Indonesia. Photo by ar In the east of Indonesia, in the area of ​​the city of Vamen (Papua Province), an earthquake occurred. Underground shocks by force 5.6 points on the Richter scale were awarded at half past three local time. This was reported on Tuesday AP with reference to the representative of the Agency for Meteorology and Geophysics in Jayapur. The epicenter of the earthquake, according to it, was 78 kilometers from Vamena.

Lugansk. Photo from the site www.lugansk.info In Lugansk, the Russian language is given the status of the regional in the city. So the Lugansk City Council decided by a majority vote. Earlier, the Lugansk Regional Council provided the same status of the Russian language. It is reported on Tuesday Interfax. The day before, a similar decision was made at a meeting of the 2nd session of the Yalta City Council, reports REGNUM.

Sapers cleanse the mine warehouse found under the school in Lviv. Frame NTV In the Moscow school #128, located on the 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya street, a suspicious item resembling an explosive device was found on Tuesday. This was announced by RIA "Novosti" a source in law enforcement agencies of the capital. According to him, at the school, except for security, at that moment there was nobody. "At present, the guards are evacuated. The arrival of sappers is expected," he said.

Anti -NATO action in Feodosia. Frame NTV The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko admitted that the American military transport ship Advantage delivered weapons to the port of Feodosia in Crimea. Speaking on the air of the NTN channel on Monday, Gritsenko said that he "made a mistake" in his previous statements on this score and apologized to the viewers.

Vladimir Kazakovtsev. Photo from the site indem.ru The State Duma deputy from the Communist Party faction Vladimir Kazakovtsev died. According to State Duma deputy Vladimir Kashin, the deputy chairman of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party, Kazakovtsev died suddenly from a heart attack. He was 56 years old. According to Kashin, Kazakovtsev was the first secretary of the Kirov regional committee of the Communist Party.

Dima Bilan. Photo from the site www.galarec.ru Dima Bilan, who took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest-2006 contest expressed the opinion that gay parades cannot be prohibited. He stated this, answering the question of gay para during a direct line with readers of MK. Two gays, Dima fans, said that "they were going to go to the gay parade in Moscow and have already sewed special costumes.

Vodka. Photo from the site http://mvdrk.karelia.ru In the suburbs, from July 1, the trade in alcoholic beverages with a fortress above 15 degrees at night will be limited. According to Interfax, the corresponding resolution was adopted by the Government of the Moscow Region. According to the document, the implementation of strong alcohol will be allowed only from 8 to 23 hours.

MKAD at night. Photo from the site CultureDust.tripod.com On the Moscow Ring Road on Monday evening, a car crashed into a group of road workers, RIA Novosti reports. As a result of the collision, one person died on the spot, two more were hospitalized. At the same time, the condition of one victim is evaluated as serious. The circumstances of the incident are clarified.

Kim Wu Chong. Photo by ar The founder and former head of Daewoo Corporation Kim Wu Chung was sentenced on Tuesday by the South Korean court to ten years in prison. According to the Air Force, he was found guilty of several articles, including theft of funds and financial fraud. The charges of bribes that were presented to him, the court removed. The court also sentenced the 69-year-old Kim to pay more than 21 trillion won ($ 22 billion) to reimburse losses.

The state flag of Belarus. From the site www.bress.ru The Customs Service of Belarus has detained about 50 heavy trucks following the Kaliningrad region with transit. As the representative of the cargo company told Interfax, the cars detained explanations of the reasons.

Russian peacekeepers in the area of ​​the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. Frame of Channel One The Russian Foreign Ministry accuses Georgia of provocations and attempts to aggravate the situation in South Ossetia.

Strasbourg Court of Human Rights Russia should more effectively decide judicial cases at the national level, says the speaker of the commission on legal issues and human rights PACE Eric Jurgens. According to RIA Novosti, he expressed such an opinion at a meeting with the chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev. According to Jurgens, currently too many cases from Russia are sent to the European Court of Human Rights to Strasbourg.

Vladimir Putin and Sergey Ivanov. Photo by ar In 2007-2015, 4 trillion 939 billion rubles will be spent on the State Arms Program. Of these, about 4 trillions will go directly to the needs of the Ministry of Defense. These figures were published in a report by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov.

Vladimir Putin asks that funds be included in the 2007 budget to improve the living standards of pensioners, salaries for state employees, and solve problems of supporting motherhood and childhood. This is stated in the budget message of the president, sent on Tuesday to the prime minister and speakers of both houses of parliament. Particular attention, Putin believes, should be given to solving the problem of raising the living standards of pensioners.

Volgograd Mayor Evgeny Ishchenko. Photo from the website volgadmin.ru Volgograd Mayor Yevgeny Ishchenko was detained as part of an investigation into a criminal case on the activities of the Volgograd Communal Systems (VGKS). This was reported to Interfax in the regional prosecutor's office. According to the source, the mayor was detained at the exit from the regional administration, where the meeting took place.