May 17, 2011, 10:49 a.m. Sports The FA intends to invite a Mexican striker to the England youth team The Football Association of England (FA) intends to invite Mexico's Jaguares Chiapas striker Antonio Michael Pedrosa Witham to the England squad for the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia this summer. “My dad is Mexican and my mom is English,” the 20-year-old player is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail . — I was born in England, but moved to Mexico as a child.

On Tuesday, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill that postpones the mandatory installation of gas meters in homes to January 1, 2015. Amendments to the law “On Energy Saving and Increasing Energy Efficiency” were developed by the Ministry of Economic Development . Changes to the law are proposed due to the high cost of gas meters.

Well-known sports television journalist in Argentina, Cecilia Bonelli is popular in her homeland not only as a reporter, but also as a model. Cecilia works for Fox Sports, where she hosts a football show. Football occupies a special place for her not only at work, but also in her personal life. Her boyfriend, to whom she is engaged, is the local Racing club player Claudio Jacob . But she prefers not to talk about her personal life.

17 May 2011, 14:49 Sports Belous will replace Lopatin as CEO of Rostov General Director of Rostov Oleg Lopatin will leave his post. According to Sport DZD will be appointed in his place . , Yuri Belous , who previously worked in a similar position at FC Moscow, as well as the sports director of Lokomotiv, “I can’t give any comments on this topic yet,” Belous said. “Perhaps something will become clearer in a day or two.”

Ulyanovsk Governor Sergei Morozov promised to personally take part in the widely publicized “Birth of a Patriot” campaign. The head of the region made this statement at one of the meetings dedicated to demographic policy. “I have always advocated and advocate for a large family. I will try to do everything in order to participate in the “Birth of a Patriot on Russia Day” campaign and give the Ulyanovsk region a young citizen next year,” said Sergei Morozov.

17 May 2011, 18:45 Politics Khodorkovsky presented a sentence to Danilkin Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev ask to initiate a case against judge Viktor Danilkin Svetlana Bocharova Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev demanded that a criminal case be opened against Judge Viktor Danilkin, who sentenced the ex-YUKOS leaders to 14 years in prison. The verdict was not written by Danilkin, the applicants are convinced.

17 May 2011, 18:29 Cars Experts took the judge's testimony The investigation received the results of examinations of the accident with the participation of Judge Valery Sas Mikhail Bely (Ulyanovsk) Gazeta.Ru has become aware of the results of examinations in the case of an accident in Ulyanovsk with the participation of former federal judge Valery Sas.

May 17, 2011, 21:17 Cars The Hyundai Solaris hatchback will be 44 thousand rubles more expensive than the sedan Hyundai has announced prices for the Hyundai Solaris hatchback – its production at the plant in St. Petersburg started in May 2011, and sales will begin in June. The cost of the Solaris hatchback in the basic configuration with a 1.4-liter engine will be 443,000 rubles, with a 1.6-liter engine – 463,000 rubles (prices for a sedan start at 399 thousand).

According to the facts of the statement of the former major of the internal troops, Igor Matveev , that in Vladivostok military personnel were fed dog food, and Chinese guest workers lived in the military unit, an investigation will be carried out, said the head of the press service of the troops, Vasily Panchenkov . “Institutional and prosecutorial checks were carried out on all of Matveev’s statements, and decisions were made to refuse to initiate criminal cases due to the absence of a crime.

reported , citing the Ministry of Defense British British aircraft attacked a training base for Gaddafi's bodyguards on Tuesday, Reuters . Gaddafi's bodyguard squad has become widely known throughout the world. Only virgins are selected for it, since the Libyan leader believes that they are not prone to betrayal and will not participate in a conspiracy against the country's leadership. The training base was used by bodyguards protecting only Gaddafi and his inner circle.

17 May 2011, 15:33 Politics Elizabeth II paid a visit to the bomb The Queen of Great Britain made her first official visit to Ireland Ekaterina Savina British Queen Elizabeth II arrived on a visit to Ireland. This is the first visit by the head of the royal house to his closest neighbors in the last hundred years, since the War of Independence.

17 May 2011, 20:54 Sports “Rostov” officially confirmed the appointment of Belous “Rostov” officially announced the appointment of Yuri Belous as general director of the club , the club’s press service reports . Oleg Lopatin , who previously held this position, became the club's executive director. Sports director Alexander Shikunov wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will. Acting head coach Vladimir Ivanovich Lyuty will prepare the team for Saturday's match with Amkar.

May 17, 2011, 11:49 News In Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan, a suicide bomber blew himself up near the building of the National Security Committee Near the building of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan in the city of Aktyubinsk, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, killing one person, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic told RIA Novosti. “There was an explosion, and the person who did the explosion died.

— 17.05.2011 16:55 — People's Artist of the USSR, President of the Academy of Russian Art Nikolai Petrov was hospitalized with a stroke in the Minsk emergency hospital, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Belarusian website “Charter-97”. Petrov came to Minsk to attend the opening of the “Magic of the Piano” music forum at the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society.

The US administration is conducting direct negotiations with the terrorist movement “Taliban (organization banned in Russia),” writes the Washington Post . One of the American officials attended meetings in Qatar and Germany at least three times, a source in the Afghan government told the publication.