The Spanish Association of Literary Critics recognized this year the best poet in the Basque language of Joseba Sarrioniadia. Actually, in this fact it would be little remarkable if not one circumstance: when this message fell into the newspapers, it turned out that the awarded is a prominent activist of the terrorist organization.

A vessel was sank off the coast of the Greek Island of Naksos in the Aegean Sea, transporting illegal emigrants. According to preliminary data, 7 people died, 26 were saved, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Ministry of Commercial Fleet of Greece on Wednesday, about 60 illegal emigrants were probably on the ship. Civil vessels, as well as helicopters and Greek Navy ships, which at that time carried out maneuvers in the area of ​​the incident, participated in the rescue operation.

In Stockholm, a trial of a pimp that organized a large -scale trade in “living goods” from Russia in the Swedish capital begins in the Swedish capital. Hunting for him lasted two years, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports. The main testimony was given by two citizens of Russia 25 and 26 years old, who turned out to be hostages of the criminal. Their surnames are not revealed in the interests of the investigation.

Vladimir Putin turned to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation with an annual message. He began his speech to the deputies of the State Duma and members of the Federation Council on an economic topic that was put at the forefront of the current presidential message.

As a result of fights in the eastern district of the capital, five people are hospitalized. Two more victims of hospitalization refused. According to RIA Novosti on Thursday in law enforcement agencies, the brawl occurred on Youth Street in a vegetable store located on the territory of the Moscow Humanitarian Social Academy. About 15 people participated in the fight.

Turkish intelligence established the whereabouts of Osama Ben Laden, reports on Thursday the Hurriet newspaper. According to Turkish services with reliable sources in Afghanistan and neighboring countries, Ben Laden is now in the Kashmir zone controlled by Pakistan. In the event of a threat of capture or destruction, he plans to flee to India, to Jammu and Kashmir, ITAR-TASS reports.

On Thursday, April 18 marks 65 years the famous theater and film actress Svetlana Nemolyaeva. The actress is considered the main role of her life by Blanche Dubois in the play "Tram" desire ", but she is known to the whole country as Olya Ryzhova in the film" Service Roman ". The childhood of Nemolyaeva fell on the years of the Great Patriotic War.

Hewlett-Packard Co. He officially stated that its shareholders approved on March 19 a merger with Compaq Computer, which forms a company that controls up to 40% of the computer market. The outcome of the case, according to Wall Street Journal , decided 2.8% of the vote (45 million shares): 51.4% of the shareholders voted for the merger, 48.6% - against. This result coincides with the statements of the HP leadership made immediately after the vote.

On Thursday, the plane crashed into the Milan skyscraper. It is reported by Reuters with reference to police data. It was a four -seater single -engine Piper, whose tanks contain 170 liters of aviation gasoline. This plane is considered tourist. He crashed into a 30-story high-rise building in the center of Milan near the city railway station. This building is considered a symbol of Italian business. It is located in the center of the Main Financial Quarter Milan and is a federal object.

The State Tretyakov Gallery begins a long-term project called "Tretyakov's meetings", dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the museum, which will be celebrated in May 2006. The date of the foundation of the GTG is considered to be 1856, when Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired the first picture of the Russian artist for his own collection.

The personal driver of the former king of Afghanistan Zahir Shah is looking forward to a meeting with the ex-monarch. They have not seen each other for almost 30 years. In 1973, Mohammad Ismail took the king to the airport, from where the monarch went to Italy for treatment, writes The Times in an article, which can be read on the website inopressa.ru . Now the driver of His Majesty lives in the poor quarter of the Afghan capital.

Two large -scale terrorist attacks against military personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense were committed in the Shato district of Chechnya last Wednesday, Interfax reports. At 200 meters from the village of New Atagi, a federal forces were attacked, consisting of two Ural trucks and an armored tractor, the united group of troops in the North Caucasus reported on Thursday.

The quarrel due to a mini-skirt led to the fact that a robber who took an armed raid on the bank was arrested four years ago, Ananova.com reports. It turned out that the offender at the wedding where the whole family gathered, behaved unprusiently. He began to release loud insulting remarks addressed to his brother’s wife - they all concerned the length of the woman’s skirt. Johannes Kan could not bear this. Immediately after the feast, he hopped anger, went to the police.

In Japan, refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances with the Internet connection were on sale. The advanced technologies were offered to customers TOSHIBA. Connection via the Internet to the service computer center allows owners of new generation household appliances to completely free from the need to monitor its work.

The study recently conducted in Australia indicates that at least one of the five adults of the country considers it acceptable that his children try marijuana, reports Sydney Herald-Sun . The collection of such data was carried out as part of the state program devoted to the problems of drug addiction.