19:15
WORLD BANK FIGURES SHOW GROWTH RATE CUT BY HALF
The main economic impact of the current world crisis will be felt in 2002, according to statistics released by the World Bank as recession is predicted for Euroland and the USA. More details...

18:56
US INDUSTRY HITS 50-YEAR LOW
For the first time since the Great Patriotic War (Second World War), the industrial sector in the USA has registered a downturn for 12 successive months, a fact which may be attenuated by a prolonged war. More details...

17:08
ANTHRAX. WHAT WILL BE NEXT?
There are rumours that the suspicious mail arrived in Moscow too. Experts informed to The Vek newspaper that there were letters indeed. Luckily, the powder inside the envelopes was not “the anthrax powder.” However, there is much anxiety left on the matter More details...

16:15
HERNAN ETCHALECO: ANTHRAX IN ARGENTINA CONFIRMED
Dr. Hector Lombardo, National Minister of Health, confirmed yesterday the presence of Anthrax in a letter that was sent from Miami, USA. This information was released after a second biological test was performed in Buenos Aires. More details...

15:46
FEDERAL SEARCH DECLARED FOR NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN OLIGARCH
Russian law-enforcement bodies have «attacked» the notorious Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. He was charged with three articles of the Russian Criminal Code, and a federal search for Berezovsky has been declared More details...

14:34
RUSSIAN RAILWAY MINISTER ACCUSED OF MONEY ABUSE. MINISTER INTENDS TO SUE MASS MEDIA
A scandal sprang up yesterday in Russia at the end of the working day. It is hard to estimate the scale of the scandal, even 12 hours after it started. Several Russian mass media outlets stated that the Russian Office of Prosecutor General brought the charges against Russia’s Railway Minister Nikolay Aksenenko More details...

14:24
HERNAN ETCHALECO: PROBABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN AL-QAEDA AND TERRORIST ATTACKS IN BUENOS AIRES
Al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization commanded by Osama bin Laden, claimed responsibility on terrorist attack on a Jewish building in Buenos Aires in 1995. This information has been provided by Juan Jose Echegoyen, an Argentinean diplomatic who is in charge of business affairs at the Argentina embassy at Saudi Arabia. More details...

14:06
72 DEAD IN TURKISH PRISONS
Seventy two Marxist-Leninist political prisoners have died in a hunger strike in Turkish prisons since October last year. More details...

13:30
ANDREY LUBENSKY: UKRAINE’S PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS APOLOGIZE FOR THEIR PRESIDENT
The delegation of Ukraine’s Public Organizations Congress, which took place in Kiev, unanimously voted to address the world community. They apologized in front of the world for the statements from Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma pertaining to the crash of the Russian Tu-154 plane More details...

13:10
AMERICAN SPECIAL FORCES FINISHED THE FIRST GROUND OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN
A group of American commandos finished the first land operation on Afghanistan’s territory on Saturday. A Pentagon spokesman has reported this to the American media on the condition of anonymity More details...

13:03
FLARE-UP IN KASHMIR
India has blamed Pakistan for the frontier clashes in the last three days that have left 25 dead. More details...

12:39
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: NOAM CHOMSKY IN THE INTERVIEW TO THE GREEK PRESS
- Do you agree with the opinion that the world has changed after September 11, 2001? More details...

12:00
SEX SCANDAL IN FRANCE
A Member of the French Parliament has been sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment ...but walks free due to Parliamentary immunity. More details...

21:55
ISRAELI TOURISM MINISTER IS KILLED ISRAEL MAY STOP LOOKING BACK ON U.S.A.
The assassination of the Israeli Minister for Tourism, Rehavam Zeevi cast doubt on setting up peace in the Middle East. The USA would like it a lot - to achieve the peace as soon as possible More details...

20:58
FROM NOW ON THE LETTERS WITH WHITE POWDER WILL BE REFERRED TO “ANONYMOUS THREAT OF A TERROR ACT”
The white powder “mania” is continuing all over the world, Russia is not an exception. There were official “white powder” proceedings started only once – after a Moscow firm received such mail More details...

20:08
NO MORE MEALS AND NEWSPAPERS FOR KLM PASSENGERS IN EUROPE
A Dutch newspaper informed, millions of passengers of KLM airline would not be getting warm food and free newspapers in all the European directions of the airline More details...

19:17
SHARON GETS READY TO ASSASSINATE ARAFAT
Yasser Arafat asks the international community to immediately interfere in the events, which are currently taking place in the Middle East. Arafat said that in his speech to the heads of the diplomatic missions, accredited in Palestine More details...

18:33
VIKTOR ILYUKHIN: GEORGIAN PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SAVE HIS PERSONA
We interviewed the chairman of the Russian Committee for Security, the leader of the All-Russian public and political movement “In support of the army, defense industry and military science,” Viktor Ilyukhin More details...

17:27
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: BACKSTAGE POLITICAL STRUGGLE IN CHECHNYA
The war in Chechnya is going on. We learn about the new acts of terrorism, murders of civilians every day as well as about the destruction of a regular gang of guerrillas. The scenes of violence and death on television do not frighten the viewers anymore – everybody got used to it More details...

17:00
OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN:SITUATION REPORT
As the Pentagon admits that the Taleban leadership are legitimate targets, the entry of the AC-130 Spectre aircraft indicates that the conflict is at turning point. More details...

16:30
HUMAN CATASTROPHE: COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN IN AFGHANISTAN
International aid agencies have called on the anti-terrorism alliance to cease the military operations in Afghanistan so that food can reach those in need before it is too late. More details...

15:40
HERNAN ETCHALECO: POSSIBLE CASE OF ANTHRAX IN ARGENTINA
National Health authorities announced yesterday night a 98 per cent certain case of anthrax registered in Buenos Aires. Apparently, a person denounced reception of a suspicious envelope from abroad, which in now under examination by biological specialists. More details...

15:10
ANDREI LUBENSKI: ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN UKRAINE STARTS JANUARY 1, 2002
On Thursday, the Supreme Rada of Ukraine one more time passed the law “About Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine” after taking into account suggestions and criticism of the Ukrainian President (who already four times used his veto right). More details...

15:02
TENSION RISES IN KASHMIR
India and Pakistan raise the tone of the war of words as both countries accuse each other of preparing for conflict. More details...

14:10
CHLORINE IN ENVELOPES ADDRESSED TO PUTIN AND KASYANOV
In suspicious letters addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime-Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, found out in railway post office of Novosibirsk central station, there was chlorine. More details...

13:30
MARINA ROMANOVA: EMERGENCY EVENT IN ST PETERSBURG
This September will be kept in mind of many St Petersburg citizens because of an unusual burst of poisonings in kindergartens of the city. Within ten days, 654 people addressed to doctors because of this reason. More details...

12:30
GENE CALLAHAN: EXPLAINING MADNESS
A frequent non-explanation of the terrorist attacks on September 11th is that the terrorists are simply evil madmen. As Poirot points out above, such an explanation is stupid, because it does not explain any specific action at all. Granted, they are evil madmen: But why was their evil madness expressed in those particular actions, rather than, say, torturing dogs or setting fire to their neighbor's house? More details...

12:10
TAMARA ROKHLINA: “I SUFFERED TOO MUCH…”
Again, trial on general Lev Rokhlin’s widow is in the centre of mass media’s attention. Tamara Rokhlina, the main accused of the general’s murder, made a protest against the closed process. This was reported by her yesterday, in connexion with recommencement of the process in Naro-Fominsk court. More details...

11:15
THE US LAUNCHES GROUND OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN
Today, a Pentagon official confirmed to Western information agencies and US TV companies the ground operation in Afghanistan had been launched. US task force, including Delta Force landed in south Afghanistan being supported by aircraft and helicopters. More details...

11:01
IT’S OFFICIAL:MOBILE PHONES SCARE OFF GHOSTS
According to the latest statistics on sightings of ghosts in the United Kingdom, it becomes apparent that public enemy number one for ghouls is the mobile phone. More details...