Hollywood star Russell Crowe and his wife Daniel Spencer are expecting a child, Smh.com reports. Just two months after their luxurious wedding , which took place on April 7 at the actor’s estate near Sydney, the couple told friends and family that the 32-year-old Spencer was pregnant. Earlier, Newsru.com reported that the Gladiator star and his newly -minted wife spent a grandiose amount - $ 8.5 million - to buy a penthouse with a view of the Sydney harbor.

In the summer, a 8-meter Orthodox cross will be installed on the Big Solovetsky Island (Arkhangelsk Region). A similar cross in the bay of well -being on the stone puddle of the herds existed before the revolution, illuminating the land and meeting arriving vessels, Vasily Matonin, chairman of the Northern Maritime Partnership agency, told the Interfax agency.

A calf with two heads, six legs, two tails and two reproductive systems was born in the Egyptian place al-Manial north of Cairo. According to ITAR-TASS, citing the Al-WAFD Egyptian newspaper, about 30 people helped the buffalo resolve from burden, but their efforts were in vain. The veterinarian who arrived at the farm was forced to kill the animal to save the calf. However, he soon died.

Advisers of the Government of Great Britain demanded immediately to ban the use of Muslim and Jewish methods of slaughter of livestock. Both methods, in fact, are the same: the animal cuts the throat and wait until the blood is leaking out of it and it will not die, today Daily Telegraph translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

Verification of the technical condition of cars and the qualifications of drivers of route taxis is carried out as part of the 10-day special operation "Gazelle" , which began on Wednesday an abstract in the capital and the region. The reason for the beginning of the operation was the on the eve of the Kiev road of an accident, in which the driver and 8 passengers of the "minibus" were killed , said Marina Vasilieva, senior inspector for special instructions of the Moscow traffic police.

In Sweden, there were celebrations dedicated to the 700th birthday of the heavenly patroness of Sweden-St. Birgitta (Brigitta), the Blagovers-Info reports with reference to the ENI. In the solemn service, which was performed in the Vadsten monastery, founded by St. Birgitta, King of Sweden Karl XVI Gustav and Queen of Sylvia, as well as the presidents of Finland, Latvia, Estonia and 1,400 guests from around the world, took part. Only about 5,000 people gathered for the solemn event.

In the center of Jerusalem at 18:30 Moscow time a powerful explosion thundered. In the N14 bus at the intersection of Yaffo and King George streets, about one of the mercaz Clhal, a terrorist-kamikaze terrorist in the clothes of an ultra-orthodox Jew (black hat, black coat, a wig with long paces) , led an explosive device. The bus was heading from David Square, when a terrorist attack occurred in the area of ​​Yaffo Street, not far from the Ministry of Transport.

The Federation Council approved the law on postponing the date of the State Duma from December 14 to December 7, 2003. 130 senators voted for the law, “against” - 1, there were no abstained, Interfax reports. As explained by the chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Chamber, Yuri Sharandin, the transfer of the voting date is motivated by the fact that on December 14 will be the third weekend day and the appearance of voters may be low.

In Moscow in the Southern District, an explosion occurred at the Pneumava apparates, one person died, RIA Novosti reports. As reported on Wednesday in the Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Capital, the explosion occurred at 9.40 Moscow time in one of the factory workshops at Kozhevniche Lane, house 14, building 1. According to preliminary data, due to impaired safety violations during the work exploded a gas cylinder.

The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation announced an open All -Russian competition for the development of a textbook for the school optional course "Religion of Russia". The order was signed by Russian Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov.

A resident of the Iraqi city of Ramadi (110 km west of Baghdad) Abud Sarhan filed a lawsuit against the US Minister of Defense Donald Ramsfeld and the Commander -in -Chief of the American troops in the Persian Gulf of Tomi Franks. RIA Novosti with reference to the Azzaman Arab newspaper, an Iraqi citizen demands compensation for damage for the death of his family and the loss of property from Ramsfeld and Frank.

The German, in whose apartment for a month the corpse of a friend "lived", was taken into a mental hospital. According to Reuters, the police told the police that worked there about a strange house, surprised that the owner would send him away over and over again. The police, having visited the dwelling of a 43-year-old hermit, found a 58-year-old old man on the sofa in the living room.

In Dnepropetrovsk, a robbery on a journalist was committed. Unknown criminals seriously injured the freelance correspondent of the newspaper "Our Earth". According to sources in law enforcement, 30-year-old Vladimir Belov received about 15 stab wounds. Currently, the journalist is in the ambulance hospital. Belov is also an assistant to the People’s Deputy Sergei Kasyanov, the Interfax will grow. The police are investigating this crime.

Two Russian pilots in Kenya were judged and found guilty of illegal landing at Nairobi Airport, the capital of the country. The plane piloted by Viktor Konkin and Yuri Zlenko illegally landed at Nairobi Airport. There were 57 people aboard, although the pilots claimed that there was no one on board, the local Daily Nation newspaper reports. Now Konkin and Zlenko are facing a fine of 42 thousand Kenyan shillings (about 700 dollars), and if they can’t pay, imprisonment for up to 4 months.

In Toronto, same -sex marriages are legalized. From Monday, Canadian gays and lesbians can buy a 'license for marriage' at the Toronto City Hall. This is due to the decision of the Ontario province, which recognized the heterosexual definition of the concept of 'marriage'. If the court decision is not immediately appealed, Ontario will become the first North American province to legalize same -sex marriages, Reuters reports.