Since July-August 2003, on the streets located in the center of Moscow within the Garden Ring, the universal introduction of unilateral traffic of cars will begin.

The second day the mass riots continue in the American city of Benton Harbor, in the state of Michigan. About 300 people circle cars, set fire to buildings and attack passers -by. Eyewitnesses report that shooting is heard in the city. The police say that one person received a gunshot wound. Numerous beatings and chisels are also reported. The raging crowd already set fire to four buildings, only one of which was non -residential. However, they did not let the firefighters build.

Microsoft Corp. Lost the position of the second largest company of the world to the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. According to Bloomberg , since the beginning of the year Pfizer has risen in price by 18%, their total value amounted to $ 285.6 billion. The reason for this growth was an aggressive management strategy that increased sales, buying competitors and rights to new drugs.

The current winner of the Wimbleon tournament Llatyon Hughitt again began a crusade against the Association of tennis players of professionals. The Australian filed a lawsuit against this organization. Hughitt continues to dispute the decision of the Asia-Pacific region, which fined the tennis player for 20 thousand dollars for not coming to a press conference at the Masters series in the American Tsincinnati.

There was a brutal murder in Novosibirsk. According to some reports, the crime may be related to the sectarian organization "Four Prince of the Devil". The operatives of the Kirovsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Novosibirsk on the eve of the young man and the girl. The criminals admitted that with ritual goals they killed their acquaintance, inflicting multiple stabbies to him with a knife in the chest area and cutting off the genitals.

The leader of the championship - Moscow CSKA in Elista only at the last minutes of the match was able to get away from the defeat in the match with Uralan. The army team was giving way twice during the match, but still were able to take one point from Elista. At the same time, it is worth noting that Uralan almost won, but the magnificent game of the leader of CSKA, Czech Irji Yaroshik brought Valery Gazzaev a draw. The Czech legionnaire made a double.

Defender of the NHL club Detroit Red Wings decided to change the club. However, the Russian was not left in the NHL, but concluded a contract with the Kazan Ak Bars. On Wednesday, he signed a contract for two years and was presented to the team. Recall that Bykov - the 26 -year -old pupil of Izhevsk Hockey - in 1999 was the first time invited to the White Bars from the Togliatti Lada. Having successfully played in Kazan for three seasons, he easily made his way to the “red wings”.

Finland Prime Minister Annel Yaatentenmyaki announced retired in connection with a leakage of documents on a military operation in Iraq. The general secretary of the ruling party of the Eerro Lankia Center for the Prime Minister was resigned. According to reports, a leak of top secret documents occurred at the initiative of Yaatentenmyki from the Chancellery of the President of Finland, RIA Novosti reports.

On Wednesday afternoon, in the center of Moscow, the traffic police used weapons to stop the car that hit the policeman. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, at about 17:00 the traffic police tried to stop the Volga car in the Taganskaya Square area. The driver of the car did not obey, hit one of the policemen and tried to hide. The traffic police opened fire on the car, but she went towards the garden ring.

In Moscow, as part of the XXV Moscow International Film Festival, from June 21 to 29, an exhibition of works by the famous director and artist Sergei Parajanov will be held. The creator of the films "Shadows of Forgotten ancestors", "Color of a grenade", "The legend of the Suram fortress", "Ashik-Kerib" and other paintings, was also a talented original artist.

Experts of the Stockholm International Institute for Peace Problems (Sipri) prepared another report on the export of weapons in the world. As last year , according to their calculations, it turns out that Russia has become the largest weapon exporter in the world, putting the most aircraft, tanks and other systems. The Sipri rating is based on the "military value" of the set weapons, and not the actual value.

Microsoft, the world's largest software manufacturer, filed claims with 15 companies and private individuals who sent more than 2 billion unwanted messages by e -mail to MSN Internet and Hotmail services users. Microsoft General Consultant Brad Smith told Bloomberg that Microsoft filed laws for 13 American spamers who sent unwilling electronic messages and two British.

Economic data published on Tuesday in the United States confirmed that the American economy was stabilized in May, and many economists consider this as a prelude to the upcoming revival. Economists predict that on June 25 the federal reserve system will lower the base interest rate by 0.25%, and not by 0.5%, as many expected last week. Consumer prices in the USA (CPI) in May did not change regarding April, while analysts expected deflation at 0.1%.

The Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq (Vsiri) does not approve of anti -American violent shares. This was stated by the leader of the largest Iraqi Shiite organization Muhammad Bakr al-Khakim in an interview with the Saudi newspaper Al-Khayat, reports ITAR-TASS. "Iraqi theologians did not emit any fatwa prescribing to attack the Americans, since these attacks will only create new problems. The resistance of the occupation should be peaceful," he said.

The army arsenal exploded from the lightning strike in the Amur Region. As Interfax was told in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, thunderstorm lightning on Wednesday evening fell into the army arsenal, which is 18 kilometers from the village of Norsk in the north of the Amur Region. Currently, single explosions are distributed in the arsenal. The press service of the Ministry of Defense has not yet disposed of information about the victims and injured.