On July 3 at 14:40 a man called “02” and said that a bomb had been planted in the food market near the Tekstilshchiki metro station, ITAR-TASS reported. Arriving police officers and rescuers evacuated shoppers and market workers. A dog handler with a specially trained dog checked the entire market area, but no suspicious items were found. An hour later, all services involved in the inspection were given the all clear. Hot on the heels of a payphone near house No.

Conflicting reports continue to emerge from China about the death in the camp of 14 female members of the neo-Buddhist Falun Gong movement, banned by the Chinese authorities, the BBC reports. The official version says that the prisoners hanged themselves from the bedposts using ropes woven from torn sheets. Falun Gong representatives claim that the women died as a result of torture they were subjected to in the camp.

Airliners in Irkutsk will fly and land in the very center of the city for at least another three years. The fact is that the airport is located in the city center. This not only calls into question the safety of transportation, but also does not allow the acceptance and release of aircraft of all classes. At the same time, the development of projects that would resolve this issue began back in the 60s.

The government commission to investigate the causes of the TU-154 plane crash arrived in Irkutsk. It was created on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the commission is headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Ilya Klebanov. According to ITAR-TASS, the commission consists of 25 people.

Repeated world record holder in middle-distance running, Isham el-Guerrouj, got into a fight with journalists. As the Moroccan newspaper "Economist" writes today, the conflict between the best athlete of Morocco in recent years and journalists occurred during a sit-in strike by a group of track and field athletes protesting against the poor quality of food at the National Institute of Athletics, which organizes the training process of the country's national team.

The Israeli leadership plans to selectively kill Palestinian militants for killings, rejecting criticism from the United States. At today's meeting of Israel's "narrow" Cabinet for Political and Security Affairs, which includes 16 key ministers, a decision was made on Israel's response to the violence. ITAR-TASS reports this.

Two senior Iraqi diplomats have asked for political asylum in the United States, CNN reports. According to information that has not yet been officially confirmed, Deputy Ambassador of Iraq to the UN Mohammed al-Hamaimidi last Friday contacted the police with a request for political asylum.

At the site of the Tu-154 plane crash that crashed last night near Irkutsk, fragments of 143 bodies were found. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported this to RIA Novosti on Wednesday. Work to clear the wreckage of the plane continues. According to official data, 145 people became victims of the tragedy, including 136 passengers, including 6 children, and 9 crew members.

Employees of the department for solving crimes involving the use of firearms, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Police of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, while processing operational information, detained a weapons dealer. The agency REGIONS.RU reports this.

Rescue units of the Navy, which were capable of performing work of such a level as the evacuation of Kursk crew members, have not existed in Russia for several years, the chief diving doctor of the Navy, Sergei Nikonov, said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. “Previously, each of the fleets had its own full-time deep-sea divers. They were capable of performing a whole range of serious work to assist an emergency boat at depths of up to 160-200 meters.

New Jersey Devils forward Alexander Mogilny signed a four-year contract worth $22 million with the Canadian NHL club Toronto Maple Leafs. After the expiration of his contract with the Devils, Mogilny became an unrestricted free agent and the finalists of the current Stanley Cup did not express a desire to renew the contract with the 32-year-old Russian.

Pope John Paul II said that the possibility of transplanting animal organs into people raises serious ethical problems, RNS reports. The head of the Catholic Church praised the participants in a meeting organized on this issue by the Pontifical Academy for Life for the balanced and practical approach taken in discussing the conditions for organ transplantation.

The State Duma has begun to consider the bill “On combating the legalization / laundering / of proceeds from crime.” ITAR-TASS reports this. Until the evening session, which began at 16:00, it was not clear whether this document would be discussed in the second reading at the plenary session today, or the chamber would set another date.

All the torpedoes on board the Kursk nuclear submarine were destroyed by the explosion. This opinion was expressed on Wednesday by Hero of the Soviet Union, former Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy, Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Vladimir Chernavin. According to Chernavin, the Kursk was lost as a result of an internal explosion of torpedoes on board or a collision with a foreign submarine.

The unprecedented measures taken by law enforcement agencies to search for the criminal who stole a four-day-old baby from a maternity hospital in St. Petersburg on July 1 were not in vain. The agency REGIONS.RU reports this. Blocked railway and bus stations, the airport, and checks on the roads forced the kidnapper to hide in the city in a pre-rented apartment. An identikit photo and signs published in the media increased the vigilance of citizens who wanted to help the police.