Prime Minister Pa Mahmud Abbas canceled the planned meeting with Ariel Sharon due to a serious crisis within the Palestinian government. The radical members of the Central Committee of the Fath party subjected the prime minister of Abbas to be crushing the actions of the prime minister and invited him to resign, Reuters reports.

From the cosmodrome at Cape Karaveral, a successful launch of the American Delta II carrier rocket with the Opportunity probe, on board of which there is a robot March, was made. The launch was made on the second attempt. 7 seconds before the end of the back of the time, the start was canceled due to problems with one of the injection valves of the rocket, ITAR-TASS reports.

On Monday, the Interfax news agency reported that the former chapter of Spartak Yuri Zavarzin was charged with the club violation of the currency legislation of the Russian Federation. However, on Tuesday, the agency’s message was canceled in connection with an official refutation.

Dubai customs officers stopped trying to import fake money into the country of $ 6 million. The passenger who arrived from one of the African countries was arrested at the Dubai airport for trying to transport fake dollars and euros totaling about 23 million dirhams (approximately $ 6 million). Fake money was discovered by customs officers when inspection of the detainee. As it turned out, this time the way to conceal smuggling was radically different from all previously known methods.

The Lebanese satellite television company LBC released an audio recording with the record of the alleged voice of the overthrown President Iraq Saddam Hussein. On it, Hussein says that the victory is approaching and the Americans will soon be expelled from Iraq: "The victory is nearing, it is nearing the will of Allah." It is still impossible to check the authenticity of the record.

In the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia, an audit was launched at the request of the head of the State Oil Company "Rosneft" by Sergey Bogdanchikov about the abduction of 19% of the shares of Yeniseineftegaz (ENG). Interfax, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, reports that we are talking about checking the circumstances related to the transfer of accounts belonging to Rosneft, 19% of the ENG shares in the interests of the Yukos oil company for one of the offshore structures.

Two NBA players at once were arrested over the past day. At the same time, the "most gangster team" League - "Portland Trail Blaers" distinguished itself again, where, at one time, Lithuanian Arvidas Sabonis played. Damon Staudmeier’s “Portland” playing Portland was arrested by the police for his favorite fun - marijuana storage. Interestingly, he was caught at the time of the metal detector. At first, Damon found allumed packaging, and when they opened it, they saw 40 grams of marijuana there.

In the UK, a six -year -old girl, who, according to some reports, was abducted by two men near her own house in Brighton, found alive and sound. Summer Hapul, obviously, spent the night in the house of the neighbors, after which she was discovered. As the girl got there, it is still incomprehensible. The alarm was raised the night before the mother of Summer after the girl went to visit a friend living on the same street, and did not return.

The elections of the President of Chechnya will not lead to stabilization of the situation in the republic, says Aslambek Aslakhanov State Duma deputy. He expressed his opinion on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station. "Elections in Chechnya are not a factor in stabilization of the situation, although many want this," said Aslakhanov. The deputy is confident that the future president of the Chechen Republic will face serious problems.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation plans to pay for the maintenance of accounts at the Bank of Russia and make a profit from the placement of funds at the Bank of Russia. This was announced at a press conference on Tuesday by the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Tatyana Nesterenko.

The scandalously known American telecommunication corporation WorldCom should pay $ 750 million deceived investors. Such a decision was made on Monday in New York by the Federal District Judge Jed Rakoff, thereby opening the path to the exit of the corporation from bankruptcy. The amount of compensation for damage is a record in the corporate history of the United States, ITAR-TASS notes. Earlier, we recall, there was only $ 500 million compensation for Worldcom.

The British soldier is accused of rape and harassment to his colleagues. This was reported by the British television company Sky News. 45-year-old Leslie Skinner is suspected of committing these sexual crimes during his service in Princess Alexandra’s barracks in the Climbish (County of Surrei) in 1996-97.

Photos and videos from the place of tragedy. Eyewitness stories. The names of all victims. In Moscow, Tuesday, July 8, is announced by the day of mourning in connection with the death of people as a result of a terrorist attack in Tushin during the wings festival. The corresponding order on Monday was signed by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. On the facades of all state institutions, the flags of Moscow and Russia with mourning ribbons are posted.

Last night in Georgia, 33-year-old Jimsher Simonishvili, 33-year-old Jimsher Simonishvili, escaped. According to the press center of the Department for the execution of punishments, the escape was committed "as a result of the lack of guards on the perimeter of the colony fence." The prisoner without hindrance climbed over a three -meter fence, a fence of barbed wire and disappeared.

In St. Petersburg, at the 76th year of his life, the actor of the BDT named after Tovstonogov, People's Artist of Russia Vsevolod Kuznetsov died. He grew up in a theater family, graduated from the Leningrad Theater Institute, played in the Bryansk Drama Theater, the Baltic Fleet Theater, the Lensovet Theater. For 45 years, the artist gave the great dramatic, to which he was then invited by the young and not very famous director Georgy Tovstonogov.