As a result of an armed attack on a school bus in Thailand, four were killed and 13 schoolchildren were injured. The condition of 9 children is evaluated by doctors as difficult, RIA Novosti reports. At least three of the militants dressed in the camouflage uniform, whose faces were hidden by masks, ambushed on a school bus and literally riddled it from the M-16 army rifles. According to CNN , there were 25 students on the bus at that time.

Nikolai Burlyaev began working on a large-scale film project called "Holy Rus' in the fate of her ascetics," ITAR-TASS reports. The famous actor and director told the agency that in the 20th series of the new documentary cycle it is supposed to tell the story of the life and acts of many outstanding compatriots who played an important role in the state and spiritual life of Russia.

One person died, five were injured in a large traffic accident on the 34th km of the Leningrad highway. According to the law enforcement agencies of the capital, the accident occurred on Tuesday at about 18:40 Moscow time. According to preliminary data, eight vehicles collided, including one heavy truck. Currently, the traffic police, ambulance doctors and rescuers of the Ministry of Emergencies are on the spot. The movement along the highway is almost completely paralyzed.

Based on the results of a survey of public opinion, Naomi Campbell became the most unloved person in the UK. 47% of the respondents said that they did not like it - notes The Mirror newspaper, who had a billionaire Campbell in March sustained $ 3.5 thousand for illegal invasion of private life . The victory of Campbell in the trial did not affect the attitude towards her from the British public.

State Duma Chairman Gennady Seleznev, Chairman of the Lower Chamber of Women, Family and Youth Committee Svetlana Goryacheva, as well as the Chairman of the Committee on Culture Nikolai Gubenko are expelled today from the Communist Party faction in the State Duma. This was announced by the press secretary of the Communist leader Andrei Andreev, Interfax reports. The decision on this was made at the next meeting of the faction by a majority vote.

On June 4, the 30th anniversary of the departure of the poet Joseph Brodsky from the USSR marks, in this regard, in St. Petersburg, a poetic evening dedicated to this date will be held, Izvestia.Ru reports. As part of a poetic evening, the premiere of the “pilot” of the art animation film based on the works of Joseph Brodsky “Pole Kot” directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky according to the script of Yuri Arabov and Andrei Khrzhanovsky will be held.

Vladimir Putin announced the readiness of Russia to contribute to the settlement of the Indian-Pakistani conflict. The president stated this, opening on Tuesday a meeting in Alma-Ata with the Prime Minister of India Atal Bikhari Vajpai. At the same time, as the head of state noted, Russia proceeds from the fact that both countries - India and Pakistan, must make everything in their power in order to resolve the conflict, RIA Novosti reports.

At the Krasnogorskaya mine in Kuzbass on the night of Tuesday, rescuers found the body of 44-year-old mining Sergei Chakurov, the regional department for civil defense and emergency matters reported, ITAR-TASS reports. The search for three more miners who went missing last Sunday, presumably, after the explosion of methane in the treatment plant, continues. Rescuers disassemble the rubble at a depth of 450 meters, where a collapse of production of about 100 meters long occurred.

This June will be the hottest and dry over the past 15 years among all summer months. According to weather forecasts, daily temperature will be 30-35 degrees. Moreover, in most regions of Russia, precipitation is expected very little. Experts predicts in connection with this the emergence of new foci of forest fires in the Khabarovsk Territory and Yakutia - dry, hot weather will return there after a cool wet cyclone.

The 28-year-old Muscovite Tatyana Sapunova, who suffered from an explosion on the Kiev highway, will go on Tuesday to Israel, where she will be performed plastic surgery, Interfax reports. As reported in the 1st Grad Hospital of Moscow, where the victim was placed, her mother Elena and the chief rabbi of Russia ( Feor ) Berl Lazar will be accompanied by Sapunov.

The leader of the Palestinian Autonomy Yasir Arafat on Tuesday, while meeting with the CIA director, who arrived in the region, presented a new plan for reforming the Palestinian intelligence services. Arafat is going to reduce the number of employees and strengthen supervision of their activities.

In Texas, a criminal sentenced to the death penalty, whose lawyer was sleeping at a court hearing, received the right to revise his case in accordance with the decision of the US Supreme Court, BBC reports. In 1984, Berdain was sentenced to death for the murder of his partner with whom they lived in a trailer. The jury and court officials calculated that during the court hearings, Berdain's lawyer Joe Knnon fell asleep at least 10 times for 10 minutes.

On the evening of June 3, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Minister of Defense Benjamin Ben-Eliezer came to the final decision on the construction of the 110-kilometer line of barriers, which will stretch from KFAR Salem to KFAR KASMA. This "fence" will almost completely coincide with the "Green Line", separating Israel and the territory of the Palestinian autonomy.

The Moscow government was concerned about a sharp increase in prices in the capital. Officials noted that, despite the fact that the purchasing power of Muscovites is higher than on average in the Russian Federation, she has not yet had time to increase prices. In 2001, at an average inflation level, 18.5%, the meat rose by 30-44%, salt - by 26%, milk - by 23%, vegetables - by 38%, potatoes - by 35%, hairdressers - 21%.

The Queen of Great Britain, whose anniversary was solemnly awarded with a pop concert, was forced to insert the plugs into her ears to escape from thunderous music, which came from the stage, Ananova.com reports. On Monday evening, crowds of those who wanted to participate in the most loud event of the festive celebrations in honor of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Elizabeth II gathered at the Buckingham Palace.