Most of the listeners surveyed by the Echo of Moscow radio station believes that the Russian president does not have to be Orthodox. The express survey conducted as part of the Ricochet program on interactive phone numbers showed that 54% of the respondents adheres to this opinion, while 46% of respondents believes that the Russian president must be Orthodox. In total, during the survey in 5 minutes, 2749 phone calls were received at the Echo of Moscow radio station.

Marauders systematically rob many of the 10 thousand Iraqi archaeological excavations, and the coalition troops must shoot them on the spot, the expert said. According to The Daily Telegraph (translation on the website inopressa.ru ), gangs, the number of which reaches 400 people, steal antiquities for the international market, and many archaeological sites have undergone significant destruction, the American professor of archeology Elizabeth Stone said.

The Americans arrested two more high -ranking officials of the overthrown Iraqi regime, included in the "List 55" of the most wanted Iraqi, compiled by the Pentagon. This was reported on Wednesday by the central command of the US Army (Sentkom).

The central defender of the Argentinean "Independent" from Abellanda Gabriel Milito goes to the Madrid "Real". The amount of its transfer is allegedly 3.5 million euros. The 22-year-old defense player who entered into an agreement for 4 years became the second acquisition of Madrid after David Beckham. Soon, Milito will join the team of Karlush Keirusha to prepare for the season, reports UEFA.com .

In the American state of Arkansas, a man woke up 20 years after a terrible car accident. In 1984, Terry Walles was 19 years old. Then he just married, and he had a little daughter. A few days after the wedding, he fell into a serious car accident. His car rammed road fences and collapsed into the abyss. The satellite of Wallace died on the spot, and he fell into a coma. According to The Guardian newspaper, the fact that doctors have nothing to do with the fact that Wallace began to recover.

In the Tver region, two criminals were detained who were preparing a terrorist attack. This was announced on Wednesday to reporters by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Boris Gryzlov, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, the detainees seized 31.5 kg of TNT.

Russian tennis player Anna Kurnikova will not be able to play tennis, at least another month. This became known after the representative of Russia withdrew from the At & T Cup tournament in Canadian Toronto, which is held from August 8 to 17. The reason for the refusal of the speeches, Kournikov called the trauma of the back, which she received in May of this year.

The leader of the ruling party of France, Alain Juppe, opens against the appearance of Muslims in schools in national clothing. He expressed his opinion live the Echo of Moscow radio station. “We respect Islam - 4 million adherents of this religion live in France. But we want there is no religious propaganda in such places as schools,” the French politician said.

The data on the individuals of tens of thousands of agents, whom the State Security Service of the State Duma of Stasi used in its foreign operations, finally transferred Germany to the American Central Intelligence Directorate, today The Daily Telegraph writes (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

The leaders of the largest Microsoft software production company announced that some of the MS shares will be transferred to the company's employees. Earlier, Microsoft distributed “options” - the right to acquire shares of the company at a certain price that mostly rich top managers used. However, after the fall of the market in previous years, stocks are really much cheaper than indicated in options issued, for example, in 1999.

The fourth stage of the anniversary cycling "Tour de France" was won by the American team of US Postal, which is the two -time Olympic champion of Russian Vyacheslav Ekimov. The 69-kilometer command stage with a separate start from Joinwil to Saint-Dizier was overcome by the winners, which include the four-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, in 1 hour 18 minutes 27 seconds. Half a minute of US Postal lost to the ONCE team, the third result in Team Bianchi - 43 seconds of lag.

Up to 600 people are considered missing as a result of a shipwreck that occurred in the south of Bangladesh. The three-deck passenger ferry MV NASRIN-2 rolled over due to turbulent disturbances in the water, when the confluence of the three rivers-Padma, Meghny and Dakatia passed. Mussonny rains led to the spill of rivers, at this time such anomalies in Bangladesh are not uncommon, reports Ar.

Britney Spears finally openly admitted that she was not a virgin. However, the singer remained adamant in the assertion that the only man with whom she was in intimate relationships was her former boyfriend Justin Timberlake. The personal life of pop stars has long been the subject of public discussion after she strictly condemned sex before marriage. However, there were soon rumors that Britney told someone that she had a wonderful night with Justin.

The Governor of the Leningrad Region Valery Serdyukov expressed confidence that in 2004 the miraculous Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God will be returned to Russia.

The Canadian authorities refused to provide entrance visas to 27 delegates to the Assembly of the World Lutheran Federation (KLF), which should be held in the Canadian city of Winnipeg from July 21 to 31, Blagovet-info reports with reference to the Eni agency. Delegates who cannot take part in the Assembly represent the Lutheran churches of 11 countries of Africa and Asia. In total, about 800 of 51 countries representing 62 million Lutheran of the world should participate in the action.