The transplantation of the donor liver transplantation in the past in the past football player and no less legendary alcoholic passed, according to doctors, very successfully. The doctor of the private clinic of Cromwell, located in the west of London, told the assembled journalists that the condition of the operated on the eve had improved significantly closer to the night.

The forward of the Russian national team and the Utah Jazz NBA club Andrei Kirilenko will join the Russian national team on August 1, when the team begins to collect in Novogorsk near Moscow. According to the player who has already returned to Moscow from the United States, he will be able to take part in 95 percent of training, reports Rusbasket.com . Although, it is likely that he will have to miss one or two classes due to procedures.

The Gagarinsky court of Moscow on Wednesday rejected the petition of the lawyers of the former President of Sibur, Yakov Goldovsky and former vice president of the company Evgeny Koshchits, to cancel the former leaders of Sibur. The court also decided to request a certificate of health on Goldovsky’s health in the investigative insulator, Interfax reports. After that, the court began reading the indictment in the case.

The US authorities reported that among the Taliban, arrested in 2001 in Afghanistan and contained at the Military base of Guantanamo in Cuba, there are personal bodyguards of Osama Ben Laden, Kommersant reports. It is known that the leader of Al-Qaeda paid great attention to his own security. In the state of personal protection, he accepted only professionals, personally devoted to him. Based on this, the FBI hopes to get information about the possible current place of Osama Ben Laden.

As a result of the hooligan antics of football fans who had thrown stones the train of St. Petersburg-Moscow, a woman suffered. This, according to RIA Novosti , said the press service of the North-Western Department of Internal Affairs in Transport (SZUVDT). A fast train number 101 by the Petersburg-Moscow message was attacked by hooligans on the night of Tuesday on Wednesday: about 1.30 Moscow time at the Obukhovo station, a group of unknown people threw the train with stones.

The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra is forced to cancel the planned performances in the United States due to fears of terrorist attacks. According to BBC , the orchestra was supposed to play in the USA in August as part of its world tour. However, due to the complex situation in the Middle East and the aggravation of relations with Palestine, there were fears that musicians could become the target of Arab terrorists.

The movement of the Moscow metro trains along the Sokolnichesky line will be restored ahead of schedule, August 3. According to the traffic police of the capital, in this regard, with the future Saturday, all compensation buses M-1, M-2 and M-3 will be canceled. In addition, traffic restrictions on adjacent roads will be removed. So, the usual regime will include Komsomolsky Prospekt and Vernadsky Avenue.

In the Moscow region in the city of Lotoshino, a liquid ammonia was released, RIA Novosti reports with reference to law enforcement agencies of the Moscow Region. The release occurred the day before at about 16:00 Moscow time from the territory of the local dairy. The number of ammonia that has fallen into the River is not yet specified.

Could stand over Moscow for another five days The conditions favorable for the formation of SOUG will remain in the capital throughout the current week. This was reported to "Interfax" in the Hydrometeorological Department of Moscow and the Moscow Region. According to weather forecasts, the winds of the eastern direction will remain. “Before the beginning of the next week, the situation is fundamentally hardly changing,” meteorologists believe.

The Russian Orthodox Church considers the All -Russian census of the population in October of this year "an important matter of state significance" and is ready to provide practical assistance in its preparation, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced today by the manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate of Metropolitan Solnechnogorsk Sergius (Fomin), who is a member of the State Commission for the preparation and conduct of the census.

US President George Bush signed a law providing for a toughening of punishments for various offenses in the reporting and financial activities of the corporation. According to ITAR-TASS, the law, in particular, involves a tightening of punishment of companies for accounting, as well as measures to ensure strict control over corporation auditors. “This law appears to each non -clean corporate leader: you will be punished,” the US president said after signing the law.

Today at 21:10 Moscow time at the Donetsk mine named after Zasyadko there was an explosion. Units of rescuers and special equipment are pulled to the scene of the accident, ITAR-TASS reports. According to preliminary data, at the time of the explosion, about 24 miners were in the accident zone. The miners found the remains of 13 people. The fate is still 11 miners unknown. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, Interfax reports.

Swiss billionaire Martin Ebner retreats. He sells his share in four controlled investment funds. Details of the transaction are not disclosed. With the exception of its value - "only" $ 2 billion. “Just” - because during the fall of the stock markets, the state of Ebner doubled, and, apparently, the 56 -year -old billionaire is tired of nervous about this. Moreover, companies in which Ebner owned have recently shown not the best indicators.

The joint Philippy-American operation against the Muslim terrorist movement "Abu Sayaf" officially ended on Wednesday. The operation, which lasted more than six months in the south of the Philippines, included the task of freeing the latest hostages, ITAR-TASS reports. As previously reported, three Americans were stolen on May 27 from the resort on the island of Palawan, located in the south-west of the country.

In the Netherlands, false banknotes of the euro made in the printed way were discovered. This was announced by the representative of the National Bank of the Netherlands. Prior to this, in the country, the first to switch to the euro at the end of 2001, only low-quality amateur fakes made on color copy apparatus were found, ITAR-TASS reports.