people who regularly watch TV has decreased. According to the OFCOM agency, over the past two years, the number of viewers aged 16 to 25 has decreased by almost 3%.

The upper house of the Russian parliament today at an extraordinary meeting approved the Law "On Countering Terrorism". The document, in particular, allows the military to shoot down planes captured by terrorists, Listen to telephone conversations in the zone of counter -terrorism operation, and also admits negotiations with terrorists to save people's lives, but without considering political requirements.

The program is conducted by Oleg Vakhrushev. The program is attended by Vadim Okladnikov, an artist, author of the idea of the monument to The Beatles group, a member of the Ural Bitles Club, and Timur Temirbaev, a musician, guitarist of the Western-S group. Oleg Vakhrushev: Yekaterinburg will become the only city in Russia in which the monument to the Beatles group will be erected.

In the center of Baghdad there was an explosion at the bus station. According to the Iraqi police, 2 people died and 10 were injured. Yesterday, at least 68 people were killed in Baghdad as a result of a series of explosions. In recent days, the Iraqi capital was overwhelmed by a wave of violence caused by sharply aggravated relations between Shiites and Sunnis. Hundreds of people died.

From March 1, new tariffs for heat and water supply are introduced in Moscow. According to Interfax, First Deputy Head of the Regional Energy Company Vladimir Mokhov, one cubic meter of cold water now costs 7 rubles 85 kopecks, hot - 40 rubles 38 kopecks. The cost of sewage services is 6 rubles 53 kopecks per cubic meter.

In Pakistan, the military struck the camp of militants in the province of North Vaziristan. At least 25 people were killed and injured. Three helicopters were involved in the operation. According to the Reuters agency, the camp was 15 kilometers from the capital of the province - the city of Miranhah, near the border with Afghanistan.