On March 10, the Orthodox Russians begins a great post . The first day of fasting is traditionally called pure Monday . From this day in Russia, all amusements were canceled, and believers should have been imbued with a repentant mood. From Monday to Wednesday, on the first week of the post in the temples, the special, repentant prayer of Ephraim Sirin is knewed . By the way, she should be well known to all the connoisseurs of A.S.

In Germany on Monday near Magdeburg, an armed attack on a collection machine was made. According to the available information, in the city of Dolle (Earth of Saxony Angalt), two bandits in masks fired at the collectats. As a result, one guard was wounded. When the collector car stopped, one of the attackers took both guards to the fly, and the other overloaded the money to another car, on which the bandits disappeared. The amount of the stolen is not yet known.

The 25-year-old defender of the Italian “Milan” Kakha Kaladze will miss the remainder of the second group stage of the UEFA Champions League, since in the Sunday match of Series A against the “Kiev” player of the Georgian national team stretched the muscles of the left thigh.

The whole Monday went rumors about the death of the Ukrainian boxer Vladimir Klitschko, who on March 8 in a battle for the title of heavyweight world weight according to WBO, 38-year-old South African boxer Corri Sanders won a technical knockout in the second round . 'Since yesterday, all the press services phones are calling without stopping 24 hours now. Our mailboxes are clogged to capacity, and the mail is climbing and climbing, ”the press service of Ukrainian boxers reports.

Russian midfielder Valery Karpin, playing for Real Sociedad, scored the ball in the match of the 25th round of the Spanish Championship in football against Alaves. Karpin distinguished himself in the 43rd minute, and his club won with a score of 3: 1. Real Sociedad scored 50 points and went to second place and from the leading Madrid Real Madrid, the San Sesbastiyans separates only one point.

The men's tennis tournaments of the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic AP have ended in ScottsDale and International Tennis Championships in Deelrei Biche. As expected, the victories in them were won by the Australian Llatyon Hughitt and American Jean-Michel Gambill, who coped with their compatriots Mark Filippusis and Masterdi Fish. Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic. Scottsdale, USA.

Law enforcement agencies of Chechnya detained three militants involved in the explosion of the building of the government of the republic on December 27, 2002 . As ITAR-TASS was informed in the temporary press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus, one of the bandits was removed from the bandits during the detention, the other has a home-made explosive device with a fuse.

Iraq mined oil fields in the north of the country in the area of ​​the city of Kirkuk so that they do not go to the American troops in the event of a war in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday. “We have data that oil wells are mined,” said the representative of the American administration.

On Monday, on the initiative of the German side, a telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Federal Chancellor Germany Gerhard Schroeder took place, this was reported in the press service of the President of the Russian Federation.

North Korea on Monday carried out another launch of an anti -ship missile, the defense department of Japan said. According to the Japanese military, the rocket was not ballistic and does not pose a threat to national security. The launch was carried out at about noon as local time towards the Sea of ​​Japan. The head of the defense department of Siger Isiba performed in parliament and hastened to reassure the deputies.

In the United States, more than a hundred people were injured as a result of a car accident on the highway connecting the capital of the gambling business Las Vegas with the state of California. Two tourist buses, the speed of which exceeded 90 km per hour, collided. CNN reports 105 victims, up to 10 of them are in critical condition. They were taken to the nearest hospital with the help of helicopters, the road inspector Adam Korinas said.

In the days when both Western Christians and the Orthodox launched a great post , the Anglo-Council company Unilere released seven new varieties of Magnum ice cream, each of which is called one of the seven mortal sins, reports, citing the Sedmitsa Internet resource. The letter "M" in the word "Magnum" on the packaging of ice cream with the names "Pride", "Envy", "Grandliness", "Blood", "Revenge", "Greed" and "Lenuity" is decorated with horns and tail.

In the 95th year of life, a great actress, the legend of domestic cinema, Marina Ladynina, died in one of the Moscow hospitals. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the guild of actors of the cinema of Russia. The time and place of farewell and funeral will be known on Tuesday, March 11.

In 1992, the sensational erotic thriller of Paul Verkhoven was released, marked the transition of Hollywood from the era of "sexual courage" to the "" sex era ": the main female role in the film" Basic Instinct "was played to that moment in the generally well-known actress Sharon Stone. The film once again showed how the modern Hollywood Cinderella can turn into a princess in the blink of an eye if the ultramodern "Rimeke" scenes with a rising skirt is ready and able to play.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has completed the export of Russian citizens from Iraq On Sunday, the last, fourth in a row, the board with Russian citizens from Iraq landed at the Domodedovo metropolitan airport. On board the IL -62 were 117 people, 10 of them were citizens of Ukraine, 2 - Belarus and 2 - Uzbekistan. The rest of the passengers are Russian citizens.