Another American soldier died in Iraq, the command said. The soldier died in the province of Diala, blown up by a mine. Since March 2003, when the operation in Iraq began, more than three thousand six hundred and thirty American military had already died there.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Oleg Kusov takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: According to preliminary data, the former head of the Security Service of the self -proclaimed Republic of Bako Sahakyan, for whom 85 percent of voters, won the presidential election in Nagorno Karabakh. Armenian President Robert Kocharian congratulated Bako Sahakyan on the election of the president.

Six suspects were detained in an attack on the environmental camp in Angarsk (Irkutsk region). 15 people participated in the attack, the individuals of 13 are already established. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, none of them is related to extremist groups. Law enforcement agencies are inclined to the version of hooliganism for robbery. Today, young people armed with bits and sticks broke into the camp early in the morning.

The Taliban killed one hostage captured by them in Afghanistan - a German citizen. The representative of the Reuters, the representative of the Taliban, who informed the Reuters, warned that the second German would suffer the same fate - in the very near future. The Taliban, who abducted the two Germans and 18 citizens of South Korea, presented an ultimatum. They demand that South Korea and Germany today announce the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan.

In Turkey, universal early elections will be held tomorrow. In recent months, the country has been a strict struggle between supporters of the ruling party of justice and development and supporters of the opposition. The opposition accused the ruling party of attempts to Isamize Turkey. The Party of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan - as a response argument - pointed out the economic successes achieved thanks to its policy. According to polls, the Erdogan party may win the elections.

In the north-west of Pakistan, heavy rains and landslides led to the death of more than 50 people. Destroyed houses in two villages. Several missing residents are reported.

The writer Maria Rolinikaite is 80 years old today. Lithuanian native, she lives and works in St. Petersburg for many years. In connection with the anniversary of the Zvezda magazine, he published three “Lithuanian novels” Rolinikaite with memories of people who were saved from the Holocaust, and those who saved them. According to ITAR-TASS, Mary was 14 years old when she became the prisoner of the Vilnius ghetto, where her mother and sister were killed.

Afghan authorities refute the Taliban statements about the execution of two German hostages. The representative of the Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan today said that, according to available information, one of the stolen died from a heart attack, the other survived. The authorities are trying to achieve his liberation. The German government reported that it has no confirmation from independent sources of information about the death of hostages.

George Bush today temporarily resigned the powers of the US president - in connection with a medical examination of the intestine, which is carried out under complete anesthesia. During the examination, the duty of the head of state is performed by US Vice President Dick Cheney. George Bush notified the leaders of both chambers of Congress. The representative of the White House Tony Snow emphasized that the examination is planned and we are not talking about any Presidential health problems.

160 thousand exhibits were not counted in Russian museums during a comprehensive audit. To date, 700 items are wanted, 300 - damaged or completely destroyed. According to the Interfax agency, only a fourth part of the country's museum fund has been checked. A comprehensive check in museums began this year. A special revision commission was created in September last year - after large thefts in the Hermitage were identified.

By 2010, Russia will be able to completely switch to the issuance of "biometric passports". They will comply with the new requirements for passport and visa documents. 50 thousand new passports have already been manufactured in Russia. This was announced in Vienna by Deputy Director of the Federal Migration Service of Russia Mikhail Türkin. According to ITAR-TASS, he participated in the seminar on the safety of travel documents organized by the OSCE OSCE department.

The theme of the program is “Borders of pornography”. Guests: Director of the Moscow House of Photography Olga Sviblova, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Igor Kon and PRASHKA Alexander VARSKAYA.

In Angarsk, an attack on the camp of ecologists was attacked. One deceased, several seriously wounded. According to eyewitnesses, the tent camp was attacked early in the morning with a group of 15-20 people. Environmentalists held a protest in the camp against the processing of nuclear waste at the Angarsk Electrolysis Plant.

The semifinalists were determined at the European Championship of Europe under the European Championship under the age of 19. This is how group tournaments ended: Group "A" Portugal - Austria - 2: 0 Spain - Greece - 0: 0 The position of the teams: Spain and Greece - 5 points each, Portugal - 4, Austria - 1. Group "B" Germany - Serbia - 3: 2 France - Russia - 0: 0 The position of the teams: Germany - 7 points, France - 5, Serbia - 3, Russia - 1.

Valery Vinokurov: We will talk with you today, apparently, about football: both about the most important events of the past week, and about the upcoming ones. Well, and there are, of course, there are a variety of topics. And water polo, in particular. I hope that Dmitry Morozov will tell us something, because the world league completes the selection to the final tournament. Oleg Vinokurov: We listen to Vasily Nikolaevich from Tomsk.