Racan Rokan al-Anbuk, the son of a former permanent representative of Iraq at the UN, is accused of "cooperation with Iraqi intelligence," the American Ministry of Justice said. According to federal legislation, all persons acting on behalf of foreign governments must undergo special registration in the Ministry of Justice, and the al-Anbuk did not pass it, the statement emphasizes.

Roberto Carlos will be punished by FIFA for hitting a judge during a friendly match with the Portuguese. The sentence is not yet known, but Carlos can skip up to two months. Recall that Carlos could not restrain himself during a meeting with Portugal, which took place on March 29th. Then he with his fists flew into the Israeli judge Alon Yeffe. The match ended with the victory of Portugal with a score - 2: 1.

A gang was detained in Moscow, which was engaged in kidnapping people, the press service of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime Crime Service of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The repeatedly convicted leader of the “Lyubertskoy” organized criminal group (organized crime group) nicknamed “Frenchman” and 2 active participants in the gang group were arrested.

During the preliminary investigation of the disaster of two helicopters in the Chechnya mountains, it was found that one of the pilots remained alive another 17 hours after the disaster. This was announced on Tuesday by Interfax, an informed source at the SKVO headquarters, who took part in the investigation. "The preliminary investigation of the causes of the disaster of two Mi-24 helicopters was completed.

Video - how they delayed the group of Limonov (click the movie camera icon for viewing) The Saratov Regional Court sentenced the leader of the National -Bolshevik party Eduard Limonov (the real name of the writer - Savenko) to 4 years in prison. The court found him guilty under Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - illegal acquisition, storage, transportation of firearms and ammunition.

The group of scientists of Tokyo University recently successfully completed the experiment on the use of electromagnetic waves - those that warm up products in microwave furnaces. According to yomiuri (translation on the website inopressa.ru ), scientists managed to achieve an impulsive flow of electromagnetic waves, creating a powerful jet impetus. The invention is called "microwave rocket".

Due to the emergency shutdown of the power system at 11:07 Moscow time, in fact, all Georgia was left without electricity. The work of television stations has stopped. In the capital of Georgia, there was a metro, tens of thousands of passengers on foot were chosen from tunnels. Emergency lighting at the stations was carried out using diesel generators. The power supply was restored about forty minutes after the accident, the Echo of Moscow reports.

The Veterans of New York Rangers Petera Nedveda will not be able to see in the matches of the World Cup in Finland. On Tuesday, IIHF did not allow him to perform as part of the Czech national team. The Czech hockey federation for a long time made contacts with the IIHF for the permission of the Ned Vedu to speak for the national team. However, the decision of the General Federation of World Hockey was adamant, and it was based on a simple fact.

Spring in the metropolitan region is gaining strength: it becomes warmer and sunny. According to Roshydromet, this afternoon in Moscow, variable cloudy, for dinner, may be rain. The air in Moscow warms up to plus 12 degrees, the region will be a degree warmer. Now in the capital about 0, in the suburbs - up to minus 2, the wind is weak. According to weather forecasters, the Moscow region is currently between two anticyclones.

Evgeny Kafelnikov and Nikolai Davidenko remained the only representatives of Russia at the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo. Kafelnikov will play with the Moroccan of the Junius El Ainaui. Kafelnikov and El Ainaui played against each other four times, and in all cases the Russian celebrated the victory. The last time these tennis players met in 2002 at the Toronto tournament, and then Kafelnikov won in a stubborn struggle with a score of 6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 5.

The bell intended for the Orthodox Church, destroyed during the attack on September 11 in New York, was cast at the Moscow enterprise LitEx. As the ITAR-TASS agency was informed today in the department of external church ties of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP), it was transferred to the representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Archbishop to the American Demetrius. The Patriarchate of Constantinople belonged to the Church of St.

For Novalogic Inc, the Iraq war could not begin at a more suitable time, since its beginning coincided with the release of its new computer game Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (Operation "Black Hawk"), based on the bloody events of 1993 in Somalia. The game appeared on March 25 and at about the same time, the Americans could see the real Black Hawk and Apache helicopters on TV screens.

On Friday in Nice, the annual EUROPEAN PULP and Paper, organized by RISI, a large international-analytical company engaged in the world market research, took place. The conference was attended by about 90 representatives of the global economic community interested in the development of the European pulp and paper industry - analysts, economists, financiers, bankers, representatives of investment organizations.

In Moscow, they negatively regard the accusations of American leaders against Syria. "We are skeptical of Washington's accusations against Damascus," a senior source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Mufti of Russia Talgat Tajuddin addressed the Muslims of the world today with a proposal to create the Higher Islamic Council of the world and elect the Muslim spiritual leader, ITAR-TASS reports. “The Catholics have a pope. The Orthodox have a patriarch. The Muslims have no intermediaries between God and worshiping Him,” Tajuddin writes. He believes that “and we, Muslims, should have a spiritual mentor for all Muslims of the world.