At the mine "Krepinskaya" in the city of Anthracite, Luhansk region of Ukraine, on Tuesday evening, a miner died under a rock blockage at a depth of 960 meters. According to RIA Novosti, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine reported that rescuers raised the body of the deceased miner to the surface two hours later. Since the beginning of the year, about ten people have died in the mines of Ukraine.

The Moscow prosecutor's office denied reports of an intention to bring charges against the perpetrators of the tragedy in the water park in the near future. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the statement of the press service of the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office.

In Chechnya, numerous falsifications and manipulations were revealed in documents submitted for compensation for lost housing. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Wednesday at the Joint Press Center of the Regional Operational Headquarters (ROSH) for managing the counterterrorist operation in the North Caucasus. These are the conclusions of the commission for monitoring the implementation of the government program for the payment of funds to citizens of Chechnya for destroyed housing.

In the Iraqi city of Al Hilla, two suicide bombers rammed a military base of foreign peacekeepers with car bombs, Reuters reports. As a result, in addition to the suicide bombers themselves, 11 more bystanders were killed. The attack took place at 7:15 am local time. at least 64 people were injured. Among them are 44 Iraqis, 6 Poles, 1 Hungarian and 1 American, RIA Novosti reports.

The United Arab Emirates handed over to Qatar those suspected of organizing the murder of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Saudi Ash-Sharq Al-Ausat. According to the newspaper's sources in Doha, "two suspects of European appearance" were detained in the city of Dubai, where they flew from Qatar after the assassination attempt, organized on February 13.

Microsoft has tried to settle its differences with the European Commission by offering to include competitors' software applications in a set of software distributed on CDs with personal computers, according to the Financial Times. The European Commission was not enthusiastic about the idea and stated that this step is not enough to finally resolve the issue.

Transval Park. Photo from the site www.technonicol.msk.ru In the near future, the head of the company KA Nodar Kancheli, who designed the dome in the water park, can go from witnesses to the category of accused. This is written on Wednesday "Izvestia". “What kind of project is this when, due to the fall of one small supporting pillar, the whole roof collapses,” the newspaper told the Moscow Prosecutor Governor.

The government of the Russian Federation within two weeks will submit to the State Duma a draft law on compulsory medical insurance, promised the head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation German Gref, speaking at the Academy of National Economy under the government of the Russian Federation. It is reported by RIA Novosti. According to the minister, the draft law has already been approved. Gref noted that this law is the basis for the healthcare reform.

In Moscow, operatives of the Main Directorate of Internal Security detained two employees of the Criminal Investigation Department for fraud, RIA Novosti reports. They were detained last Tuesday at about 20.00 Moscow time, both were taken near the cafe "Two Friends" while receiving 5 thousand dollars from an employee of a real estate company. These are detectives of the Criminal Investigation Department - senior lieutenants of militia Sergey Korolev and Oleg Belokusov.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued 531 people on Tuesday for sharing infringing files on p2p systems, Wired News reported. Thus, the total number of potential defendants amounted to 1445 people. As in January, lawsuits are filed against "John Doe" (unknown), and the defendants appear only under their IP addresses. A total of 381 users were settled out of court by the RIAA (including two victims of the January anti-piracy campaign).

In Moscow on Wednesday, the funeral of the first 14 victims of the collapse of the roof in the water park "Transvaal-Park" was held, NTV reports. The dead were buried at Domodedovo, Vostryakovsky, Babushkinsky, Miussky, Nikolo-Arkhangelsky, Mitinsky, Preobrazhensky and Shcherbinsky cemeteries. The places of burial were chosen by the relatives of the dead. The bodies of the dead from other regions were delivered to their homeland.

In the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, a police major was wounded as a result of an explosion. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Wednesday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the explosion occurred the day before during the conduct of operational-search activities by OMON officers from the Arkhangelsk region. As a result, the deputy commander - chief of staff of the OMON was wounded. The officer has been hospitalized.

JSC "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines" intends to create an electronic ticket booking system (e-ticketing) by the fall of this year, Deputy General Director of the company Sergey Kiryushin said at a briefing on Wednesday. This is reported by Interfax.

Boris Ignatiev has been appointed head coach of the Saturn football team near Moscow, Kommersant reports. The corresponding order was signed on Wednesday by the governor of the Moscow region Boris Gromov. "Only Boris Ignatiev with his vast experience in football can solve the main task of Saturn - to enter the UEFA Cup in 2006," Valery Aksakov, chairman of the supervisory board of the Saturn football team, chairman of the Moscow Regional Duma, told reporters.

Vice-President of Iran, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazade announced the readiness of the Islamic Republic to sign a protocol with Russia on the return of nuclear fuel spent at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. He stated this to RIA Novosti. "We expect that the document will be signed during the visit of Russian Minister for Atomic Energy Alexander Rumyantsev to Iran," Agazade added.