When Anthony King received work in one of the London branches of the second largest mortgage bank in British Abbey National , he could not even suggest what test he would be subjected to, reports The London Evening Standard . The team, which the 18-year-old young man came to work, was exclusively female. According to the young man, the ladies could not withstand the temptations associated with the daily presence of a man, and almost every day they began to make him obscene proposals.

The Zamoskvoretsky inter-municipal court of Moscow begins on Monday to consider the criminal case of the deputy chief of the Main Territorial Administration of the Central Bank of Russia for the city of Moscow Alexander Alekseev, ITAR-TASS reports. He is accused of abuse of authority.

The corpse of a tourist from the United States was discovered at the Hotel of the Vietnamese city of Hoshimin (until 1976 called Saigon) at the end of last week. According to preliminary conclusion, death came from an overdose of heroin, reports Reuters . According to local newspapers, the body of a 38-year-old man lay in his room in the center of Saigon. The hotel manager, whose name is not called, said that he had discovered a corpse at about six in the evening on Thursday.

The number of appeals to the Main Directorate of Own Security (GUSB) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with complaints of the actions of police officers increased 2.6 times this year, Interfax reports.

The German media concert Kirch Holding GmbH, whose debts reached $ 5.7 billion, announced the bankruptcy of the Kirch-Media key company, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations by the owner of the company Leo Kirkh regarding the purchase of his business with Rupert Murdok and Silvio Berlusconi did not end anything . Lenders are tired of advancement in negotiations of three eternal competitors, and, as the agency reports, most likely the business will be sold "from the hammer" for debts.

The US presidential administration George Bush announced on Sunday that she was not planning a military operation against Iraq, but is considering non -unit methods of pressure, including a revision of sanctions to force the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the country of military observers, reports Reuters. President Bush said earlier that "all methods are considered" to neutralize the threat that Iraq can represent if his weapons of mass destruction have at his disposal.

Large theft was made last weekend from the apartment of the house on Seleznevskaya Street Moscow, Interfax reports. The owner of the apartment said to the police that on the night of Sunday the unknown penetrated his apartment. The thief took out 150 thousand dollars in cash, as well as a gold ring and a ring with a precious stone. According to approximate estimates, the total damage amounted to 4 million 520 thousand rubles.

The theft of a cow on Sunday led to the bloody armed clashes of the two clans of the Mugeri tribe in the Jacobabad County of the Pakistani Province of Shind. According to RIA Novosti , six people died, another seven were injured. As it turned out, the owner of the stolen cow discovered an animal in a neighboring village. After the thief refused to return the cow, its owner called to the aid of relatives. In the ensuing shootout, guns and pistols were used.

The Argentinean team became an opponent of Russians in the semifinals of the Davis Cup after I defeated the Croatian team in the quarterfinals with a score of 3: 2. The decisive word "said" Gaston Gaudio, who beat Ivo Karlovich in the last match. After the first two matches, the Argentine team led 2-0 in the score, and the fans had already begun to celebrate the victory. At first, Gaston Gaudio dealt with Ivan Lyubichich, and then Juan Ignasio Chela beat Ivo Karlovich.

A gradual increase in temperature is expected in the capital during this week, the Moscow Region reports on Monday at the Hydrometero Bureau of Moscow and the Moscow Region, Interfax reports. According to weather forecasters, throughout the current week, the night temperature in the city will be within 0 degrees. At the same time, in the afternoon in the first half of the week, the air in the capital warms up to plus 9-11 degrees, and to the weekend - up to 16 degrees of heat.

The representative of the Russian Orthodox Church was first visited by the state of Bahrain, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. According to the media of the United Arab Emirates, at the invitation of Orthodox compatriots and official authorities from March 28 to April 1, 2002, Archimandrite Elisei (Ganaba) visited Bahrain.

Having climbed on Monday morning on the high -rise structures of the Crimean bridge, near the metro station "Park of Culture", a certain Valery Trofimov went down, RIA Novosti reports. He was met by rescuers and police. The "Cattle of Calm" was put in the car and taken to the nearest police department. As a representative of law enforcement agencies said, doctors will decide the further fate of Trofimov. His personality was established by rescuers.

Scientists have proven that contrary to widespread opinion and long -standing taboos, cousins ​​and sisters can have offspring without a serious risk of innate defects and genetic deviations, writes International Herald Tribune . Recent studies indicate: there are no biological obstacles to marriage between cousins ​​and sisters. As experts explain, to some extent cousins ​​and sisters are more at risk of giving birth to a child with serious congenital defects, but this danger is not too great.

The Czech Republic will receive two An-70 transport aircraft, seven Mi-24 helicopters and spare parts for military equipment worth $ 400 million to repay a part of Russian debt, Kommersant reports with reference to Prague Radio. According to the radio station, the agreement on this score should be signed during the April visit of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman to Moscow. At the moment, Russia's debt to the Czech Republic is 1.1 billion dollars.

On Tuesday night, the main rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar ( Feor ) will fly to Israel with a peacekeeping mission. On the eve of the trip, he told Interfax that he plans to meet with representatives of the Higher leadership of Israel and find out how Russian Jews could help in resolving the Middle Eastern crisis.