The American Pit Samprass will make the final decision regarding the continuation of his sports career after the end of the Wimbledon tournament. He will watch these competitions on TV. This was announced by Reuters, the coach of Sampraise Paul Annason . In addition, Annason said that Samprass is not yet determined to leave big sport. Recall that not so long ago, Sampras starred from Wimbledon , participating in which he won the main trophy seven times.

The number of attempts increased sharply after last Friday the United States issued a decree prohibiting senior baas party officials to occupy positions in the Iraqi post -war leadership, writes The Washington Post (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). The exact number of Baas officials killed after the war ended. According to former exile organizations and witnesses of murders, this figure can reach several hundred in Baghdad alone.

Now each sport will have its own rating number. It is this rating that will affect the inclusion of a particular sport in the Olympiad program. This was announced in an interview with RIA Novosti Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Tikhomirov. According to him, the International Olympic Committee will take up the development of such a rating. According to the rating, the popularity of various sports, audience interest, mass will be assessed.

In the camp of Palestinian refugees, Ain-El-Hill in South Lebanon clashes occurred, as a result of which 7 people died and 24 were injured, ITAR-TASS reports. On Tuesday at night, an agreement was reached on the ceasefire between the supporters of Yasir Arafat and Islamic militants. The military commander of the Fath movement in Lebanon Sultan Abul Ainein demanded that the Islamists lay down a weapon, leave the camp and surrender to the Lebanese authorities.

The leading Japanese manufacturer of Toyota Motor cars withdraws environmentally friendly cars on fuel elements. All six pieces that are currently leased to the Japanese government (4 cars) and the University of California (2 cars). According to Reuters, Toyota engineers discovered a hydrogen leak from the fuel tank microstrait in one of the cars - it was at the disposal of the Japanese Ministry of Ecology. A malfunction was discovered during the gas refueling last Thursday by hydrogen.

The head coach of the London Arsenal Arsen Wenger can lead the Madrid Real. In this post, Wenger will replace the current mentor of the Royal Club Vicente del Bosk. The fact is that the Spanish coach, whose contract expires in a month, refuses to sign a new agreement: the team’s leadership offered him an agreement on previous conditions, while Del Boske insists on a significant increase in salaries.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation will create a working group for constant monitoring of the practice of applying the Law "On Combating Extremist Activities" , said Pavel Krasheninnikov, chairman of the State Duma Commission on the results of the "round table" in the State Duma dedicated to the practice of applying this law.

The President of the Inter Milan Massimo Minatti said that the Argentine Ector Cooper will remain the team coach next season. Thus, all rumors were laid to an end to the future Cooper. According to Moratti himself, Inter has already begun to make plans for the next season, and Cooper occupies a very important place in them. Recall that after the second place in the past Italian championship, many Italian media began to rumor about the change of mentor in the red-blue, reports Reuters.

“If Yasir Arafat will further impede the formation of a peaceful process in the Middle East, then the Israeli leadership should be sent from the territory of the Palestinian autonomy,” said Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz, speaking at Tel Aviv University, reports Ha'aretz. According to Mofaz, Arafat considers terrorism and escalation of violence as the necessary conditions for its survival.

In the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa, the Mersedes minibus exploded, which prayed the Railway market on the route - Ivan Boguna Street. In the explosion, 14 people received burns of the 2nd and 3rd degree. As the head of the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Igor Krol, said, the explosion thundered at 9:19 on Tuesday on one of the city squares. A fire began in the cabin, reports Interfax. According to him, most likely, a gas tank exploded in the car.

A 28-year-old resident of Perm suspected atypical pneumonia. According to the New Region , on Monday she visited the Chinese market, where, according to her, "had close contact with the Chinese." In the evening, taking a dose of alcohol, the lady felt sore throat and fever. Having established the symptoms, the woman decided that she was infected with atypical pneumonia, and caused an ambulance team.

UNESCO CEO Koitiro Matsuura, at a press conference in Lisbon, said on Monday that 1 thousand exhibits disappeared from the Baghdad historical museum, and not 60-70 thousand, as previously expected.

Russian Marat Safin starred from the second Bolshoi helmet tournament this year - the open championship of France. He is still worried about the injured hand. According to the captain of the Russian national tennis team Shamil Tarpishchev, Safin will finally recover only after three weeks. “Only then will he start playing,” Tarpishchev said in an interview with Reuters.

In Estonia, one millionaire has become more. The 37-year-old Estonian earned his fortune in the Finnish prison. Suspected of involvement in the drug business, he was convicted in Finland and spent a total of 14 months behind bars until the court revised the erroneously sentence, ITAR-TASS reports. The illegally convicted court of the highest instance in Helsinki justified and decided to pay damage as a compensation to him for each day of imprisonment of 160 euros.

In China, six people are sentenced to imprisonment on charges of "rebellion in the form of an attack on a checkpoint", in which a quarantine point was to be opened to prevent the spread of SARS. Such a decision was made by the trial court in the County of Sunsyan of the Hebay province, Interfax reports with reference to the Beijing newspaper Zhongo Zinnyan Bao. The accused was also charged with the defeat and plunder of the hotel.