British citizen Nicholas Winter, who was traveling in the Irkutsk region, was found in the forest with multiple stab wounds. According to the regional police department, Winter was found 40 km from the village of Novonukutsk. As it turned out, for some time he sailed on a ship, then he decided to go part of the way on foot. According to Winter, he hitchhiked from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk. The Englishman had video equipment with him, which was stolen.

Ex-USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev received on Monday the former US President George W. Bush in the building of the Gorbachev Foundation. "It was a great meeting. When I was US president, one of my happiest memories was working with Gorbachev," Bush told reporters after the meeting. At the same time, he noted that Gorbachev "made one mistake." "He gave me tea. But not in English, but in Russian.

On September 20, Madonna's first book written for children will go on sale in Russia, Interfax reports. The world premiere of the book "English Roses" takes place on September 15th. The series is illustrated by Andy Warhol's student Geoffrey Fulvimari. The book tells about an orphan princess and a red fox, the press attache of the Eksmo publishing house, which publishes the Russian translation of English Roses, told the agency.

Ivan Aivazovsky's painting "Sunrise" was stolen from the storerooms of the Astrakhan State Art Gallery. On Monday, Russian Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy confirmed that specialists from the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg and the All-Russian Center for Artistic and Scientific Expertise.

Photo by AFP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030915/241/59S70.html Many European politicians and commentators, speaking of the results of the Swedish referendum, claim that he was a surprise, a cold shower and an unexpected blow to united Europe. But these are comments from the evil one: there were practically no reasons to count on the fact that most Swedes will speak out for a single currency.

The bride on the day of the failed wedding. Jennifer Lopez laughed at the paparazzi. Photo The Sun The most popular couple of Jen and Ben - Jennifer Lopez and Ben Effle - dispersed, at least for a while. Reuters reported this by informed sources. As the newspaper The Sun clarifies , the day of their alleged wedding Jen and Ben spent separately.

Entrepreneur German Sterligov was the first to put forward his candidacy in the Moscow mayoral elections, which will be held on December 7 this year. This was announced on Monday by the chairman of the Moscow City Electoral Commission, Valentin Gorbunov.

Chinese scientists have found that over the past 33 years, the snow cover of the highest mountain peak in the world, Chomolungma, has become 1.3 meters thinner. It is reported by Interfax with reference to Chinese television. Chomolungma is located in the Himalayas, on the border of Nepal and China. The height of the mountain peak, including snow cover, in 1966 was 8849.75 meters above sea level. In 1975, it decreased to 8849.05 meters, in 1992 the peak became even lower - 8849.04 meters.

A 41-year-old man and his 7-year-old daughter were shot dead in northeast London. According to the BBC, they were found dead in a house on Harrow Road last Sunday. Both died in the hospital from their wounds. The version of double suicide is not considered. They are looking for the killer. The dead have not yet been identified.

Six people were injured on Monday in an accident in the south-west of Moscow. According to sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, at about 14.00 the driver of a passenger bus in the area of ​​​​house # 46 on Obruchev Street lost control and crashed into a lamppost. There were passengers on the bus at the time of the accident. As a result of the collision, six people on the bus, including the driver, were injured.

On Sunday, US law enforcement arrested a Los Angeles suburban resident on suspicion of killing the older sister of world tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams. Aaron Michael Hammer, 24, is being held without bail, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Police Department said. Hammer will be charged Tuesday with the murder of 31-year-old Yetunda Price, committed on Sunday in Compton, an impoverished suburb of Los Angeles, Deputy Sheriff Johnny Jones said.

On Monday, a fire broke out in the prison of the Saudi capital Riyadh. As a result, 70 prisoners were killed, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), cited by Reuters. Another 20 prisoners and three guards were injured. "It is too early to say whether this was an act of sabotage. An investigation is underway," said a source in the national security agencies.

Four people were seriously injured and hospitalized as a result of a fight near the office of the Labor Russia party in Moscow on 1st Dubrovskaya Street near house 20. As Interfax was told by a source in the police department of the capital, the fight took place on Sunday around 18.30. On this day, the Labor Russia party and its youth wing, the Vanguard of the Red Youth, held a mass action called Anti-Capitalism-2003.

On Monday, the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature will host a presentation of the translation of the New Testament from Greek into modern Russian. It is reported by RIA Novosti. "The new edition is called Joyful News and is distinguished by clarity, dynamic presentation, does not contain archaisms and is addressed to the widest range of readers," Vladimir Vdovikov, a leading specialist in the information department of the Russian Bible Society, told the agency.

The number of victims of the terrorist attack on the train Kislovodsk - Mineralnye Vody has increased to 6 people. The city administration told RIA Novosti that on Monday 63-year-old Lyudmila Pevtsova died from severe wounds in the city hospital of Kislovodsk. The total number of victims reached 92 people, RIA Novosti reports.