The French scuba diver Jacques Mayol, the first person in the world, plunged to a depth of more than 100 meters without an oxygen mask, committed suicide, the cause of which was depression, reports Reuters with reference to the Italian police. Mayol, who recently lived on Elba island, hanged himself on Saturday. Jacques Majol, who was 74 years old, became the inspirer of the film by the French director Luke Besson "Blue Abyss" (1988) about the rivalry of two divers.

The execution of the decision on the liquidation of TV -6, adopted by the Moscow Arbitration Court on September 27, was suspended until the consideration of the cassation appeal of the Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation in a higher authority - the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District. This was announced by NTVRU.com by the head of the press service of the TV-6 television company Tatyana Blinova.

Russia will do everything possible to prevent Iraq bombing. Such a statement, as RIA Novosti reports, made on Monday the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Gennady Seleznev in an interview with journalists upon completion of the meeting with Emir Katar Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifoy Al-Tani, who is on an official visit in Russia. Seleznev recalled that the State Duma accepted a statement about the inadmissibility of Iraq bombing.

The newspaper "Soviet Sport" for the third time conducted a survey to determine the best football player in Russia and the best football player of the Russian Championship. According to the results of the vote, the best -defender of the Spanish Selta Alexander Mostova was recognized as the best football player in Russia in 2001.

The second round of the presidential election in Yakutia will be held on January 13, 2002, ITAR-TASS reports. This was announced on Monday by the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Yakutia, Vladimir Mikhailov. The favorites of the first round of the first round were the head of the Almazy company "Alrosa" Vyacheslav Shtyrov and the president of the financial and industrial group "SAPI" Fedot Tumusov.

The international terrorist of Osama Ben Laden personally could not head the organization that carried out terrorist acts in the United States on September 11. This opinion was expressed on Monday at a press conference in Moscow, the director of the Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Professor Mikhail Fersht. According to the scientist, Ben Laden has too low mental development coefficients and good luck.

Every fifth adult American at least once in his life saw an angel, or at least personally familiar with someone who saw. This is evidenced by the results of the Christmas survey of public opinion conducted in the United States, ITAR-TASS reports. Of the 1127 respondents, 77% affirmatively answered the question: "Do you believe that the angels, that is, certain heavenly creatures that visit the Earth, actually exist?" At the same time, 73% are sure that angels fly to people today.

From December 25 to January 11, traditional New Year Christmas trees will be held at the State Kremlin Palace. On December 28, the All -Russian Presidential Christmas tree will be organized, which the head of state may visit. According to Tamara Chernyakov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions, this time, this time the New Year's festive performance will be held under the name "Wonderful Mirror".

The FBI "watched" foreign sources of the bacilli of anthrax, which in the United States, the terrorists distributed by mail, the influential American newspaper The Wall Street Journal writes today. We will remind, earlier the FBI argued that the entire campaign of "postal bio -terrorism", which claimed the lives of several people, was the work of a single American who was not related to the militants of Islamic jihad.

The creators of the "very terrible movie" once again deceived the audience. In 2000, having released the film on the screens, the Wayans brothers promised that there would be no continuation. A year later, they released "Very Scary Cinema 2" , saying that this film is really the last. But a few months later, the Dimency Films film studio announced the start of work on the third parody comedy, mercilessly ridicuating the cult pictures of the decade, which formed the basis of youth culture.

Kevin Spacey committed a heroic act. He saved the life of man. Oscar winner was at the Hilton Hill at Beverly Hills when he heard a call for help. Having come running to a scream, Spacey saw that the young man in the pool was drowning, reports IMDBNews The actor without hesitation rushed into the water right in his clothes. Kevin Spacey helped the drowning man get out of the pool, and was with him nearby until medical care arrived.

The Palestinian leader Jasir Arafat said he would not go to Bethlehem on the Christmas Mass. Thus, he put an end to a large political scandal, which flared up a few days ago. Earlier, Israel forbade the Palestinian leader to attend the Christmas Mass in the city where Jesus Christ was born according to the Bible. The fact is that Bethlehem is located on the western bank of the Jordan River, and the headquarters of Arafat is located in the gas sector.

Today, the emir of Qatar arrives in Moscow, a tiny state on the shores of the Persian Gulf. Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Tanya expects to receive a report on Russia's plans for the production and export of oil in 2002. If the Russian reception does not like Emir, then he will complain to his colleagues in the organization of oil exporters (OPEC), who should gather in Cairo on Friday 28 to make a key decision to reduce export by one and a half million barrels per day.

Today, Honored Artist Leonid Filatov turned 55 years old. In the evening, in “Contemporary” they give a performance according to his play, on which the author himself will be present. That is how Leonid Filatov wants to celebrate his birthday, TV-6 reports. At home, the famous actor, writer and poet lies his last work √ the fairy tale "Cinderella". As Filatov says, the fairy tale "Hard, New Russian." “Naturally, Cinderella is a bitch, because power, money, noise, glory ┘. It doesn’t stand it.

The thigh injury, obtained by Inter, Ronaldo, was not too serious, and he intends to enter the field immediately after the Christmas break. The "Tooth" hastened to calm his fans by speaking on the official website of the club. According to Ronaldo, his premature replacement in yesterday's match of the series A against the "Piacenza" was caused only by a slight stretch of the hip muscles. “I will return to the field very soon and will be even more than before,” the striker promised.