In Saudi Arabia, as the number of foreign pilgrims arriving for Hajj in holy places increases, security measures are strengthened. According to RIA Novosti correspondent, at all the entrance border points of the kingdom, equipment was installed for scanning passports and identifying fakes, and fingerprinting devices. Service employees have lists and descriptions of persons of different nationalities suspected of involvement in terrorist organizations.

On February 5, the general director of ATOR Vladimir Kanevsky was killed in Moscow, Kommersant reports. An entrepreneur with several gunshot wounds was discovered at 22:00 on the territory of the Presnensky police department near the house ╧ 22 on Konyushkovskaya Street. Law enforcement officers believe that this murder is all signs of custom. The investigation found that the Kommersant was killed from the Parabellum pistol (according to other sources, from Valter) in his car.

The draft Federal Law “On Traditional Religious Organizations in the Russian Federation” was presented to the public on February 5 by Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (Unity faction) Alexander Chuev , Blagovest-info reports. According to A. Chuev, the idea of ​​this project was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with a deputy on December 12.

On Tuesday, the medical elite of the United States and Europe announced that the hippocratic oath was outdated. Having existed for about two and a half millennia, she ceased to meet today's realities. According to Izvestia , the influential Medical Journal of The Lancet published the theses on which a new oath will be created. The non -medical public is excited - what to wait for the sick from people in white robes?

On Wednesday, a group of State Duma deputies sent a letter to the chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergey Stepashin with a request to conduct a comprehensive verification of the financial and economic activities of the lower house of parliament in 1999-2001. As the first vice speaker of the State Duma from the Unity faction Lyubov Slisk told reporters, 104 deputies signed under this appeal.

A verdict was sentenced to an Italian politician accused of continuous telephone conversations with his girlfriend in the workplace, Ananova reports. A member of the local council Solerno daily in telephone conversations with his lover spent about three hours a day. He was accused of unforgivable and outrageous transference of taxpayers' money. The Supreme Court in Rome for this crime sentenced him to a two -month imprisonment.

The head of the Ministry of Printing of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Lesin, claims that "the state will reduce its participation in the media market." He stated this on Wednesday, speaking to the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Interfax reports. Lesin said that now, within the framework of the Ministry, the appropriate draft law is being prepared.

In the Maale-Adumi area adjacent to Jerusalem, a terrorist was detained on Wednesday, from an explosive charge to the belt. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" . The terrorist got into the passenger bus, but the driver who suspected a fragrant driver sharply slowed down near the police post. Together with the police, passengers managed to twist the criminal before he led an explosive device.

On Wednesday, the court sentenced a resident of the city of Barnaul to one year of prison for brutal handling of animals, reports Echo of Moscow . The criminal case was instituted under Article 254 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation , which provides for a fine in the form of a fine of one hundred to two hundred minimum wages, correctional labor for a period of up to one year, or arrest for a period of up to six months.

On Wednesday, a well -known entrepreneur, candidate of economic sciences, former deputy of the State Duma of Russia and the leader of the local branch of the LDPR Vladimir Bogatov was killed on Chita, Interfax reports. According to the regional Internal Affairs Directorate, Bogatov was killed at 8:30 local time at the entrance of his house when he went for a walk with the dog.

HP and Compaq agreed on the voting date of the merger. On March 19, HP shareholders will vote, and Compaq shares will vote the next day. Analysts believe that March 19 will be the real day of X for the reign of Hewlett Packard. Due to the powerful opposition from the family members of the founders of the company, the shareholders will be more likely not so much for or against the merger as for or against the policy of Karli Fiorina, the head of the HP and the main supporter of the merger.

Russian show business also has its own sex symbols. The weekly “Arguments and Facts” conducted a survey to find out which of the pop stars can apply for the title of domestic Madonna or Jennifer Lopez. Based on the results of the vote, a list of 10 famous women who are embodied by sex symbols was compiled. It turned out that the Russians consider Natalya Vetlitskaya the most sexy singer. 14 percent of the respondents voted for her. The Vetlitskaya follows Alsou (11 percent).

Last day, in Chechnya, as a result of the attack, one died, and two military personnel of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia were injured. RIA Novosti was reported in law enforcement agencies of the republic. On Tuesday, at about 17:00 Moscow time between the settlements of Sernovodskaya and Assinovskaya Achkhoy-Martan district, three military personnel were blown up near the checkpoint on an unidentified explosive device.

The criminal case on charges of scientist Valentin Danilov in state treason and fraud is aimed at an additional investigation. Such a decision was made on Wednesday at the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court on a closed meeting, ITAR-TASS reports. Physicist Valentin Danilov is accused of transmitting the Chinese export-import company of information containing state secret.

The largest bank of Ireland Allied Irish Banks (AIB) is investigating the case of a large fraud perfect in the American division of Benka Allfirst Financial, BBC reports. The result of financial fraud was about 750 million dollars. The main suspect in the abduction of money is the US citizen, forty -year -old trader Allfirst Financial John Rotk, who is accused of committing fraud in the foreign exchange market.