Mars, which goes to maximum in the last 60 thousand years, a rapprochement with the ground, overtook the brightness of all the stars visible in the sky, except the sun, and today stood in one horizontal line with the moon, ITAR-TASS said. This process received the name "Great confrontation of Mars." According to the National Observatory of Japan, on Thursday night the natural satellite of the Earth survived the shortest rapprochement with the Red Planet.

The new appeal of Saddam Hussein to the Iraqi people today put on the air of the Arab satellite television company AL-ARABIA, Sky News reports. The appeal of the Iraqi dictator is dedicated to the national holiday - the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the BAAS party. Hussein called "unreasonable" put forward by the United States and Great Britain on the eve of the war that Iraq had weapons of mass defeat.

Today in the center of Moscow - from Slavic Square to the Cathedral of Vasily Blessed on Red Square - a procession will take place dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the martyrdom of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family members.

The Vatican police do not let tourists in shorts and with open hands in the cathedral of St. Peter. “I was born naked, and the church wants me to wear trousers,” the crowd of potential visitors complained, who were not allowed, a tourist from Denmark, 53 -year -old Kenneth Bergen. He just bought paper trousers. However, traders do not lose time.

The famous actress Drew Barrimore proudly stated: "I am a bisexual." The star of the "Angels of Charlie" laid an end for a long time by circulating rumors and confirmed its bisexual inclinations. The actress said that she personally laid many women in bed.

Starting from July 17, a visit to the temple-on-blood in the name of all saints in the land of the Russian shotting, the consecration of which took place on the eve of Yekaterinburg, became free for everyone. Last night, a worship was performed in the new church of the last Russian emperor in memory of the cornered family of the last Russian emperor, which lasted about 5 hours. It was headed by the Archbishop of the Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursky Vikenty (Morar).

The employee of the Security Service of Yukos Alexei Pichugin could be introduced by psychotropic drugs before interrogation to the Prosecutor General. This was stated by the wife of Pichigina Tatyana at a press conference in Moscow. “I have serious reasons to believe that my husband is pressure using psychotropic drugs to persuade him to self -cargo,” said Tatyana Pichugina.

In the city of Haifa in the northern Israeli, on Thursday, the Russian General Consulate opens. According to the Consul General of Russia in Israel Vasily Koval, "the opening of the Russian Consulate General in Haifa indicates the positive dynamics of the development of bilateral relations in the field of politics, economics and trade." One of the main activities of this representative office will be the protection of the rights and interests of Russian citizens who live in Israel, he said.

In Kazakhstan, the mother, who had lost her mind, kept her daughter’s mummified corpse in her apartment for three years, hoping that the aliens would be resurrected. According to official representatives of the police, a resident of the North Kazakhstan city of Pavlodar, 27-year-old Olga died of autoimmune disease after her mother abandoned medical care. No one knew that the girl was dead.

On the highway of St. Petersburg - Pskov on Thursday, an explosive device was found. This was reported in the Main Directorate of the Northern Capital. On the 54th kilometer of the road, the inspector of the road police, inspecting the entrusted territory, discovered a suspicious, ownerless bag under the overpass. The explosion technicians of the St. Petersburg FSB called to the place of the explosion technology of the St.

From the declassified military documents of the 1950s, it is clear that in the midst of the Cold War, Britain, trying to resist the threat of Soviet invasion, planned to establish 10 huge nuclear mines in Germany. An unusual weapon was supposed to produce significant destruction and radioactive infection of vast area to prevent the Soviet occupation.

If the Russian team is successful in the quarterfinal match of the Federation Cup with a team of Slovenia, the Russian Tennis Federation is ready to apply for the final round of the women's team championship. This was announced in an interview with ITAR-TASSS President of the Federation and team captain Shamil Tarpishchev. According to the Cup of the Federation, the four strongest teams will gather together on November 17 and hold matches of the semi -finals and the final.

On Thursday, during the evacuation, a 250-kilogram bomb exploded during the evacuation, preserved since the Second World War. According to the local fire service, from the explosion, from 2 to 3 people died. The exact number of dead and injured as a result of the explosion is still unknown, reports Kurier . The police representative confirmed that from two to three people died.

For the first time in the traditional international hockey tournament, the Spartak Cup will be eight participants, and three of them are secondly - three national teams - this time Belarus, Latvia and Ukraine. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the president of the tournament, Gelanie Tovbulatov after today's meeting of the Organizational Committee of the anniversary, already on the 10th in a row of competition.

Three out of six people hospitalized in the South Kazakhstan region with suspicion of a Siberian ulcer disease, doctors confirmed the diagnosis after the examination. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Thursday at the regional sanitary and epidemiological station. Residents of the village of Abay, presumably, became infected from the meat of a sick horse, which was distributed to members of a local production cooperative.