There were no serious pogroms associated with the unsuccessful performance of the national team in Argentina. However, the police still had to work hard on the eve. In Cordobe, about 200 most aggressive fans threw local law enforcement officers with bottles and stones, but were quickly dispersed. A branch of American Citibank was injured in Mar-de-payment. About 50 people threw stones. The four instigators were arrested.

The head of the RAO "UES of Russia" (RTS: EESR, EESRP) Anatoly Chubais acquired a stake in this company. He reported this during the Internet conference in Thursday in Moscow. “I am a minority shareholder of the company,” he said. According to Chubais, some time ago there was a decline in the value of shares of RAO UES of Russia from 17 to 13.5-14 cents.

On June 13, it will be exactly half a century from the day the Swedish reconnaissance aircraft DS-3, who made the reconnaissance circuit of the zone of Soviet exercises, was shot down by the Soviet fighter near the territorial waters of the USSR. As it turned out after the recent declassification of Swedish archival documents, super -secret American equipment was installed on the aircraft, and the crew was carried out by a special premium of British intelligence.

In the USA today, the spontaneous disasters are in the focus of attention, paralyzing literally entire regions of the country. Forest fires in Colorado have reached an unprecedented scale and continue to move towards the state of the state, reports NTV-INTERNATIONAL . From Wednesday, the inhabitants of Denver could observe the approaching wall of fire and smoke with the naked eye. In the suburbs, mass evacuation began. More than 6,000 people have already been evacuated.

At least 205 people were killed, more than 100 are considered to be missing in the Chinese provinces of Sheanxi, Sichuan, Guyzhou, Hubei and in the city of central subordination of Chunzin. From the destructive floods caused by heavy rains, 30 million people were affected, according to official figures, ITAR-TASS reports. In the province of Shaanxi, due to the threat to people's lives, over 110 thousand people were evacuated from regions flooded with water to safer places.

In Hollywood, the day before, the anniversary 30th ceremony of presenting awards of the American Institute of Cinematography "For a lifelong contribution to the development of cinema" took place. This time its owner was the famous actor Tom Hanks. He began his career in the cinema more than 20 years ago, starring in the film "He knows that you are alone." The first success came to Hanks after he played one of the leading roles in the television series "Boarding Friends".

A commercial boom on the Internet is returning. Such a conclusion, as reports RIA Novosti , came American Internet companies to conduct research on the profitability of trade in the global computer network. Researchers predict that this year for the electronic trading market for goods and services in the United States as a whole, "first will become breakery." In 2001, out of 100 American companies conducting trading on the Internet, 56 completed profit.

The tender for the use of Hitler's ruins "Werewolf" is declared by the authorities of the Vinnitsa region A tender has been announced to use the Ruins of Hitler's Headquarters. She, as you know, is located near Vinnitsa and hundreds of documented and incredible stories are associated with its existence, Infonews reports at the regional state administration.

The Office of the Ministry of Taxes and fees in the Kamchatka region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug on Thursday published preliminary data from the 2001 declaration company. According to the MNS, the total amount of declared income in the region amounted to over 478 million rubles, 9371 people reported on their income in 2001. At the same time, 42 people reported on income from 1 to 10 million rubles, half of them were private notaries and entrepreneurs.

By the decision of the West Siberian District Military Court, a soldier of the Russian army, 20-year-old Denis Pertsev, who shot three colleagues and officer in August last year, was aimed at compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital, RIA Novosti reports. The court made such a decision due to the fact that the serviceman revealed deviations in the psyche.

The movement on the roads of England on June 12 actually froze for two hours - the British watched the game of their team with Nigeria. The authorities say that the roads have not been so deserted on a weekday for many years, reports Independent . Usually in England and Wales are fixed up to 130 traffic jams per day, but on the day of the match there were only three.

The prototype of a single -engine aircraft, developed in the Japanese Toyota Motor, made the first flight on May 31 in California, the company's management reported on Wednesday in the evening. The aircraft, called without special delights - Toyota Advanced Aircraft, is designed for four people and is designed to become a direct competitor for the current small aviation market leaders - Textron, Cessna and New Piper Aircraft, reports Reuters .

The State Duma at a plenary session on Thursday plans to consider in the first reading the bill "On the State Standard of General Education", Interfax reports.

The concert of the Rammstein group, which was planned to be held on June 19 at the airfield in Tushino, will not take place. According to Interfax, the organizers of the tour of the group on Thursday, on this day, as was planned earlier, the Rammstein group will come to Moscow. However, it was decided not to hold the concert.

The State Duma is collecting signatures in support of the initiative of the Parliamentary faction of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Government of the Russian Federation. This was announced by independent deputy Yevgeny Ishchenko at a plenary meeting on Thursday, Interfax reports. Ishchenko accused the current office of Mikhail Kasyanov of weakness.