Former Worldsom bosses were again taken into custody. Two former leaders of the American corporation - the chief financier Scott Sullivan and accountant Bedford Yatsu - were charged with fraud with securities and other financial violations. According to Interfax, Sullivana is accused of concealing $ 3.8 billion. According to the investigation, it was Sullivan who instructed his subordinates, how to hide the growing losses of the company.

Of the six Russian tennis players in the third circle of open championship, the United States managed to break through only three.

The Israeli ship was detained by German customs in the port of Hamburg. At the moment, it is difficult to accurately figure out exactly which load we are talking about, and also to whom and where he was heading, ITAR-TASS reports. Nevertheless, according to some sources of information, the load is military in nature and was intended for Iran. Other sources indicate that the ship is still not weapons or ammunition, but three thousand tires for armored personnel carriers.

America can strike at Iraq, even in the absence of support from the international community, said US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld. Speaking to the American soldiers in San Diego, he expressed the conviction that as soon as the White House releases its plans, the rest of the world will support American demands, reports The Mirror .

On Thursday, the Jewish diaspora of Great Britain expressed its indignation with the fact that the famous British company called one of the models of its sneakers the name of the neuro-paralytic gas, which was used by the Nazis to exterminate millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

The organization of oil exporters will probably agree to increase oil production by 750 thousand barrels per day to contain its cost, Bloomberg reports with reference to sources in the cartel. This will be the first increase in production under the cartel over the past two years; It is designed to bring down raw oil prices, which since the beginning of the year have grown on the New York Exchange by 40%.

On Thursday, the Israeli troops almost wounded the Reuters operator, falling into his camera when he took off his clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants in the Rafach camp in the gas sector. The 25-year-old Bassam Masaud, a free Palestinian journalist who takes Rafach for Reuters in the refugee camp, said he had taken off with a slight fright, but the camera that was installed next to him on a tripod was destroyed by the Israeli fire, Reuters reported.

On Friday, August 30, in Moscow and the region, sunny and very warm weather will remain, without precipitation, favorable for most people, reported in the Moscow Meteoro -Robu. At night in the capital, the temperature will be 11-13 degrees, in the suburbs-8-13, at night and in the morning in the region, fog is possible in places. In the afternoon in Moscow, 25-27 degrees are expected, in the region 23-28 degrees. The wind is southwest, 3-7 m/s.

Rome and Naples on the night of Wednesday to Thursday were badly damaged by heavy rain and storm, which swept over the central and southern part of Italy. In the capital of Italy, the streets of the northern quarters are flooded, the trees are torn out and the trees are felled, and the supply of electricity is interrupted in many areas. Due to the threat of exiting the banks of the Arona River, the motorway is blocked, leading to the Airport of Fumichino and the port of Chivitacu.

A large car interchange at the intersection of the third transport ring and Sevastopol Prospekt in Moscow on Thursday, Interfax reports. A source in the city administration said that for the connection of Sevastopolsky Prospekt with the third transport ring, a section of the new road with a bridge was built through the Moscow Okrug Railway and the existing suburban highway was reconstructed.

Upon the fact of the execution by Captain GAI Sergey Semidotsky, visitors to the bar of the village of Yaroslavka in Primorye, an official investigation is being conducted. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Boris Gryzlov, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Ministry of Russia for Press, Information and Mass Communications decided to refuse to prolong the license of the Daryal-TV television company and set the frequency package for the competition. This was announced on Thursday by the first deputy minister for printing and television and broadcasting, Mikhail Seslavinsky.

In the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, the militants in a landmine blew up an armored personnel carrier, four military personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia were seriously injured. This was reported on Thursday at the headquarters of the anticipated group of troops in Chechnya, RIA Novosti reports. According to the information received, the attack occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the village of Chernorechye, Zavodsky district of the city of Grozny.

The conflict around the largest Russian liquor plant "Crystal" seems to be resolved peacefully. According to Kommersant , the general director of the Moscow LVZ "Crystal" Alexander Timofeev announced to the top managers of the enterprise that in the next few days the plant would leave and transfer the department Alexander Romanov.

John and Yoko did it for love and peace John Lennon and Yoko, it did it in the name of peace and love, but it was in the idealistic sixties. In our hard time, 33 years later, another couple decided to repeat the same experiment, namely, publicly spend a week in bed and make love in the eyes of many onlookers. And it will earn money on this. The project, according to London Eventing Standard , will be held in the window of the Blink Gallery in Soho, the Central District of the British capital.