In the province of Shirnak in the southeast of Turkey, 12 Kurdish extremists were destroyed during the military operation. According to Istanbul Elena Solntseva, two military personnel died in the battles. The operation began after an ambush arranged by the Kurdish separatists was a division of the Turkish army. Five military personnel died and six were injured.

At least 26 people died on Wednesday evening in the city of Khovidir north of Baghdad as a result of an explosion of a mined car. The explosion occurred at the Shiite mosque. According to doctors, dozens of people were injured. Last week in Baghdad, as a result of explosions organized by suicide bombers at the Shiite mosque in Baghdad, 90 people were killed.

The investigation was completed in the case of British Karl Bushby and American Dimitry Kifer - travelers detained on April 1 on Chukotka for illegally crossing the border. The case file was transferred to the court. Foreigners are facing an administrative fine of two thousand rubles. The issue of the possible expulsion of travelers from Russia will be resolved. Judicial hearings (they will be held in the village of Lavrenty) are scheduled for Thursday.

One of the police officers wounded during a special operation to detain militants died in Nazran. On Tuesday, law enforcement officers blocked a group of armed people in a private house. A policeman died in a shootout, two were injured. Two militants were killed, one was detained. According to the investigation, the militants took part in the attack on settlements in Ingushetia in June 2004 and numerous diversions.

In the Stavropol Territory, the court sentenced the former police officer Boris Gordienko to three and a half years in prison for the beating of college students. In December 2004, the senior inspector for minors beat three students at the Polytechnic College. The court ordered him to pay 5 thousand rubles to the victims as moral compensation.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice believes that the UN Security Council should give a tough response to Iran, who neglected the requirements of the international community. Iranian President Mahmud Akhmadinjad announced on Tuesday that Uranus was already successfully enriching the country. Iran’s actions caused a condemnation of the international community. The leadership of the European Union, many EU countries, Russia and China criticized.

Mass protests in Nepal have been going on for 8 days. The opposition protests against the unlimited power of King Giandra and demands a return of the country to democracy. Today it was reported that during the dispersal of the demonstration in the south of the country, one person was killed, the fourth in a week. In the capital of the country - Katmandu - 29 media employees demanded that censorship restrictions be arrested.

The Moscow City Court upheld the sentence to the deputy administration of the company "Yukos-Moscow" by Alexei Kurtsin, sentenced to 14 years in prison for financial fraud. Three other convicts in this case, the sentence is reduced. In December last year, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow found the Curcino and 8 more people guilty of embezzlement of Yukos funds under the guise of charitable assistance.

In Nalchik, the sentry from the tower accidentally fired from a grenade launcher building of the control of organized crime. One soldier died. The main version of the investigation is the careless handling of weapons.

The leak of secret information in the United States. The investigation continues Irina Lagunina: The case of a leakage of secret information from the White House - the issuance of the existing CIA agent - has received a new impulse in the last days in connection with the testimony that the only accused in this case - the former chief of the vice president Lewis Skutter Libby. He showed that the leak was authorized by the President of the United States. Says Vladimir Abarinov.

In Nalchik, the cause of the death of ordinary management of organized crime was a careless handling of a grenade launcher. According to the preliminary version of the investigation, on the tower where the sentry was located, a grenade exploded spontaneously.

The Council of Europe called on Germany to take measures against the possible intensification of trade in “living goods” during the coming in this country of the World Cup. In the appeal of the Council of Europe, it is noted that, according to preliminary estimates, about three and a half million fans will come to the tournament. In this regard, it cannot be ruled out that in Germany, thousands of women will be transported by criminal groups who will be forced to engage in prostitution.

In the Voronezh region, three minors were detained who are suspected of killing a native of Vietnam. According to the investigation, the 50-year-old Vietnamese, trading in the market, was beaten to death on April 6 in the regional district center.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : Today the day of astronautics, the 45th anniversary of the first span of a person into space, is celebrated in Russia today. In the Moscow Region, the recognized space capital is the center of the celebration - the city of Korolev. Employees of the Russian Rocket and Space Corporation Energia on the eve of the Cosmonautics Day talked about their plans.