In Poland, preparations are completed for the upcoming on August 16 - 19, the visit of Pope John Paul II , RIA Novosti reports. It will be the ninth dad’s trip to their homeland. This time he will limit himself to a visit to Krakow, whose archbishop was a election to the Vatican throne in 1978, and located near Krakow Monastery in the town of Kalvaria Zebzhidovskaya.

On average, tariffs for paid veterinary services in Moscow are increased by 1.5-2 times. According to the new price list, one consultation on the care and maintenance of animals, birds, bees and fish went up from 20 to 42 rubles. Deprivation of reproductive capacity (castration) of cats and agricultural animals for up to two months will cost 283.5 rubles (instead of the previous 180 rubles), a little more will be required to sterilize cats - 551 rubles 25 kopecks (instead of 350 rubles).

The famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio, calling the United States the largest source of environmental pollution in the world, called on President George Bush President to show increased attention to this problem and visit the World Environment Summit in Johannesburg (South Africa), which will take place at the end of this month. “Mr. Bush, we ask for your support.

The Snow Maiden costume of the 2002-2003 season in Perm will become more chaste and more modest. The dress of the granddaughter of Santa Claus will reach the knees. Last year, the length of the dress was 15 centimeters above the knee. As explained by the Region-Inform-Perm IA in the marketing department of the Perm Factory "Toy", when developing a new length of the Snegurochka dress, the wishes of many customers were taken into account.

Another case of a lynch, made by a crowd over the alleged criminal, is registered on Monday by the Guatemal police. It occurred in the village of San Juan Laguna of the Western Department of Solola. According to representatives of the National Civil Police, the residents of the village caught the 35-year-old Gaspar Kamsmines, who was suspected of killing the old man and burned alive.

In the Southern Administrative District of Moscow on Khavskaya Street, house N 9 is extinguished by a fire in the basement of the building of the Academy of the FSB of Russia, Interfax reports. As reported on Tuesday in the UGPS of the capital, the signal of the fire entered the on -duty remote control at about 4:40 Moscow time. Firefighters who quickly put out the fire immediately left for the scene.

According to updated data, 4 people were killed and about 10 were wounded as a result of an armed clash that broke out on Tuesday morning in the Palestinian refugee camp, Ain El Helva in the city of Sayda in the south of Livan. To date, the shootout has practically stopped, but the tension in the camp remains. The participants in this armed incident in the largest camp of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon in Lebanon of Palestinian are already known.

The Government of Colombia tightens measures to combat terrorism, RIA Novosti reports. The Minister of Defense of this South American country of Marta, Lusia Ramirez, said at a press conference in Bogota that the emergency decree signed by President of Colombia involves the introduction of commandant hour, the detention of suspects with extremists without a judicial investigation, restricting movements and listening to telephone conversations.

A suspect of the murders of a young woman and girls on sexual grounds was detained in the Altai Territory, Interfax reports. The first sacrifice of the maniac with traces of rape and strangulation was discovered on July 11 in the cellar in the courtyard of one of the houses in the village of Verkh-Aya.

The spiritual department of the Muslims of Kyrgyzstan (DUMK) during an extraordinary meeting of the Ulemov Council √ the highest governing body √ Submitted the former head of the Muslims of the Republic of the Republic of Kimsanbay already Abdrakhmanov, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the information of the State Commission for Religious Affairs under the Government of Kyrgyzstan.

The influx of immigrants who arrived at a permanent place of residence in Israel decreased by 27 percent: 15 thousand people arrived in the country in the first half of 2002, while during the same period 2001 √ 20 thousand 500 people. As Reuters reports, according to the Central Bureau of Israel's statistics, the share of immigrants from the former Soviet republics was especially reduced.

In the Czech Republic there is a forced evacuation of the population. An emergency has been introduced. Constitutional rights of citizens are limited The water level in the Vltava in Prague reached 6.5 meters. It is expected that it will rise by another 1 meter, and the flood will reach its climax. Flood peak is expected at 5 a.m. Moscow time. According to Radio Praga, the water speed in the VLTAV River will reach 4500 m3/s. This is 30 times higher than the usual water speed in the river.

Consecration of embedded stone at the site of the construction of the temple of St. The great martyr George the Victorious in a strict regime colony was performed by the Metropolitan of Cheboksary and Chuvash Barnabas (Kedrov) in the service of the clergy of the Cheboksary diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church), the Blagovers-Info reports. The ceremony was attended by thousands of convicts who were built on the parade ground.

In South Africa, the rhino almost 6 hours blocked traffic on one of the highways. According to RIA Novosti , in the South African province of Frey Steite White Smam-sorogue weighing 1.6 tons broke the fence of a private reserve, where he "lived", and together with his "girlfriend" blocked a nearby autraud Brandfort. Attempts by the hostess of the reserve to return the fugitive home with the Land Rover car led only to the fact that the SUV lost the front bumper and headlights.

Eight large shareholders control 85% of private capital and dictate their reform policy to the Kremlin, says the Swiss newspaper Le Temps , the material of which is published by Inopressa . "Analyzing the activities of 64 largest Russian companies no longer controlled by the state, we found that 85% of their capital are in the hands of only eight groups of shareholders," the Brunswick UBS Warburg Analysts report.