The German psychologist Philip Hammelstein founded a psychological training for people experiencing emotional problems when visiting public toilets. For two years, he has been led to the study of this phenomenon at the University of Düsseldorf Henry Heine. According to the scientist, from 3 to 7 percent of men suffer from Batlodder Bashfula syndrome, Ananova reports.

The Secret Directive of US President George Bush authorizes the combat use of the United States of nuclear weapons in response to an attack on them or their allies using biological or chemical weapons, reports Washington Times . The newspaper assures that at her disposal there is this secret directive.

From February 1, a planned increase in pensions will begin in Russia. In particular, pensions will be increased by 6%. After that, the size of the basic pension will be 554 rubles. On average, an increase in a pension will be 35 rubles, said Vladimir Vyunitsky, adviser to the head of the Pension Fund of Russia.

At the press conference, held today at the Sheraton Hotel and a dedicated to signing a contract with the new general sponsorship of the Russian national football team, Rostelecom OJSC, the head coach of the national team Valery Gazzaev called the team going to a Cyprus tournament.

In the Indonesian province of Malyuk, 8 people died due to the explosion of the air bombs of the Second World War. As the correspondent of RIA Novosti reports with reference to the message of the National Information Agency of Antara, the peasant of one of the villages in the Leichita region dug up a one and a half meters bomb in the courtyard of the house. The man decided to use the find for economic purposes.

The main inspectors of the UN Hans Blix and Muhammad al-Baradei received the invitation of the Iraqi government to visit Baghdad on Friday to hold a new round of negotiations on cooperation. This became known from sources at the UN headquarters in New York. Baghdad expects that the visit of the head of the UN Commission on the disarmament of Iraq Hans Blix and director of the IAEA Muhammad al-Baradei will take place until February 10.

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II wished the participants in the battle who had a chance to survive to this day, Interfax reports. "The victory of our army in the Battle of Stalingrad decisively changed the course of the Great Patriotic War.

Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko will defend the world champion in the version of the World Boxing Organization with South African Corri Senders on March 8 at the Preussag Arena arena in German Hanover. This was officially announced by the promoters of Klitschko.

The IL-76 transport aircraft of Russian production suffered on Friday the crash on the coast of the South Asian state of East Timor. On board the aircraft were six crew members - they are all Russian citizens. The plane was operated by the Iranian Aram Air airline. According to a source in Russian aviation circles, Aram Air plane was leased by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded to take all measures to ensure security in connection with the preparation of a constitutional referendum in Chechnya . “It is necessary to make maximum efforts to ensure public security in the Chechen Republic and prevent possible provocations in connection with the preparation of a constitutional referendum,” the Russian President said, speaking on Friday at an extended collegium of the FSB.

The state prosecutor in the process in Saratov, Sergei Verbin, demanded to put the leader of the radical National Bolshevik party Eduard Limonov (Savenko) to 14 years in prison with a maximum security colony serving in a colony. He stated this on the final debate that opened on Friday in the case, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Ministry of Railways will have "enough levers" for regulation by rail and after the reform. This was stated by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation German Gref at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Railways on Friday.

In Moscow, a police officer was detained by a citizen of Uzbekistan, who earned a 54-year-old resident of the capital by phone calls. According to the Main Directorate of the Internal Affairs of Moscow, the pensioner turned to the police department on the eve. According to the woman, for a week an unknown man called her home and demands 10 thousand rubles from her. The operatives managed to calculate the attacker.

The United States reinforced with new evidence its allegations that Iraq was trying to create nuclear weapons. Representatives of the White House reported that aluminum tubes purchased by Baghdad are very strong and made in accordance with very high quality standards. This means that Iraq wanted to build centrifuges to enrich uranium, reports The Times (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

The Russian Gandbolists were unable to reach the semifinals of the World Cup, despite two victories in the second stage. At the final meeting of the stage, the Russians convincingly - 29:22 - won the Egyptian team, which blocked the wards of Vladimir Maksimov to medals in the 1/4 finals of the World Cup -2001.