The conscripts who shot today the chief of guard and the major general, head of the training unit where they served, have been detained. According to an NTV correspondent, they were caught as a result of an interception plan introduced by the district command at one of the apartments in Chita.

Australian scientist James McIntosh has put forward a theory that people with dark skin are more resistant to fungal and bacterial diseases. He says this fact explains why black skin color predominates in people and animals inhabiting the tropical zone, where climatic conditions favor the development of these diseases.

Karol Wojtyła most likely would not have become Pope if Soviet Army Major Vasily Sirotenko had not saved him from arrest and sending to the Gulag in 1945, RIA Novosti reports. In 1945, a unit commanded by Major Sirotenko liberated Krakow. At a chemical plant located 50 km from the city, Soviet soldiers freed about 100 people whom the Germans had forced to work there. Among them were several seminarians, including Karol Wojtyla.

The third international folklore festival opened in Yalta. According to ITAR-TASS, 19 teams from 15 countries of the world will take part in it, in particular, Bulgaria, Hungary, Venezuela, Egypt, Indonesia, China, Cuba, Moldova, Peru, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, the festival will not consist only of concerts - the program also includes competitions, folk games, a beer championship, and a presentation of a collection of kites.

Today the German government officially received a new office in Berlin. This building has already become an object of ridicule for wits who call it not only a “washing machine”, but also a “Colosseum”, since Helmut Kohl, as chancellor in 1995, selected and approved this particular project. However, in any case, all the big shots went to the architects, who were accused of the building being too grandiose.

The US administration's decision to begin creating a national missile defense system - NMD was not discussed during today's meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, ITAR-TASS reports. “We have received clear signals that North Korea wants to discuss human rights and missiles,” said Göran Persson, who became the first Western leader to meet with Kim Jong Il during an EU delegation visit to the Korean Peninsula.

Today at the World Hockey Championship there will be six matches, the central one of which not only for Russians, but also for all hockey fans will be the eternal derby √ Russia √ Canada. In this match we will be able to evaluate the real strength of our team, which previously easily beat the Italians and Norwegians with a total score of 11:0. After a humiliating failure at the last World Championships in St. Petersburg, the Russians simply need to restore their reputation.

International consultations on Washington's missile defense plans announced on Tuesday by US President George Bush will include negotiations with Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan and China in addition to the countries already named by Bush. The Washington Post reported this on Wednesday, citing senior Bush administration officials. On Monday, in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, George W.

A young man was arrested in Estonia after an ATM dispensed an amount 10 thousand times greater than his deposit. According to the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the Estonian had only $6 in his account. According to police, the young man withdrew money for four days in a row, which was made possible by an error in the ATM computer. However, experts do not rule out that there was a deliberate intrusion into the bank's computer system.

Israeli parliamentarians opposed the performance of Wagner's opera at the country's main cultural festival. According to Reuters, a special session of parliament was even created today, at which the plans of the organizers of this festival were criticized. The proposal to discuss this issue was made by the two largest political parties in the country. “Is there a country where satire is perceived more painfully than in Israel?

He joined the national team on May 1, 1963 from Ipswich, and achieved the greatest success with the team - in 1966 he won the Golden Nick - a prize awarded to the best team on the planet, the world champion. For this he was granted a knighthood by the queen. Ramsey became the first England coach to single-handedly select players for the team. He remained at the helm for eleven years, but was sacked on 1 May 1974 after a World Cup qualifying defeat to Poland.

Russian factories have reduced production of sugar from raw sugar. Since the beginning of this year alone, the country has produced more than 2 million tons less of this product, the production and entrepreneurial company (PPF) "Sugar" reported today. According to this information, sugar factories have processed 1,595.1 thousand tons of raw sugar since the beginning of the year, compared to 1,760.4 thousand tons as of the same date last year.

One of the best forwards in the Premier League, who has faithfully served Newcastle for five years, will receive a solid increase to his next salary - in the amount of 1 million pounds. The fact is that, according to the terms of the contract, Alan Shearer can count on this bonus if, by May 1 of this year, he still remains in the ranks of his club and does not tarnish his reputation with transfer scandals.

Wahhabis may be involved in the execution of civilians in the village of Kirov-Yurt in the Vedeno district of Chechnya, Valery Baranov, commander of the group of federal forces in the North Caucasus, said in an interview with RTR. According to him, one of the main ideologists of Chechen Wahhabism, who is suspected of this crime, “lived and worked” in this village in the past. They are currently looking for this person.

19 residential buildings on Oktyabrskaya Street in the regional center of Kologriv, Kostroma region, including 16 one-story and 3 two-story, completely burned down as a result of a fire this evening in this city, located 300 kilometers northeast of Kostroma. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 41 people lived in the burned houses, including 10 children. All of them are temporarily housed in the central district hospital, where they are provided with food.