The famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who turned 60 years old, may soon have a little brother, and Enrique Iglesias has an uncle. According to the newspaper El Mundo , the father and grandfather of popular singers, the famous Spanish gynecologist Hulio Iglesias Puga told the secular magazine Ola that his wife was expecting a child. “Papuchi”, as Spanish journalists affectionately call 87-year-old pugs, in 2001 married Jacksonville for a 39-year-old American of Negro descent Rona Kate.

Everything is in order with the consumer libido: the fever reigning in stores eloquently testifies to this. But does this speak of good health? About happiness? Experts of the Worldwatch Institute of the Worldwatch Ecological Research Center claim that the “consumer fever” is one of the main threats hanging over the planet. “We have become richer, thicker, but not much happier,” experts of the institute write in their annual report on the “state of the planet”.

American military personnel shot four Iraqi civilians in the city of Falluja west of Baghdad today. According to the information received, the soldiers opened fire after they themselves were shelling. The victims of the Americans were civilians who fell under cross -fire in the city of Falluja. Eyewitnesses of the incident report that US troops patrolled the city when unknown people released at least two shells from a grenade launcher in their direction.

Saddam Hussein became a tyrant due to psychological injuries he received in childhood. This conclusion was reached by the psychoanalyst Alice Miller after studying the biography of the former Iraqi dictator, writes Der Spiegel in the material, which is published by Inopressa.ru . The character of the tyrant does not change throughout his life, says Alice Miller. The dictator abuses his power until he encounters resistance, or until he can suppress any resistance in the bud.

The Vakhtangov Theater honors the People's Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy. On January 16, he turns 70 years old, of which the actor gave the actor for half a century to the theater and cinema. For this date, the theater prepared the anniversary poster - from January 13 to January 18, only performances with the participation of Lanovoy will go.

In 2003, the consumption of beer per capita reached 162 liters in the Czech Republic. According to this indicator, the country traditionally ranks first in the world. "This means that every day the average resident of our country drinks at least a half -liter mug of this most popular drink in the Czech Republic," said Yan Verelyny, chairman of the Czech Union of Pivovari. “The population of the republic is about 10 million people.

The American army assault helicopter Apache, which crashed on Tuesday morning in the Iraqi Gorda Khabbania area, was shot down from the ground. This was announced by the CBS television company representative of the military command of the American group in Iraq, Colonel William Darley. "It is obvious that the car was shot down by enemy fire," Darley said. According to him, two crew members were not injured. Earlier, the American sergeant, who asked not to name his name, said Newsru.com.

The US authorities began an investigation in connection with a television interview with the former Minister of Finance Paul O'nil , which showed a document with the Secretary Grif. This was reported to reporters on Monday in Washington, the official representative of the US Department of Finance Robert Nichols.

In Germany, a woman, trying to get out of the garage in her car, caused damage to 100 thousand euros. The German, whose name is not called, tried to reverse and leave the parking lot, but this ended with a disaster. Her own car turned out to be turned onto the roof, and 4 other cars were divided, Reuters reports. The incident occurred in the southwestern city of Kerhen. The German car was parked on the top floor of a multi -tiered parking lot.

President George Bush signed a document on Monday prohibiting the entry of the United States to the current and former foreign government officials who were convicted of corruption or intervention in “judicial, elected and other social processes” and whose actions had serious consequences contrary to American interests. ” Similar punitive measures are also introduced against officials who gave bribes.

Russians Elena Dementyeva and Lina Krasnorutskaya successfully overcame the barrier of the first round at the tennis tournament in Sydney. Meanwhile, in the male part of the tournament, Russian Mikhail Yuzhny, who lost to the Frenchman Michael Llodra, dropped out of the competition. Recall that the prize fund of women's competitions is 585 thousand dollars, and men play 380 thousand dollars.

An unprecedented process began on Monday in a jury for minors in the French city of Draginyan. Two girls who were 17 years old at the time of committing a crime are accused of pimping and complicity of raping a 12-year-old boy escaping from a boarding school. The investigation established that the girls sold a teenager to an officer of the Saudi Royal Navy. He is currently on the international wanted list, and a separate criminal case has been instituted on him.

Israeli soldiers detained on Tuesday the Palestinian suicide bomber in the city of Tulkarm on the western coast of Jordan. According to military intelligence, he intended to carry out an explosion in Israel. Tulkarm is in the immediate vicinity of Netania and Khaders - Israeli cities, where Tulkarma suicide is already repeatedly conducted, the Ha'aretz newspaper writes. Military intelligence today has information about 49 such preparing shares.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II , as expected, will take part in the ceremony of reburial of the ashes of Maria Fedorovna Romanova - the mother of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II. This was announced today by Interfax by the official representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, priest Mikhail Dudko.

In the Sakhalin region, a storm warning is widespread due to the approach of several cyclones from Japan at once, which will bring storm winds and abundant snowfalls to the southern regions of the region. According to Tuesday in the Sakhalin Territorial Directorate for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, only one day in certain areas, it is expected to fall out at least half the monthly rainfall.