New York resident Debralee Lorenzana claims that she lost her job at Citibank because of her attractiveness, writes The New York Post. After her dismissal, the 33-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against the company's management, but Citibank believes that the claims of the dismissed employee are unfounded. Lorenzana started working at a Citibank branch in September 2008. According to her, she wore formal office clothes to work - blouses, skirts and high-heeled shoes.

shot from the trailer for the series "—occurrence" — the creator of “Remember What Will Happen” will make a mystery series www.lenta.ru New heroes 05/18/2010detailed story about new series on NBC The producer of the failed Flashforward, Isa Werling, will take part in the creation of the new series The Event for NBC, Deadline reports. —the story of “the events” is kept secret. The trailer features a mysterious prison base with research laboratories.

Russian stock exchanges will soon begin to place bonds of CIS countries. This was stated by Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin , Interfax reports . In addition, the Russian Federation expects to begin trading the currencies of the CIS countries in direct quotation with the Russian ruble. Kudrin added that a number of issues have been identified, the solution of which will in the near future increase the number of issuers on Russian exchanges at the expense of foreign companies.

03.06.2010, 09:35:41 version Print | PDA/PDA Midfielder of CSKA and the Japanese national team Keisuke Honda. Photo ©AFP CSKA - "Spartak" - 5:0 The final squads for the 2010 World Cup have been announced On the night of June 1-2, the deadline for submitting final applications for national teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup expired. Each team was able to enter 23 players for the world championship, including three goalkeepers.

Moscow forward CSKA Vagner Love, on loan for Brazilian Flamengo, scored the winning goal against Palmeiras, for whom he played in the second half of 2009. This happened in a Brazilian championship match, which took place on the night of June 3 at the Palmeiras field in Sao Paulo, Flamengo's official website reports. Wagner's goal, scored in the 87th minute, was the only one of the match.

Peter Jackson has named himself a likely candidate to direct The Hobbit. This was reported by the New Zealand edition of The Dominion Post , citing the words of Jackson himself. He stated that Warner Bros. is looking for candidates for the position of director, however, if a suitable person is not found, then he himself can fill this vacancy. "If it is necessary to protect Warner Bros.'s investment, then I will consider such an option," Jackson said.

The girl detained near the White House in Washington turned out to be actress Q'orianka Kilcher, who played the role of the Indian princess Pocahontas in the 2005 film "The New World." reported this on Thursday The Associated Press , citing local police. Police say Kilcher, 20, handcuffed herself to a fence Tuesday while her 40-year-old mother threw black paint on her. The actress protested against the visit of Peruvian President Alan Garcia to the United States.

Italian Francesca Schiavone and Australian Samantha Stosur will play in the women's singles final of the French Open (Roland Garros). This became clear after the completion of the second semi-final match, in which Stosur defeated Jelena Jankovic from Serbia. World number seven Stosur beat Jankovic, ranked fourth in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, 6-1, 6-2.

On Thursday, June 3, 2010, an experiment to simulate the flight to the Red Planet “Mars-500” was launched. For 520 days, the crew of six will be in almost complete isolation from the outside world. Participants in the experiment will have to fully (as far as possible on Earth) experience all the hardships of a long space flight.

As a result of heavy rains, the southern and eastern regions of Bavaria were flooded, reports DPA. Some of the roads on the border with Austria were under water, and traffic on federal highway 305 was suspended due to numerous landslides and collapses. The heaviest floods occurred in the vicinity of the city of Passau on the Danube, as well as in the basins of the Inn and Ilz rivers.

An Australian family is ready to give away a prefabricated residential house for free in the town of Lockhart, located 520 kilometers from Sydney. According to the News.com.au portal , the only condition of the deal is the obligation of the new owner to independently relocate the house. The current owner of the property, Margot Mildren, explains this unusual proposal by saying that she wants to plant a garden on the site of the building.

The volume of financing for the new Russian state arms program for 2011-2020, which is currently under development, will amount to 13 trillion rubles. This as reported by RIA Novosti was stated by the acting head of armaments of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Oleg Frolov, . It is expected that the prepared state program will be submitted to the military-industrial commission for consideration at the end of June 2010.

Wedding processions passing through Republic Square in the center of Yerevan will be prohibited from honking. this while speaking at a government meeting. As Panorama.am reports , Armenian Police Chief Alik Sargsyan stated Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan explained that the government has received complaints from residents of the capital who are dissatisfied with the horns that accompany the traditional passage of newlyweds through Republic Square.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development proposed transferring funded pension funds from state property to citizens. These funds can be spent ahead of schedule and passed on by inheritance, Vedomosti reports , citing Deputy Minister Yuri Voronin. Earlier, Voronin stated that the Ministry of Health proposes to use pension savings as collateral for obtaining a loan for vital needs.

The leader of the bloc named after herself, Yulia Tymoshenko, spoke about her vision of the first hundred days of the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych . In her opinion, nothing good happened in Ukraine during this time.