On July 1, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry decided to terminate the diplomatic powers of Muzher Al-Douri. Foreign Ministry officials based the decision on the fact that Mr. Al-Douri was appointed under Saddam Hussein's regime. After the overthrow of the dictatorial regime in Iraq, the diplomat has no powers. The Iraqi Embassy in Kiev was unable to obtain any comment from the AP .

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Haven't received Siberian oil yet 15 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, a Russian-Japanese subcommittee on economic relations began work in Vladivostok. The day before, in the regional center of Primorye, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi held negotiations with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko. The main intrigue of the visit of the Japanese Foreign Minister was the discussion of the construction of the Angarsk-Daqing oil pipeline with a branch to Nakhodka.

volleyball 64 2 minutes. ... The preliminary stage of the Volleyball World League ended on Sunday. If its results were taken into account in the final tournament, which will begin in Madrid on July 8, then the Russian team could already receive the main prize. During the entire preliminary stage, the Russian team lost only two matches. Both - one away, one at home - to the Poles, who are now rated very highly in European volleyball. Both after securing a place in the final tournament.

One of the leaders of the Kosovo “Kosovo Liberation Army”, which fought for the separation of Kosovo from Serbia, Hashim Thaci was briefly detained by the Hungarian police. Hashim Thaçi was arrested at Budapest airport in accordance with an international arrest warrant. Thaci was sentenced in absentia by a Yugoslav court to 10 years in prison for participating in a terrorist attack in the village of Glogovac in 1993, which killed three Serbian police officers.

148 1 min. ... "Vesti" 20.00 Main story - Vladimir Putin summed up the “results of the political season” at a meeting with members of the Cabinet of Ministers. Genre: reportage. The intonation is official. Fragments of the meeting in the Kremlin are shown. Viktor Khristenko, Galina Karelova and Alexey Kudrin report to the president on relevant issues.

62 1 min. ... The Novosibirsk Tin Plant (NOK) is ready to master the production of tin tetrachloride. NOK's subsidiary Stannum Chemicals LLC, whose constituent documents are at the approval stage, will be able to meet the needs of the domestic chemical industry and enter the world market with tin tetrachloride. This was stated last Friday at a meeting of NOC shareholders by the general director of the enterprise, Alexander Dugelny. The cost of the project is $2-3 million.

Confederations Cup 50 2 minutes. ... The Confederations Cup, overshadowed by the tragic death of Cameroonian Marc-Vivien Foe during the semi-final, finally ended on Sunday, although the African champions coach Winfried Schaefer had doubts that his players would be able to play. They played with the French, and almost on equal terms, losing only in extra time - 0:1. Winfried Schaefer said that after the death of Marc-Vivien, Foe suggested that his players abandon the final.

The International Basketball Federation has determined the rules for the World Cup 43 1 min. ... At the end of last week, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) determined the participants and regulations of the first World Cup among women's teams, which will take place from October 14 to 19 in Samara. 8 clubs will play in the tournament, including Ekaterinburg UMMC.

Japanese scientists have admitted that they have lost the unique deep-sea research vehicle Kaiko. Contact with the bathyscaphe robot was lost on May 29, but the Sea Research Center reported this only on June 1. The only device in the world capable of diving to a depth of more than 6.9 km costs about $15 million. The robot was lost off the southern coast of Japan during a typhoon, RBC reports.

God's 13 1 min. ... In July, Bishop Mark of Khabarovsk and Amur will hold seminars on the ethics of business relations for members of the Khabarovsk Regional Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (KKOPP). Chairman of the association Evgeny Shulepov told Kommersant about this yesterday. He clarified that the board of the KhKOPP intends to involve representatives of various faiths in the process of moral education of Khabarovsk businessmen.

36 4 min. ... Yesterday in the city of Artemovsky (Sverdlovsk region) a regular meeting of shareholders of AMZ Venkon took place. The voting results are still unknown, but one of the owners, West Ural Machine-Building Corporation LLC (ZUMK), has already announced its intention to challenge them in court. In turn, the management of the enterprise, which also holds a large stake in the plant, believes that the meeting is legitimate.

The townspeople finally elected a mayor 33 3 min. ... Yesterday, the chairman of the election commission of the Rostov region, Sergei Yusov, summed up the preliminary results of the Taganrog mayoral elections that took place last Sunday. According to him, “dirty PR technologies” did their job and half as many voters came to vote as the regional election committee had planned.

93 1 min. ... Yesterday, the famous French anti-globalist, leader of the ATTAK-France committee, sociologist Karine Clément visited Novosibirsk while passing through. The local authorities were lucky. Although Mrs. Clement stated that Russian society is in a poor moral, social and economic state, her supporters in Siberia are not going to hold violent protests about this.

prices for air tickets to Moscow 38 1 min. ... The ticket offices of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky have started selling tickets for flights on the route Moscow (Domodedovo Airport) - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Moscow, operated by Transaero. The airline offered Kamchatka residents passenger transportation, the cost of which was two times lower than the price of a flight to Moscow with the Domodedovo company, which had previously served Kamchatka passengers.