The Government of Israel has adopted a proposal the second time Palestinian groups about the ceasefire in the gas sector. According to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after telephone negotiations with the Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, a truce will begin to act from seven in the morning Today. In accordance with the agreement, Palestinian militants will stop the missile shelling of Israeli cities, and Israel will begin The withdrawal of their troops from the gas sector.

In Japan, at the world championship among men's teams, matches of the next round of the second group stage were played today. Here are their results: Serbia and Montenegro Argentina 3: 1 France USA 3: 2 Brazil Czech Republic 3: 0 Poland Canada 3: 0 Russia Puerto Rico 3: 0 Bulgaria Germany 3: 1 Italy Cuba 3: 1 Japan Tunisia 3: 2

US President George Bush believes that Afghan authorities should take more effective measures in the fight against drug trafficking. According to the press service of the President of Afghanistan, Bush raised a question about this in a telephone conversation with Hamid Karzai This year, in Afghanistan, the underground production of opium, obtained from opium poppy, increased by 50 percent.

On Sunday, two races were held in a classic style. At a distance of 10 km, women got Virpi Kuytunen Virpa Victory. The second was finished by Norwegian Marit Bjorgen, and the third place was taken by Christina Schmigun from Estonia. The best time in a male race of 15 km was shown by Norwegian Elder Renning, who was ahead of the Frenchman Vincent Wittos and Swede Anders Soteregren.

British Minister of Finance Gordon Brown considers one -sided Nuclear disarmament is dangerous for your country. According to Brown, who is considered the most likely the successor of the current Prime Minister Tony Blair, for Great Britain will be unreasonable to get rid of nuclear weapons, If it appears in countries such as North Korea. Great Britain in the near future will have a large -scale Discussion - what to do with your obsolete system nuclear weapons.

On November 27, 450, in Rome, without reaching 60 years, Galla Placidia died, the widow of the emperor Constance III, who is the rule of the Western Roman Empire on behalf of her young son Valentinian III. The daughter of the last sovereign ruler of the Roman Empire - Theodosius of the Great - Galla Placidia after the capture of Rome by the Westgotes in 410 was captured and became the wife of the Visigoth King of Ataulf, who followed in Spain.

Switzerland voted in a referendum for financial assistance to new members of the European Union. "For" more than 53 percent of the referendum participants spoke. The Assistance Program proposed by the Switzerland government received support for the main political parties. For 10 years, about $ 830 million will be allocated to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Help is intended to eliminate social and economic imbalance with other EU countries.

The head of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Andreas Gross supported the idea of holding a "round table" PACE on the problems of Chechnya. Speaking on Sunday at Gudermes during a meeting with the head of the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov, Gross emphasized the need for participation in the discussion and those who left the republic and critically refers to the Chechen authorities.

In Samara, the action of human rights activists is held, dedicated to the memory of the former FSB lieutenant colonel Alexander Litvinenko, who had died the other day in the London Hospital. The Samara branch of the All -Russian movement "The United Civil Front" organized single pickets in several areas of the city. Participants in the civil action call for an objective investigation of the circumstances of the death of Litvinenko.

State Duma deputy Suleiman Kerimov was seriously injured in a car accident in Nice. He is in one of the French hospitals in critical condition. In the accident, which occurred on Saturday, the woman who was traveling in the sports "Ferrari" was injured on Saturday. The French police are investigating. Suleiman Kerimov, representing in the State Duma of the LDPR, recently fell on the list of the hundred richest people in the world, compiled by Forbes magazine.

A woman can become the president of France for the first time. Severe Ruayal was officially officially nominated by presidential candidate from the Socialist Party. At the Congress of Socialists, the vast majority of deputies voted for her. Ruayal is noticeably more popular among the French than another probable presidential candidate - a member of the ruling party, Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkoi (42 and 36 percent, respectively).

From the main building of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov on the Sparrow Mountains in On Saturday, people were evacuated twice. In the morning in the building there was an explosion of low -power homemade Bombs, one more - was found and neutralized. No one was injured. A criminal case has been opened under the article "Hooliganism". In the evening, students were evacuated from the building - like It turned out that these were teachings.

In Bahrain, according to preliminary data, candidates from Islamist parties are leading in the parliamentary elections. Radical Sunnis and Shiites received the majority in the lower house of parliament. So far, not one of the liberal candidates has passed to the parliament, out of 18 elected deputies - only one woman.