Terrorists will not be able to disrupt the peace process between India and Pakistan, ”said Pakistan President Musharraf. The statement was made after the events of last night, when explosions occurred in the "Friendship train" walking from India to Pakistan, and then a fire broke out. At least 66 people died and dozens were injured. Most victims are Pakistanis. The tragedy occurred 80 kilometers from Delhi. "Friendship train" was heading to the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Conflicting reports are received about the capture of the Taliban of the district center of Bakw in the Mountain Province of Faryab in the west of Afghanistan. According to the agency "France Press" with reference to the Governor of the province of Mojedin Khan, about 300 Taliban captured the city on Monday morning. However, in a telephone conversation with a correspondent of our radio station, Khan could not confirm the message that the Taliban was still in Bakve.

Ecuador archaeologists have discovered evidence that people used pepper more than 6 thousand years ago, which gives reason to consider this plant one of the most ancient products in the eastern hemisphere. The remains of the seeds of this plant were found in an ancient bowl in the southwest of Ecuador. Experts believe that people who lived in this area used it as a seasoning with legumes and cereals.

Anxiety at the Canadian Embassy in Paris was false. In the suspicious package that arrived at the embassy by mail, they did not find anything dangerous. The alarm rose when an employee who opened the bag, almost immediately felt bad. People from the embassy were evacuated, and the embassy itself was cordoned off.

According to a preliminary explosive examination, the power of a home -made explosive device containing damaging elements was approximately 75 grams in TNT equivalent In St. Petersburg there is an investigation into the circumstances of yesterday's explosion in the very center of the city in the McDonald's cafe on the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Rubinstein Street. Six people were injured, fortunately, there is no threat to their lives.

From the Embassy of Canada in Paris, the police evacuate employees. Correspondents nearby report that the police are dressed in special protective suits. The alarm was raised after a suspicious bag arrived at the embassy by mail. The employee who opened him felt bad almost immediately. Experts explore the contents of the package.

The Catari State Investment Company, according to its leader, can buy up to 10% of the shares of the European aerospace consortium EADS, which includes Airbus, the world's largest producer of passenger airliners. In 2006, Airbus business was unprofitable-for the first time in the 35-year history of the company. Its shares fell into 18%per year, while the main competitor of Airbus, the American company Boeing,, on the contrary, went up by 26%.

The equity holders of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region joined the All-Russian protest of deceived co-investors and held a rally, the resolution of which was decided to send to the President of Russia. According to Tatyana Valovich, the rally was planned to be held next to Smolny and the building of the Government of the Leningrad Region, but, according to the tradition that had already developed in St.

Poland and the Czech Republic are likely to respond with consent to the US proposal - to place elements of the missile defense system on their territory. This was announced today by the prime ministers of the two countries - Yaroslav Kachinsky and Miroslav Toporak, who met in Warsaw. The United States plan caused a sharp discontent to Russia.

The main version of the explosion at McDonald's - hooliganism in Poland does not subside disputes around the published report on the liquidation of military information services in St. Petersburg, hearing on the claim of Alexander Kalyagin against the "Petersburg Theater Journal" The Man of the Day - Poet, essayist, writer Lev Rubinstein

Mikhail Sokolov: Alignment, - this was called by experts of the personnel decisions of President Vladimir Putin.

The British military announced the successful and largest NATO operation in the southern province of Afghanistan Hilmain. More than 250 British troops participated in the operation in the city of Garmzir. According to the representative of the command, none of them were injured. According to him, a significant number of militants were killed, but the representative did not name the exact number of those killed.

In Las Vegas, a match of all the stars of the NBA was held. The Western national team won the East team - 153: 132. The most productive became: the West has a defender of Los Angeles Kobi Bryant (31 points), near the east - the forward of Cleveland Lebron James (28). Kobi Bryant was recognized as the most valuable player of the match.

Prizes of the Berlin Film Festival. The results of Russian trading at the London auction "Sotbis". Interview with film director Ilya Khrzhanovsky. The essay Boris Paramonov "The Tarasov trace was found." Love Stories: Ivan the Terrible and Anastasia Zakharyina-Yuryeva.