On April 7, 2003, participants in the Transatlantic transition 'Russia for the world' went out on the Catamaran 'Scarlet Sails' from Jamaica. Ahead of the team 'Russia for peace' - 5,000 sea miles or over 9 thousand kilometers - the distance from Moscow to Khabarovsk. This route should be passed only under a sail and only using the strength of the hands (there is not a single electric winch on board), lifting and lowering 700 square meters. M sailing.

Beethoven's ninth symphony manuscript with his own notes and comments of the composer, including bursts of anger on inattentive scribes, will be auctioned in London next month. Rarity was originally estimated at 3 million pounds. According to the auctionists, this manuscript is “one of the highest achievements of mankind, standing next to Hamlet and the King of Shakespeare.

Dry and sunny weather was installed in Moscow. The southern cyclones that replace each other over the metropolitan region - the main "culprits" of raw and cloudy weather, which spoiled the mood of the population for four days, retreated. Although earlier weather forecasters predicted cloudy weather on Tuesday.

In Rostov-on-Don, as a result of a shootout, two people were killed in the Hunting Club cafe. According to the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the region, the incident occurred on the eve of about 22:00. According to the preliminary version, the cause of the use of firearms was a quarrel. Two residents of Rostov born in 1966 and 1976, having received severe injuries, were taken to the hospital, where they later died, RIA Novosti reports. An investigation is underway.

The nature of the inhabitants of New York pleased the nature of the inhabitants of New York, having brought down the largest city in the United States on Monday day and about 20 cm of snow of the same name. According to meteorologists, spring snowfall of a similar scale, the New Yorkers did not see for 21 years - on April 6, 1982, about 25 cm of snow rainfall fell. The joke of nature could not affect the life of New York.

The Iraqi air defense systems were shot down near the Baghdad Airport A-10 Air Air Force. This was announced by the headquarters of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (Sentkom), RIA Novosti reports. According to the headquarters, the pilot managed to escape. Probably, we are talking about the attack aircraft shot down on Monday. The day before, the official representative of the Iraqi National Television Army said that Iraqi forces shot down two American aircraft on Monday .

On Tuesday at night, in the Palace of Saddam Hussein, several explosions thundered in Baghdad in the presidential complex in Baghdad and machine -gun queues were heard, reports Reuters. On Monday, Saddam Hussein Palace was occupied by American troops. “Apparently, the Iraqi troops attack the presidential complex. I saw several bright outbreaks in the building,” said the Hood Yakub Ovite agency, which is located next to the presidential complex.

American troops fired at Baghdad cars in which the correspondents of the Katar television channel Al-Jazeera and the satellite television channel Abu Dhabi were located. In their statement on this subject, television channels condemned the shelling of journalists. According to them, the incident occurred the day before, when the correspondents returned to the hotel after the press conference of the Minister of Information Iraq Muhammad al-Sahhaf.

The Fujitsu Corporation has developed a device called “Biometric Identification Contactly System”, which allows a blood test or identify a person by applying a sensor to the veins located on the hands of the hands. Until now, a blood test could not be done without a blood fence from a vein or from a finger. For this, the patient is forced to undergo an unpleasant procedure for piercing tissue, which inevitably causes a feeling of pain.

The Ambassador of Russia to Iraq Vladimir Titorenko returned from Syria to Iraqi territory. According to the Russian embassy in Damascus, he intends to participate in the evacuation of a seriously wounded employee of the Russian embassy in Iraq, who is located in the hospital of the city of Falluja, as well as the Russian diplomat accompanying him, RIA Novosti reports. The embassy noted that it was decided to evacuate the wounded to Russia to continue treatment.

In Moscow, by decision of the mayor of Yuri Luzhkov, a temporary commission was created to prevent the spread of atypical pneumonia. The commission will be headed by the First Deputy Mayor in the Government of the city Lyudmila Shvetsov. It will include representatives of the Ministry of Emergencies, the Moscow Healthcare Committee, the State Apartment of Service and other organizations, RIA Novosti reports.

Immediately three leading Arab television channels-Al-Jazeera, Abu-Dhabi and Al-Arabia-came up with a refutation of reports about the possible death of Saddam Hussein. According to them, the Iraqi leader and his sons are alive, ITAR-TASS reports. Earlier, the American television company NBC reported that the United States on Tuesday night inflicted another Baghdad blow, as a result of which Saddam Hussein and both his sons could be killed .

A car with the Russian ambassador to Iraq Vladimir Titorenko and the diplomats accompanied by him successfully crossed the Iraq-Syrian border at 20:45 Moscow time. This information was confirmed by diplomatic sources in Moscow. Russian diplomats on cars were met by employees of the Russian embassy in Syria. They are currently following Damascus.

In Thailand, a family quarrel led to the death of 4 people. The 46-year-old businessman Pracert Sirisatsavat shot his two brothers and daughter-in-law, after which he committed suicide from the same pistol. The incident occurred in the area of ​​Bangkok Chinatown after a fierce dispute about family business has reached the climax. At the same time, having shot intractable relatives, the entrepreneur did not immediately commit suicide.

In Grozny, the Deputy Head of the Department of the Federal Postal Service for the Chechen Republic, Abas Beterbiev, was killed. Sources at the Chechnya Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Tuesday that at the intersection of streets on March 8 and Fontannaya in the Oktyabrsky district near the children's hospital, the number of four armed criminals in masks fired from their VAZ-21099 car Bitbibiriev-VAZ-21099.