DOOSAN, the largest manufacturer of construction equipment in South Korea, announced the purchase from the American INGERSOLL-RAND of its Bobcat units. It produces compact tractors, excavators and mini -loaders under this brand at factories in the USA, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and China.

The workers of the largest Russian automobile plant in Togliatti intend to announce a strike on August 1

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Correspondents of Radio Love Chizhov, Sergey Khazov take part. Alexander GOSTEV: One of the leaders of the Independent Trade Union of AvtoVAZ workers Anton Vekchinin was detained in Togliatti. On August 1, the enterprise should take place at the enterprise, and, as the trade union believes, the arrest of their colleague is an intimidation action organized by the administration of the plant.

In Baghdad, six people today died during an explosion of a mined machine. The explosion occurred at the intersection of lively transport highways of the Iraqi capital. 12 people were injured.

The soldier Roman Rudakov, who suffered from grandfature, has not yet been done a vital operation, the Radio Liberty correspondent reports. Roman Rudakov has been in the intensive care unit of the Moscow Hospital named after Burdenko since May. He needs an operation to transplant the intestines. Representatives of the Public Organization "Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg" refused him to date. Relatives are not informed about his condition.

Israel will pass more than 40 Palestinians from Iraq into the territory of the Palestinian autonomy. According to Radio Liberty, Rovshan Huseynov, as a gesture of goodwill addressed to the head of the Palestinian autonomy of Mahmud Abbas Israel, agreed to enter 41 Palestinians from Iraq to the western coast of Jordan, to reunite with relatives.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Samara Sergey Khazov takes part. Andrey Sharogradsky: Sergey Khazov: The disappearance on Friday of the working activist Anton Vekchinin, the worker Volga Automobile Plant, is called an attempt to pressure from the management of the enterprise.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Today, the Federal Penitentiary Service has published an astronomical figure of the number of Russian prisoners: the population reached a prison of 890 thousand people, a rollback occurred by the time of the beginning of judicial reform. We are discussing the topic with a member of the Moscow Helsinsky group Valery Borschev, the former chairman of the Public Council under the Minister of Justice on the problems of the penal system.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived on an official visit to the United States - the first after his approval as the head of the office. The visit will last three days. Brown will negotiate with US President George Bush and other American leaders. Before the trip, Gordon Brown said that he considers close cooperation with the United States to the most important element of the foreign policy of Great Britain.

In Moscow, negotiations of the prime ministers of Russia and Belarus - Mikhail Fradkov and Sergey Sidorsky are held. The main topic is to provide Minsk with a loan worth up to one and a half billion dollars. The parties also discuss the possibility of restructuring of the Belarusian debt of Russia.

The Chinese sage or sage of the Red Cornery ( Salvia Miltiorrhiza ) has been used in China’s folk medicine for many centuries to treat blood and insomnia. Cases of treatment of alcoholism with the help of this plant were also known. Italian scientists from the Institute in the Cagalia of the National Research of Italy ( National Research Council's Institute in Cagliari (In-CNR ) investigated the effects of sage on mice, which were specially withdrawn with predisposition to alcoholism.

The Iraqi authorities were not able to answer for the restoration of the country, the report of the American government says. The document was drawn up based on the results of the consumption of $ 44 billion allocated by the United States since 2003 for projects in the field of Iraqi infrastructure. The authors of the report emphasize that these funds are almost completely spent and now the Iraqi government is all responsible for the restoration of the country.

Andrei Sharogradsky: The man of the day of Radio Liberty July 30 is the Governor of the American state of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was 60 years old today. He was born in the Austrian city of Graz. From childhood he was fond of sports, played football, but successfully achieved success in bodybuilding, having won several titles “Mr. Universe” and many other titles during his sports career. However, the use of steroids seriously affected the health of Schwarzenegger.

Ingushetia attacked police officers, ”Interfax reports citing law enforcement agencies of the republic. According to the agency, in the city of Malgobek, an unknown person threw a grenade into a group of police officers. One policeman was injured. In the city of Karabulak Granata was thrown into the courtyard of the house where a police officer lives. There are no victims. The message about the incident in Karabulak is not officially confirmed.