The King of Nepal Gyendra today urged the opposition to terminate the protest, promising to hold universal elections. However, the opposition leaders called the king's proposal "meaningless." In their opinion, the intention to hold the elections will actually turn into another attack on the opposition parties and will lead to the final curtail of democratic freedoms in the country.

Yuri Zhigalkin: The terrorist insults the victims of the attacks in the court. High oil prices threaten the world with shocks, warns the IMF. The premiere of the television series about polygamy. In the process in the case of the only person accused of the United States of involvement in the attacks of the eleventh of September, the accused himself, Zakarius Musai, acted. From his lips, the jury heard abuse and insults.

The program is conducted by Arslan Saidov. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lyubov Chizhova takes part . Arslan Saidov : In the village of Volzhsky Volgograd Region, Skinheads defeated the gypsy camp. There are victims. The attackers beat the gypsies with metal rods. Two people - a man and a woman - died. Two more are hospitalized in serious condition.

Power structures are increasingly showing a specific interest in the publications of regional media The former editor of the Vologda newspaper “Our Region” Anna Smirnova was fined 100 thousand rubles: today the judge of the city court of Vologda Lyudmila Kabanova in the publication of scandalous cartoons at the Prophet Muhammad was issued today. By force, the sentence will enter 10 days later. Until that time, Anna Smirnova, by a court decision, will be under the subscription of a lower leave.

In the Russian armed forces, about 70 troops were killed in March only in March. Of these, as Interfax reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 18 committed suicide, 1 was killed by colleagues, 31 - became a victim of accidents. Since the beginning of the year, the total number of victims has amounted to about 200 people.

The program is conducted by Nikita Tatar. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Kara-Murza takes part. Nikita Tatarsky : 5 years ago there was a capture of the NTV television company. After a series of ships with Gazprom, the NTV creative team broke up. Someone remained working in the old place, many journalists switched to other television channels and became employees of radio stations and print media.

Opponents of the association of the Irkutsk region and the Ust-Horde Buryat Autonomous Okrug, which was appointed on April 16, recently became interested in employees of the department for organized crime and terrorism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Buryatia. The operatives interrogated the journalist in Ulan-Ude, who wrote an article against this association, and then arrested a circulation with leaflets of a similar content.

In Vologda, the verdict in the case of the editor -in -chief of the newspaper "Our Region" Anna Smirnova will be announced today. She is accused of arousing national, racial or religious hostility using official position. In February, the newspaper published an article about the "caricature war", in which the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed were partially reprinted. According to Smirnova, all materials for the article were taken from official Russian sites.

At least 13 people were injured in explosions in the largest mosque of the Indian capital of Delhi. According to the police, small -power bombs worked on the territory of the mosque complex, provoking panic among believers. Who is behind explosions is still unknown.

The last call to the resignation of the US Minister of Defense Donald Ramsfeld comes from military generals, veterans of the Iraqi war The retired Major General Charles Swinnak Jr., who in 2004 commanded the 82nd airborne division in Iraq, spoke on Thursday demanding that the US Minister Donald Ramsfeld be distinguished. Thus, the number of generals requiring the resignation of the Minister of Defense reached six. On Thursday, another American General, John Riggs, joined this demand.

The size of the temporary disability allowance should not depend on the duration of the continuous work experience of the employee. Such a decision was made by the Constitutional Court of Russia. Now the amount of payments on the sick leave is determined taking into account continuous work experience. In particular, workers with continuous work experience less than 5 years receive 60% of their wages during the illness, from 5 to 8 years - 80%, and more than 8 years - 100% of the salary.

The authorities of Cuba are sent from the country of the Czech diplomat on charges of espionage in favor of the United States. According to the Cuban Foreign Ministry, we are talking about Stanislav Kazetski, who will leave Cuba on April 15. Earlier, the Czech authorities said that due to numerous human rights violations in Cuba - they will not extend the visa to one of the Cuban diplomats working in Prague.

The role of NATO in Afghanistan. On whose side is the film "Grbavitsa". Ecology: garbage plants near residential quarters of Moscow. Science: Mental abilities of birds

Human rights activists counted and tens of thousands of extremists and Russia Members of the Public Chamber today discussed the problem of extremism and xenophobia in Russian society. Valery Tishkov submitted recommendations that are addressed primarily to state authorities and the media addressed, which are addressed, first of all. According to Valery Tishkov, extremism and xenophobia in recent years have become one of the main problems in Russian society.

In Georgia, a correspondent of the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda Nikolai Varsgov was detained for violation of the border. According to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the journalist entered Georgia without a visa through the Abkhaz section of the Georgian-Russian border. He was detained on Thursday in the Zugdid district. The police decided not to institute criminal proceedings and transfer Varsegov to the Russian consulate in Tbilisi.