16:56 // 16.05.2007 Today, at a joint meeting of the chambers of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, deputies approved in the first reading the draft law "On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan", reports IA Kazakhstan Today . 69 deputies of Mazhilis and 33 deputies of the Senate voted for this decision. “The draft law is approved in the first reading,” said the speaker of the Mazhilis Ural Mukhamedzhanov.

21:16 // 16.05.2007 There was no abduction of the children - third -graders Yegor Smirnov and Alexei Mikhailov - in Samara, said ITAR -TASS senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Samara region Valentin Kalgatina. As law enforcement agencies found out, schoolchildren came up with this story so that their parents would not scold them for bad grades. According to these circumstances, a check is carried out.

In the inauguration speech, the new president did not forget any of his critics Jacques Shirak yesterday officially transferred the post of president of France to his successor Nicolas Sarkozy. The 52-year-old Sarkozy, of course, came to the Champs Elysees, accompanied by the whole family: Cecilia's wife (dressed in a robe-gold dress), their son and four more children from previous marriages. 21 Salute salvo symbolized that the transfer of presidential powers took place.

10:28 // 16.05.2007 The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by Patriarch Alexy today in Moscow, reports ITAR-TASS with reference to the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate. The meeting of the Synod will be devoted to the upcoming signing of the act of canonical communication of the Russian Orthodox and foreign churches. "The Synod will discuss several issues related to this historical event, which will happen on May 17.

The most European NHL team won the final of the Western Conference a large party temporarily moved from Michigan to California. The Anaheim "ducks" returned home, inspired by hopes: in Detroit they managed to take one victory, and an equal account in the series after the second match made them the favorite. But in the first California duel, the Detroitians made a defeat on their ice, defeating stylishly and relatively easy - 5: 0. So large "ANAHAM" has never lost in the playoffs.

The company entered into an agreement on the purchase of Moscow offices of Yukos. Payment should pass within 14 days Prana LLC entered into a contract of sale of property of the NK Yukos, which was part of Lot N13, the press secretary of the bankruptcy trustee of Yukos Nikolai Lashkevich said. LLC Prana, which offered for the Moscow offices of Yukos 100.09 billion rubles, should make a final payment to the Yukos account within 14 days.

14:59 // 16.05.2007 The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II opened an extraordinary, "historical", according to him, a meeting of the Holy Synod, dedicated to the upcoming one on May 17 to sign the Act of the canonical common with the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (ROPS). "This is a historical meeting of the Holy Synod.

The prosecutor's office of the region opened two criminal cases the prosecutor's office of the Ryazan region immediately opened two criminal cases against the mayor of Ryazan Fedor Zatotorov. According to the assistant prosecutor of the Ryazan region Dmitry Plotkin, "criminal cases were instituted on May 12." The representative of the prosecutor’s office did not call either the article on which criminal cases were instituted, or the circumstances of which criminal cases were instituted.

The situation remains unstable yesterday the market rose by 1.65% to the mark of 1856.57 points. The oil conjuncture helped him, which in the morning took shape in favor of the market. But analysts consider the main reason for growth and the internal and external information background. In the afternoon, data on American macroeconomics were added positively, in particular on the development of the US housing sector. The numbers were higher than expected.

Universal Rarites will publish the diaries of Anna Nicole Smith “Don't Read !! Personal, ”warns the inscription on the cover of the diary. But, unfortunately for Anna Nicole Smith, she could not take him with her. Now her relationship with jealous boyfriend, sexual addictions and enthusiasm for changing the shape of the chest will become the property of the general public.

The dissatisfied residents of the village stood in the way of construction equipment in the Yuzhny Butovo area yesterday morning, the builders tried to start erecting the first high -rise building. According to the stories of the inhabitants of Butovo, at about 9 a.m., construction equipment appeared in the area, and police officers and private security officers tried to protect the territory of the future construction site.

The US President appointed a new assistant to Iraq and Afghanistan George Bush intends to appoint a new assistant to the president to coordinate military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush decided to nominate the candidacy of the chief of operations in the Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Douglas Lyuta, to the position of new assistant, whom American journalists have already christened the “Military Tsar”.

At the cost of his own freedom, the head coach of the Chelsea football club Jose Mourinho was arrested for a skirmish with police officers who tried to pick up his dog and put her in quarantine. The coach himself was placed in a police station, and the dog ran away and has not yet been found. The 44-year-old Portuguese, says Sun newspaper, was interned on Wednesday night in the best traditions of totalitarian practice of night arrests.

The Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate finally approved an act of canonical communication with the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate at an extraordinary meeting approved an act of canonical communication with the Russian foreign church. In July last year, the Moscow Synod fundamentally approved the last edition of this document, but now the act was finally approved, they explained in the department of external church ties of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Lubyanka consults fashionable to create public councils at ministries and departments. They include famous people - cultural figures, science, journalists, entrepreneurs, public figures. Here is another department - the FSB - decided to create such advice. look You were not digging here in Moscow - another scandal with eviction.