In the penultimate round of the English prime minister of the Manchester United League, he received a guest of London Arsenal, who needed either a draw or a victory in this match to arrange a double this season. The other day, the “gunners” won the Cup of England with Chelsea and went to Old Trafford for the only purpose - to become champions of England ahead of schedule.

Twenty people are poisoned as a result of a gas attack in the Tokyo metro. According to the local news agency Mainichi Shimbun , they are all alive and are currently in the hospital. Five, however, in extremely serious condition. The agency, citing police representatives, reports that on Thursday morning a man, going into the subway car, suddenly took out a spray can and began to spray around himself an unknown, but extremely bad smelling gas.

After the final match of the UEFA Cup in Rotterdam, where the Dutch Feyenord received the German Borussia, 80 Feyenord fans were arrested by the local police. Excited by the victory of their favorites with a score of 3: 2, which made it possible for the club to become the owner of the first European trophy over the past 28 years, the Dutch fans began to destroy everything that came across in their way. They beat shop windows, turned over and broke the cars.

On the occasion of Victory Day in all regions of Russia, solemn events are held. In St. Petersburg, the beginning of the celebration laid the laying of flowers to the famous inscription of the besieged years on one of the buildings of Nevsky Prospekt: ​​"Citizens! Under the artillery, this side of the street is especially dangerous!" Then a military parade was held on Palace Square, in which more than three thousand military personnel of the Leningrad Military District and the St.

In Grozny, the Dynamo stadium was shelling, which hosts celebrations dedicated to Victory Day. Interfax, citing the Chechnya Internal Affairs Directorate, reports that the fire was conducted from the under -barrel grenade launcher. Two shells exploded, falling into the wall of the stands. Most likely, the goal of the attackers was the tribune, where representatives of the Chechnya administration were.

The Government of Russia will continue the sale of "special sizes" diamonds, that is, a mass of 10.8 carats. An open auction will be held on June 18, 2002. According to Interfax , applications for participation in the auction will be accepted by June 8, 2002. The auction may participate in Russian processing organizations that submitted the application no later than the specified date and ensured the timely transfer of the deposit of 30 thousand rubles.

The merits of the new European currency of the euro are marked on Thursday by the authoritative international prize of the German city of Aachen, also known as the Karlspreis Zu Aachen Prize. According to RIA Novosti , this award, starting in 1950, is noted the merits of individual figures and groups of persons in strengthening the unity of Europe.

The Belgrade court instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia to write out an arrest order of 17 people accused by the Hague tribunal of committing war crimes. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" .

The plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District Leonid Drachevsky does not exclude that the number of constituent entities of the Federation will be reduced from "89 to a smaller number." For example, as RIA Novosti reports, the plenipotentiary believes that the recently sounded idea of ​​the merger of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Evenkia and Taimyr into a single subject of the federation "cannot be buried." True, he immediately made a reservation

Currently in the Kremlin there is a reception on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War. At it, the Russian President expressed eternal gratitude to veterans who "gave the victory to the whole world." He also proposed to honor the memory of the dead in Kaspiysk with a minute of silence. In the morning, a military parade was held on Red Square on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

On Wednesday, the final match of the UEFA Cup was held between the champion of Germany Dortmund Borussia and the Dutch Feyenoord. The match was held in Rotterdam, which means Dutch football players initially had an advantage. The game to the joy of numerous viewers in the stadium and not only turned out to be very interesting, rich in events and complete intrigues.

On May 9, the Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day. Tens of thousands of people walk with Israeli flags along Jerusalem. The route of the march participants lies from Zion Square to the Shkham gate, from there they follow the flower gate through which they will enter the so -called "Muslim quarter" (in which, as participants in the Prostnser, Jews always lived).

In the next three years, the Americans will throw 130 million mobile phones into the trash. Ecologists, suddenly concerned about this problem, are already in alarm. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to independent research data, these devices contain 65 thousand tons of toxic and other substances harmful to the body. It is estimated that by 2005, 200 million mobile phones will be used in the United States, citizens will accumulate 500 million old devices that they will throw away.

On the occasion of Victory Day in Grozny and in all district centers of Chechnya, restrictions on transportation of transport were introduced, checkpoints and temporary deployment points of units were strengthened, additional measures were taken to protect public order, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the group of public relations of the FSB in the Chechen Republic. Early on the morning of May 9, a powerful explosive device was found and neutralized at the Dynamo stadium in Grozny.

On May 8, financial markets rose so sharply and significantly as never before all the time after September 11, plunging investors into long depression. The American Dow Jones stock indest has risen during the exchange session by 305 points. This means an increase in the cost of the largest American companies more than 3%, reports NTV-International . The immediate cause of the jump was the unexpectedly large profits of Cisco.