In Iraq on Friday, at least 27 people became victims of two terrorist attacks, dozens were injured. In the Shiite village of Dudhail, north of Baghdad, a mined car exploded near the police station. At least 25 people were killed, about 40 were injured Earlier on the same day, two people were killed and more than ten were injured when the suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Shiite mosque in the city of Shinjar, near Mosul, in the north of Iraq.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Sergey Tarasov : In Ukraine, where the political crisis continues, the conflict between the president and the prime minister, yesterday, the head of government Yulia Tymoshenko testified in the prosecutor's office in the case of Viktor Yushchenko’s poisoning four years ago, then still a candidate for president of the country. Details in the material of Vladimir Ivakhnenko.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Alexander GOSTEV takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: Another sharp exacerbation of relations between the United States, on the one hand, and Venezuela and Bolivia, on the other. Venezuela President Hugo Chavez announced that within 72 hours he was sending an American ambassador from Karakas in connection with the disclosure, according to him, a conspiracy to overthrow the governments of Venezuela and Bolivia.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Melanie Bachin takes part. Mikhail Salenkov : In Tomsk, the 8th National Audioral Festival "Siberian Decibel" was opened. This year, the festival hosts the awarding ceremony of winners of the Popov International Professional Prize in the field of broadcasting. Among the participants in the competition are representatives of 50 Russian and foreign cities.

Russia is not satisfied with the current security system in the world. Recent events in the Caucasus dispelled the illusions of those who thought that the world was arranged fairly, that the security system is optimal and supported balance, ”said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. At a meeting in Moscow with members of the Valdai International Discussion Club, Medvedev also said that Russia does not deny its own interests in a number of regions.

About how the Ukrainian political situation will develop, with the leading program Vitaly Portnikov, the president of the Analytical Center "Open Policy" Igor Zhdanov

Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with members of the Valdai International Club

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Radio Liberty correspondent Natalya Golitsyna takes part. Dmitry Volchek : Yesterday, Vladimir Putin convinced foreign experts in Sochi in the correctness of Russian politics in the Caucasus. Today, Dmitry Medvedev met with the participants in the Valdai Club.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived on a four -day visit to France. At the Paris airport, he was met by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. It is expected that today Benedict XVI will make a appeal about the role of religion in society, and on Saturday will serve Mass in Paris.

The firefighters managed to put out the fire in the tunnel near La Channel, which broke out on Thursday on one of the cargo railway platforms. As a result of the incident, 14 people received easy injuries, the movement of trains was completely interrupted. About 26 thousand passengers use services of Eurostar expresses in the tunnel.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Sergey Tarasov : In Russia every year it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine the child in kindergarten. To get a place in a preschool, it is chosen even before the baby’s birth. For example, in the capital, today about 18 thousand families are waiting for the queue to get a place for a child in kindergarten.

The State Duma adopted in the final - third - reading amendments to the law "On Citizenship". Changes simplify the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for foreigners and stateless persons who come to Russia under the program of resettlement of compatriots. Now they will not be applied to the requirements of the law on the obligatory five -year period of continuous residence in Russia from the date of receipt of a residence permit.

The Governor of Alaska, candidate for US Vice President Sarah Palein called on NATO to take Georgia and Ukraine into his ranks. She stated that the United States should be ready to enter the war if Georgia, already as a member of the North Atlantic Union, will again be subjected to aggression from Russia. At the same time, Pailin emphasized the inadmissibility of the Cold War between the United States and Russia.

The former leader of Serbian nationalists Tomislav Nikolich said that he would form a moderate party. Nikolich noted that the purpose of the new party will be strengthening the cooperation of Serbia both with the European Union and Russia and the struggle to preserve Kosovo as part of Serbia. Last week, Tomislav Nikolich resigned from the post of actual leader of the Serbian Radical Party - one of the largest in the country.