Of the 950 thousand people in places of imprisonment in Russia, about 460 thousand are sick with various serious diseases, including tuberculosis, AIDS, and mental illness. As the head of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, Yuri Chaika, said on Tuesday, now the criminal-executive system has already become a "large hospital".

The editors of the journal "Domova" distributed information that clarifies the situation that arose the day before in connection with the arrival of the bailiffs in the premises . Recall that on Monday evening, the bailiffs, who brought the general director with them, came to the editorial office of the journal "Domovoy". They said that CJSC was arrested.

Scientists from Northern Carolina invented a miniature device for medical diagnostics - an X -ray pistol. Samples of this new equipment operate at low temperatures, and also use significantly less energy than their predecessors, which makes these machines much cheaper. According to Nature magazine, scientists hope that this equipment will also be much safer, since it will not irradiate unnecessary organs located next to the diagnosed sites.

On the territory of the Moscow Military District, and these are 18 regions of central Russia, including Moscow, it is forbidden to use the Mi-8 army helicopters to ensure the life of troops due to their wear, Interfax reports. An informed source at the headquarters of the IMVO said that such an order was given by the commander of the troops of the Moscow Military District (MVO), Colonel General Ivan Efremov.

Three aviation incidents immediately occurred on Tuesday in Russia. Three aircraft-Tu-134, Tu-154 and Yak-42-made emergency landings. At the Tu-134, when landing in Irkutsk, the landing gear was broken The most dangerous of them occurred at the airport of Irkutsk. When landing at the Tu-134 aircraft broke the front chassis. However, the crew managed to maintain the balance of the car, and no one was injured, RIA Novosti reports.

The US National Strategy of the United States, which US President George Bush will officially publish in Washington on Tuesday , contains a proposal to create in the structure of the future Ministry of Internal Security of the Directorate of Lands of Threats with special functions.

As it is assumed, two famous actors are the star of the Titanic, the brilliant Leonardo DiCaprio, about which all the teenage girls are dreamed of, and the “Spider-Man” Toby Maguire will soon appear in the theatrical production on the stage of the London West End, Variety reports. Currently, the pair is considering the proposal to play the main roles in the play "This is our youth" (this is out youth), informed sources report.

“Russia and St. Petersburg are dedicated to Russia and St. Petersburg,” such a motto was chosen by the famous figure of the fashion industry from Milan Rafaella Kuryel to show her new models in 2002-2003. According to ITAR-TASS, the solemn presentation of the collection took place the night before in the theater palace of the old Roman Villa Abamelek, the residence of the Russian embassy.

The Archbishop of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursky Vicenty (Morar) visited the Ural Elexpoquarms-2002 international arms exhibition of weapons under Nizhny Tagil, reports the Blagovers-Info with reference to the Orthodox Gazeta of Yekaterinburg.

In New York, on Tuesday, a meeting of the "four" international intermediaries in Middle East settlement will be held. This will be the third meeting of the heads of foreign policy departments of the Quartet, which includes Russia, the USA, the European Union and the UN.

Four typhoons immediately fell on the countries of the Pacific basin these days. In Micronesia, China, South Korea and the Philippines, more than a hundred people died in total, reports NTV-INTERNATIONAL . In the south of Japan, the Halong typhoon continues to rage, which has already come to the country of the rising sun in the last 7 days. On Tuesday, Typhoon reached the main Japanese island of Honshu, bringing with him storms and hurricanes.

The Paraguay government announced the introduction of a state of emergency throughout the country for a period of five days. This happened after the mass manifestations that were held in the main cities of the country, whose participants demanded the resignation of President Luis Gonzalez Macca. In many cities of the country, roads are blocked; Rioters enter into clashes with the police. Two people have already died and about 15 were injured.

The largest independent Ukrainian television studio "1+1" is deprived of a license to broadcast by the Ukrainian appeal court. According to ITAR-TASS, having canceled the license of the 1+1 studio for the right to broadcast on the second general Ukrainian channel, the court of appeal issued a decision on the announcement of a new competition, in which it is forbidden to take part. Earlier, the 1+1 studio lost the case in the first instance court.

American scientists have created an artificial virus √ an exact copy of the pathogen of polio, reports Echo of Moscow . For the first time since the origin of life on Earth, the biological object was created from inanimate matter. Taking advantage of the fact that a fairly simple genome of polio virus is completely deciphered, a group of researchers led by Professor Echard Uimmer from New York University accurately copied its DNA from a natural model.

South Korean students threaten the servers of the United States leadership in protest against the death of two girls under the wheels of an American armored personnel carrier in one of the suburbs of Seoul. According to Ananova, crackers promise to deliver the main blow to the White House servers, the American embassy in South Korea and the US military leadership.