In Egypt, in a shootout with security forces, two suspects were killed to organize a series of terrorist attacks on the Sinai Peninsula. Another militant was shot dead on Saturday during a five -hour battle. All three were wanted on suspicion of involvement in a series of explosions in the resort city of Dahab, whose victims were at least 21 people, as well as two terrorist attacks against military personnel of international peacekeeping forces. None of the military was injured.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice warned that Washington could resort to additional means for pressure on Iran in connection with its nuclear program. According to Rice, if the UN Security Council does not act quickly enough, the United States and their allies do not intend to wait. However, she did not specify what additional measures of pressure on Tehran are talking about. Iran plays with the world community in the "cat mouse".

In the south of Afghanistan, two foreign troops were injured in the province of Kandigar during the explosion. According to some reports, the injured are Canadian soldiers. Their car was blown up on the bomb.

Mikhail Gorbachev performed in Geneva at a meeting of the environmental organization International Green Cross ( Green Cross International ). In his speech, Gorbachev called the countries of a large eight to create a fund the size of 50 billion dollars to support the use of solar energy. Mikhail Gorbachev said that in the future, atomic energy and energy of burned hydrocarbons will not be able to ensure the life of mankind.

In Saudi Arabia, the internal price of gasoline is reduced by more than 30 percent. The Saudi authorities seek to protect the interests of consumers in the context of a sharp increase in world oil prices, which exceeded $ 75 per barrel. In the United States, they do not expect a drop in gas prices in the coming years. According to the Minister of Energy of Samuel Bodman, the demand is so exceeding the proposal that it is necessary to look for new sources of energy supply.

Internet telephony operator Skype said that the number of registered service users in the world has reached 100 million. The number of users who regularly make calls using Skype is much less. It is about 6 million. The popularity of the Skype Internet telephony service has already forced many telecommunication companies to reduce the prices for telephone conversations.

In the German city of Bremen, the command championship of the world in table tennis ended. In the final match of the men's tournament, the Chinese team beat the South Korean team - 3: 0. In the match for the 5th place, which also took place on Monday, the Russians lost to the Czechs-1: 3. Earlier, bronze medals won the national teams of Germany and Hong Kong, who lost in the semifinals.

The Science magazine has published a study on the dating of the eruption of the volcano on the island of Tera (Thera). The eruption occurred about a thousand five hundred years BC and caused the tsunami, which destroyed the Minoan culture on the island of Crete. Danish geologists conducted a radiocarbon analysis of an olive branch extracted from a volcanic ash. The study showed that the eruption occurred between 1660 and 1600 BC.

In the Sea of Okhotsk, 30 miles from Magdan sat in a mall tanker "Vincentes", owned by the Vladivostok company "Rimsko". None of the 22 crew members were injured. According to various sources, the ship received holes in the bow and in the area of the machine department. There are no oil products on board the tanker. A rescue vessel and an icebreaker came to his aid.

The situation in the Koryak Autonomous Okrug - after a series of earthquakes - remains very complicated, the fluctuations of the earth's crust are ongoing, ”said Kamil Ishakov, the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the Far Eastern District, who visited Koryakia. According to Iskhakov, 4 out of five schools were completely destroyed in the Olyutor region of autonomy, all kindergartens, serious damage were caused to hospitals and clinics, and energy supply facilities.

On May 1, more than a million people in European countries took part in the rallies and processions of May 1, the authorities of Serbia did not fulfill the ultimatum of the Hague Tribunal to issue Ratko Mladic in Omsk, the man of the day, the man of the day, was reduced by the Bolsheviks - Ettore Messin, the head coach of the CSKA basketball team

In the Ingush village of Troitskaya, an explosion has been disturbed. No one was injured. The explosive device of an unidentified sample worked in the courtyard of a private house. Glass is knocked out of the house. The power of the explosion was 100 grams in the TNT equivalent.

The restoration of Iraq is significantly inhibited by the attacks of the rebels and corruption. This is stated in the report of the American Special General Inspector for the restoration of Iraq Stuart Bowen. The author of the document emphasizes that corruption in the oil and gas industry of Iraq may have destructive consequences for the case of stabilization and the formation of democracy in the country.

The Finnish team on Monday issued the third place in the overall standings of the Eurotour, having won the comforting final over the Czech team - 3: 2.

For the first time after 1971, CSKA basketball players became the winners of the most prestigious European club tournament. In Prague in the final match of the Euroleague, they defeated the rivals from the Israeli McCabi (Tel Aviv) - 73:69, not allowing the third consecutive the title. Earlier in the match, two Spanish teams met for the third place: Tau Ceramics won with Barcelona - 87:82.