Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will visit the United States on a state visit in July. Initially, the visit was scheduled for September, but Sharon received an invitation from American President George Bush, and in July he will negotiate with him in the White House, AFP reports. "The White House asked us to reconsider the visits, so as not to violate the plans of the US president," one of the high -ranking Israeli officials said on the condition of anonymity.

In the American state of Weyming, a two-engine German bomber of the Second World War Heinkel-111, a pilot and a passenger died into a construction building, died, the NBC television company reports. According to the television company, the veteran bomber flew on Thursday from Texas and headed for the Aviation show of ancient aircraft in Montana. According to preliminary data, the disaster occurred due to the stop of one of the Heinkel engines.

After failures in the quarterfinals, Russian boxers achieved a 100 percent result in semifinal fights on the World Cup passing in the capital of Thailand. Five Russians reached the final: Gennady Kovalev (weight category 54 kg), Alexander Maletin (64 kg), Evgeny Makarenko (81 kg), Alexander Alekseev (91 kg) and Alexander Povetkin (over 91 kg), ITAR-TASS reports.

On July 11-12, the fifth nationwide environmental forum of Russia takes place in Dubna. The theme of the forum is the role of the Civil Society of Russia in the implementation of the National Ecological Doctrine. The organizers of the forum were members of the Russian Party of Life V.A. Chereshnev, O.L. Kuznetsov, S.I. Baranovsky, as well as the chairman of the youth movement "Energy of Life" S.A. Wedes. The first national ecological forum took place in Moscow on January 30, 2001.

More than 3 thousand abducted and exported abroad of cultural values ​​have been returned to Russia over the past six years. This was stated on Thursday by the head of the Department for the Preservation of the Cultural Values ​​of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Anatoly Vilkov on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station. A preliminary cash estimate of the returned values ​​is approximately 20 million rubles.

Police officers are searching for an explosive device in the building of the government of the Chelyabinsk region. A source in the regional law enforcement agencies said on Friday that about an hour ago a message was received that the regional government building was mined, Interfax reports. All employees of the Chelyabinsk government were evacuated, the building was cordoned off. Police and dog handlers with dogs are searching for an explosive device.

The American athlete Richard Rodriguez today launched the second attempt to set a record in the Guinness Book on the duration of Roller skating records during his sports career. The 43-year-old athlete strives to beat the run of running around the tower with a clock in the "entertainment park" of the German city of Khazloh. This record belongs to two Japanese runners - 35.5 hours. According to the rules, Rodriguez can rest for 15 minutes after every eight hours of running.

At the Christie's Auction in London, a private collector from Spain, who wished to stay unknown, acquired for 652 thousand euros for the picture of the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya "The Enigisure of the Virgin Pilar Holy Haima, written in 1782.

Parents of a 12-year-old teenager suspected of killing 4-year-old Xun Tannamo in Nagasaki must first with a shame on the streets of the city, and then publicly execute, said a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Jositad Konoika on Friday.

On Friday, court hearings on the extradition of Chechen Ahmed Zakayev will continue in the magistrate court of London on Friday, whom the Russian authorities accuse of serious crimes, including people's abductions and torture.

Under the pretext of finding documents about the activities of Apatita, there is a massive opening of the premises and a hacking of computer equipment in the building of the Archive of Yukos-Moscow LLC. This was stated by the Agency for Oil Information Deputy Head of the Legal Administration of the NK Yukos Dmitry Gololobov. Contrary to the statements of the General Prosecutor's Office of the RV, the search in the company's archive did not stop, he said.

Vladimir Putin said that "without freedom of economic activity and without effective social policy" in Russia it is impossible to solve strategic problems - doubling of GDP, overcoming poverty, modernization of the armed forces.

On the last Wednesday on Garibaldi Street, located in the Southwestern District of Moscow, on a playground 40 meters from the house N8, an increased radiation level of 640 micro-nytgen per hour (MKR/hour) was found. This was reported on Friday in the information service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. As noted in the Ministry of Emergencies, an increased level of radiation was revealed by the tenant of the house by the household appliance "Pine", Interfax reports.

Two residents of the capital decided to exchange “cross” murders in order to eliminate their enemies and at the same time secure Alibi. The Moscow Regional Court sentenced friends: one received 16 years in prison, the other jury recognized a decent condescension and gave her only 5 years conditionally. Together with two women, their friend, who took an active part in the murders, turned out to be in the dock. The criminal trio committed the first crime in July 2000.

At the end of the working week in the metropolitan region it will be warm. This was reported on Friday in the Moscow Hydrometero Bureau. Now in the capital there are about 20 degrees of heat. During the day there will be variable cloud cover, the air in Moscow will warm up to plus 25-27 degrees, in the suburbs-up to 23-28. In the afternoon, short -term rains with thunderstorms will be held. With thunderstorms, gusts of winds reach 15-18 m/s.