The Russian national team held the first training in the Bor near Moscow before the match with Switzerland. The training lasted only about half an hour and, rather, looked like a slight warm -up lesson. The players, breaking into two teams, limited themselves to a game of one touch in the center of the field, in which they were helped by the trainers of the national team Nikolai Latvy and Alexander Borodyuk.

Several tens of thousands of anti -globalists took part in the march of protest against the meeting of the leaders of the Eight Group at the French Mountain Resort Evian. The dissatisfied was not allowed to France, so the manifestations took place in the territory of neighboring Switzerland. According to the participants in this action, about 100 thousand people participated in it, but the Swiss police believe that there were about 20 thousand of them.

The newly -made married couple from the Romanian town of Skyste in the county should decide to leave her own wedding, organized by her parents, according to religious beliefs, Ananova reports. This happened after the father of the groom invited the guests: to raise glasses with wine for the health of the young.

The chairman of the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ Vladimir Kadannikov announced that he had agreed with the Americans on the production of Opel Astra T3000 on a joint venture with General Motors. "Recently, at the Council of Directors of the SP" GM -Autsovaz "it was decided to start in 2004 in the squares of the joint venture assembly of the Opel Astra T3000 car," he told Kommersant . According to him, it will take $ 20 million to organize assembly production.

The list of the dead from the record heat in the Indian state Andra Pradesh on Monday grew up to 1020 people, reports Reuters. Over the past 24 hours, another 136 people have died from the heat, a representative of local authorities said. The Commissioner for State Support D. Rosay told Reuters that the list of the dead grew after the temperature was set at about 46-47 degrees Celsius in several cities of the coast of the state Andhra Pradesh.

The United States is preparing a new military operation in the pakistan of the Afghan province of Pactia, Afgan Islamic Press reports citing local residents. Near the city of Zurmat, the movement of military equipment was noted. In the sky, American planes and helicopters are barracking. From the capital of the Gardez province, where one of the American bases is located, there is a transfer of soldiers and officers.

Doctors of the Amur Region officially confirmed the diagnosis of atypical pneumonia in 25-year-old Denis Soinikov, hospitalized with suspicion of this disease in early May. This was announced at the press conference held on Monday in the Blagoveshchensk, which was held by the chairman of the Health Committee of the regional administration, Alexander Platonov and the chief state sanitary doctor in the Amur Region Vladimir Smirnov, Interfax reports.

The President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov signed a decree on Monday on the resignation of the government of the republic. This was reported to "Interfax" on Monday by the press secretary of President Isa Merzhoev. It was formed last summer. The government was formed last summer after the election of the deputy authorized representative of the president in the Southern Federal District of Murat Zyazikov by the President of the Republic of Ingushetia.

Russian citizens crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border, upon returning home, are at risk of becoming a person non grata. The reason is the mark on crossing the border that Ukrainian customs officers put in the internal Russian passport, which automatically makes it invalid, Izvestia.ru reports.

In the United States, the Madison police (Wisconsin) is looking for a criminal who stabbed a local resident with a knife of a butcher. At the same time, the attacker was a mask of the popular hero films of Chaka ("Children's Game", "Bride Chucki"). The incident occurred in the apartment on Elk Lane early in the morning. The owner of the home opened the door after someone knocked. On the threshold stood a man in an ominous mask. Seeing the victim, the maniac screamed loudly.

Already in June, Russia can become a member of the Fatf - the International Group for Combating financial abuse, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin. He announced this, speaking on Monday at a conference organized by the Renaissance Capital group.

Deputies of the Moscow City Duma propose to develop a special program to take a special program to counteract prostitution. Such a decision was made at a joint meeting of the commissions of the Moscow City Duma, which was devoted to the problems of children's prostitution in Moscow.

The leaders of the Member countries of the "Big Eight" at the summit in Evian approved a plan of healthcare action, in which a separate chapter is devoted to the fight against atypical pneumonia (SARS). In this document of the country, the Eights confirm their readiness to work together with other partners, primarily with the World Health Organization (WHO), to suppress the spread of this disease.

According to the Police of Prefecture Fukuok, the other day, a student was detained by one of the secondary schools of the city of Khalyku, accused of fake and the sale of fake bills with a dignity of 10 thousand yen. Guided by the comic instructions for the production of a fake currency printed in the comic book book, he made fake bills using his personal computer and color printer.

On Sunday in Iraq, the initiative of the coalition authorities aimed at the removal of automatic weapons from the local population. According to a new decree, the population is forbidden to have machine guns and other types of heavy weapons. Citizens can store guns and pistols of the house and in office buildings for self -defense, however, to wear weapons, Iraqi will have to receive special permission. For Iraqis, who surrender illegal weapons, a two -week amnesty has been declared.