The deputy of the Orekhovo-Zuevsky district council Leonov committed suicide last weekend. According to the MK-News Agency in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region, the 30-year-old deputy ejected from the window of the apartment on the 14th floor. Until January 16, the deceased was the director of the weaving factory in the valley, but on Thursday, by decision of the meeting of the founders, he was removed from his position. The trial is underway.

The anti-terrorist unit of Scotland Yard arrested on Monday night in the Central Muslim mosque in London in Finsbury Park seven people in the case of the production and storage of deadly poison of Ricin. About 150 police officers took part in the raid with the support of two helicopters, RIA Novosti reports.

Citizens of European countries can soon be evacuated from Iraq. This issue was discussed by the ambassadors of the European Union, gathered on Sunday evening in the capital of Jordan Aman, according to Monday Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat . It is assumed that evacuation should be completed by February 15, while it is emphasized that the departure of citizens of European countries and members of their families will be carried out only on a voluntary basis.

The tourist base in the vicinity of the Bosnian capital was shelling. According to Bosnian television, the shelling of the Belasitsa ski center was carried out by three American soldiers from the peacekeeping forces, including a woman-servant who were drunk. At the time of shelling, there were seven people, including two children. The victims are not reported.

The new representative (nunius) of the Vatican in Russia, Archbishop Antonio Mennini, paid a visit to the Moscow Patriarchate. He met with the chairman of the department of external church ties (MPC MP) Metropolitan Kirill , ITAR-TASS reports. According to the agency, the head of the Association, the meeting discussed the current state of relations between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.

In South Africa, seven people were brutally killed in a massage salon for homosexuals, three more victims are in critical condition in the hospital. The incident occurred in the suburbs of Cape Town. According to the South African police, most of the victims were found related. Some have a cut throat. In addition, experts found firearms in the head in the dead. So far, the police do not comment on the incident and does not talk about the motives of criminals, reports Reuters .

Following the United States and in Europe, the DNA device is popular. With their help, you can conduct genetic tests by the "do yourself" way. Around the novelty, violent disputes flare up - some scientists consider it very dangerous, today Corriere Della Sera writes (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). A sample DNA can be obtained from the gums using a special brush available in the set.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry completed the operation to save fishermen on a torn ice flock in Lake Ladoga. According to the information department of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, the salvation of the fishermen ended at 18:00 Moscow time on Monday. 8 fishermen were delivered ashore by the Mi -8 helicopter, 13 - a rescue boat. Lesser with fishermen came off from the shore on Lake Ladoga at 15:20 Moscow time 60 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.

On Monday, the NEC electronic giant, the second largest manufacturer of semiconductor products in Japan, announced that Akinobu Kanasugi will become his new president. According to experts, the appointment of the head of the Software unit of the Kanasugi company indicates that the NEC strategy will focus on this, and semiconductor enterprises will be reduced further.

The coming in Moscow on January 22, a match with the England team, according to the mentor of Russians Sergei Elevich, will decide the fate of the Russian national team. This was announced today by the head coach of the Russian team in the Novogorsk training center at a press conference on preparations for the two remaining matches of the qualifying tournament of the European Championship 2003 with the British and Italians.

The translation of the fifth novel Joan Rowling about Harry Potter will be released in Russia in early 2004. This was reported to "Interfax" by the head of the press service of the copyright holder of the Russian version of books about the young wizard of the Rosman publishing house Natalya Dolgova. At the same time, in the UK and the USA, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix will appear on June 21, 2003.

In Moscow, a member of the Chechen criminal group was detained, who found a home -made explosive device. 24-year-old Akhmadov was detained on Sunday at about 17:30 in the center of Moscow, at 26 house on Bolshaya Tatar Street. He is a native of the Nadtererny district of Chechnya, while in the capital he lived without registration, reports ITAR-TASS. Akhmadov is included in the Chechen criminal group operating in the metropolitan region.

The Tbilisi district court begins a re-examination of the claim of three Chechens detained in August last year for violation of the Russian-Georgian border. In November 2002, the Prosecutor General of Georgia decided to transfer to Russia detained Chechens - Ruslan Gelogaev, Hussein Alkhanov and Rustam Elkhadzhiev. This decision was protested in the district court, but on December 5 he rejected the claim of Chechens, ITAR-TASS reports.

Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovich arrived on Monday to Gaga to voluntarily appear before the international tribunal in the former Yugoslavia (MTBU). Milutinovich, whose presidential term expired on December 29, 2002, was delivered to the Netherlands by the plane of the Yugoslav government and immediately after arrival was placed in the prison camera of the tribunal in Shevengen.

For the first time, Ukraine celebrated World Religions Day, which, since 1950, has been celebrated throughout the world on the initiative of the United States on the third Sunday of January, ITAR-TASS reports. Last year, World Religious Day was celebrated by 80 countries of the world.