The Ferrari stable intends to use the new car at the next stage of the World Cup in the Class of Formula 1 in San Marino, which is scheduled for April 20. This was clearly stated by the boss of 'Skuderia' Jean Todt on Monday in an interview with the Italian sports publication Gazzetta Dello Sport . “If nothing unforeseen happens, you will see the new F2003 -GA already at the Avtodrome in Imola,” Todt promised. Italian automakers have high hopes for this debut, reports Reuters.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case against the former general director of OJSC “New Izvestia Information and Publishing House”, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper of the same name by Igor Golembovsky and his deputy Sergei Agafonov. A criminal case was opened under article 196 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - deliberate bankruptcy.

"Although the population is unanimous to condemn the intervention in Iraq, it demonstrates the true variety of opinions and the difference in points of view." With this phrase, Pierre Zhakametti, the head of the IPSOS group for conducting a sociological survey ordered by the Le Figaro newspaper (translation on the website Inopressa.ru ), emphasizes the fact that you sometimes forget: if you are a Frenchman and at the same time a Muslim, this can distinguish you from your compatriots-nine-items,

The only performance of the new ballet “Mother Teresa and the Children of the World” of the famous French choreographer Maurice Bezhara will be held on Monday in the State Central Concert Hall of Russia. An outstanding choreographer in recent years has become a frequent guest in our country. On the account of Bezhara, the production of more than 100 ballets. A significant part of them is occupied by performances dedicated to the remarkable personalities of the past and the present.

On the eve of Washington Wizards, in a tense struggle, he defeated in overtime over Boston - 99:98, and retained the chances of entering the playoffs of the National Basketball Association. A significant contribution to the victory "Wizards" was made by the untreating Michael Jordan.

The YAK-42 EMERCOM of Russia with doctors on board goes today to the capital of Syria Damascus to assist the wounded Russian diplomats, who suffered from shelling, their motorcade in the suburbs of Baghdad. Eight embassy cars (six with the embassy and two employees with journalists), the correspondent of the Russian TV channel Alexander Minakov reports from the scene, left the Iraqi capital on Sunday morning.

According to updated data, during a powerful fire at a grocery factory in the East Chinese province of Shandun, 21 people died. The tragedy occurred on Saturday at noon, when almost 500 night shift workers finished work at the factory. Suddenly flashing strong fire quickly destroyed the factory building. The metal structure of the plant building under the pressure of the flame collapsed. There were many people in the trap.

Over a thousand children die daily in Asia, without reaching the age of 5 Over a thousand children die daily in Asia, without reaching the age of 5. This is evidenced by the official data that the regional branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World Health Day has been distributed in Manila.

Today; In Grozny, on the day of the festival of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary , in the church of the Archangel Michael, a solemn service was committed, ITAR-TASS reports. About 100 parishioners came to the only Orthodox Church preserved in the city on this occasion. The Divine Liturgy with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II was headed by the hegumen Vasilisk in the service of Hieromonk Anufri and Jerodyakon Zotik.

The number of people who died from atypical pneumonia increased by two people over the past day in Hong Kong. Two women died in the city’s hospitals - 71 years and 68 years old. In total, 22 people have already become victims of deadly illness in Hong Kong. For yesterday, 42 more people entered the hospitals of the city with a diagnosis of atypical pneumonia, ITAR-TASS reports. As government data shows, the rate of distribution of atypical pneumonia of the city again began to grow.

In Iraq on Monday, in the afternoon, two Polish journalists were captured by the armed group of Iraqis. Correspondents of the Polish public radio Yatsek Kachmarek and the private television information information “Twn 24” Martsin Firly were captured on the road of Nasiria leading from the city of Nasiria. Witnesses of this incident were two journalists of the Warsaw channel Twn 24, who managed to escape.

On Monday, one of the residential quarters of Baghdad fell a rocket, reported by AFP journalists, who saw how the ambulance cars drove away from the place of the rocket. As a result of the explosion, one building collapsed, a few more were damaged. The victims have not yet been reported.

A criminal suspected of a series of murders of pensioners was arrested in the suburbs. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region, a 20-year-old native of the Sverdlovsk region turned out to be a brutal killer and a robber. Since December last year, the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate has been engaged in the search for the killer.

The Canadian authorities reported on Sunday about 179 cases of a possible disease by "atypical pneumonia" in the country, including 9 patients who died. The day before it was reported that 8 people became victims of the disease. However, after an investigation of the causes of death last week, a patient of one of the Toronto hospitals, experts came to the conclusion that he was also amazed at the virus that caused a fatal outcome. All 9 deaths are registered in Toronto.

Fierce clashes unfolded on Monday in the afternoon near the famous Baghdad hotel Ar-Rashid, which is defended by Iraqi fighters, AFP correspondents report from the scene. According to witnesses of what is happening, the Iraqi military leads intensive shelling of hotels from grenade launchers and small arms. Earlier, the US military said that the Ar-Rashid hotel, among some other objects in the Iraqi capital, was under control of the coalition forces.