An epidemic of an unknown disease has been reported in the Stavropol Territory, in Russia s European south. 168 people, including 160 children, have become infected in Chernolessk town during a day. If the police try to arrest Milosevic, there will be a civil war , said Sinisa Vucinic, leader of the United Left Party, to which the wife of ex-President Slobodan Milosevic, Mira Markovic, is associated. 60,000 people are ready for the fight at the first call. Another Portuguese member of the forces which served in the Balkans in the 1990s has died.
First reports add that the renal failure was caused by meningitis.
A criminal drama is unfolding in the North-Caucasian republic of Ingushetia. Yesterday, in the village of Dalakovo, a raid was carried out by power ministries units aimed to detain Hasan Garakoyev suspected of kidnappings and belonging to criminal groups. President Vladimir Putin has returned to Moscow from official visits to Vietnam and the Republic of Korea. The head of the Russian Space agency Rosaviacosmos Yury Koptev did not approve the idea of US businessmen to turn the distraction of Mir space station into a show. 111 deputies have already signed the document.