The northern Koreans, who decided to steal grain or meat due to hunger, are subjected to public execution. Even children are forced to look at executions and hangs, the Washington Times writes today (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). Yesterday, in the Bombay at the World Social Forum, the traditional event of the anti -globalist movement, the report of the human rights organization of Amnesty International was voiced, which shows shocking certificates of refugees from North Korea.

Prizes of the International Fund for Unity of Orthodox Peoples will be presented today by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II . The awarding ceremony of the laureates will take place in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, ITAR-TASS reports. Among the awarded is the President of Greece Konstantinos Stefanopulos and the head of the ancient Orthodox Church Patriarch of Alexandria and all of Africa Peter VII.

In Vladivostok, a shootout occurred at the computer salon, one person died. According to the prosecutor's office of the Pervomaisky district of Vladivostok, on the night of a computer salon, unknown criminals fired at seven people leaving the building. In the city, a “interception” plan has been introduced to detain criminals, but he has not yet brought results. A criminal case has been instituted on this fact under Article 105 of Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the release of Dmitry Rogozin from the duties of the special representative of the President of Russia on the problems of the Kaliningrad region related to the expansion of the EU. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the press secretary of the head of state Alexei Gromov.

The Cairo Court refused to two foreign executors of the abdomen dance in the cancellation of the ban on working in a country that is the birthplace of oriental dances. The Council of the State Administrative Court ruled that the Ministry of Labor and Employment of Egypt has the right to impose a ban on the work of certain professions in the country of Negyiptyan, including oriental dance performers, writes the British newspaper The Guardian (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

More than 20 participants in the mafia clan Bonanno were arrested in New York as a result of a grand police operation. They have already been charged with involvement in organized crime and numerous killings, including informants. At the same time, the godfather of this clan Vito Ritztto was arrested in the Canadian city of Montreal, its issuance in the United States is expected. The investigation of the activities of this "family" lasted 4 years.

If the faithful Judea has ever - by chance or not - it happened to look at pornographic sites and he experiences repentance from such sinful web -rhones, now he may not be worried. He had a powerful weapon to counteract the temptation. According to Sky News , the Israeli Rabbi Shlomo Eliahu composed a prayer that pious Jews can read if they want to obey the Almighty for visiting Internet entries. The same weapon, as you can understand, protects against computer viruses.

In the UK, since April next year, sperm and egg donors will no longer be anonymous. According to the Skynews channel, the country's government has published a bill under which children grown from donor sperm and eggs will be able to learn about their biological fathers and mothers upon reaching the age of 18. This controversial bill, which will enter into force next year, completely eliminates the right of the donor to anonymity, which in turn can reduce the number of donors themselves.

In the German city of Dusseldof, a trial began on the most influential banker of the country - the chairman of Deutsche Bank Joseph Akkerman. The accusations against him are made very serious, so if the court finds Akkerman guilty, he will almost certainly lose his post.

The deadline for the exchange of Soviet passports of the 1974 model for new Russian passports was extended until July 1, 2004. Earlier, the completion of the passport reform was called December 31, 2003. It was also reported that from January 1, 2004 , owners of old Soviet passports would be fined .

Russian biathlete Anna Bogaliy became the winner of the individual race at the World Cup stage in Anterselva, Italy. The 24-year-old Murmansk resident covered a distance of 15 kilometers with four firing lines in 43 minutes 42.8 seconds without misses. Second place was taken by her compatriot Svetlana Ishmuratova, showing a result of 44 minutes 36.9 seconds, making one mistake at the second shooting range.

In the Russian Orthodox Church, morality is considered a condition for the survival of human society. “The Church is obliged to maintain morality in the life of the individual, family, society and the state,” ”Metropolitan and Kaliningrad Kirill (Gundyaev), the chairman of the department of external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP).

In Buryatia, the number of children who have hepatitis in the anti -Tuberculosis sanatorium "Sun" is growing, where a flash of a dangerous disease was recorded a few days ago. Over the past day, 11 children under the age of 7 years old were delivered to the Ulan-Ude infectious diseases hospital with a diagnosis of viral hepatitis A, ITAR-TASS reports. In the sanatorium, children infected with tuberculosis lives from 1 year to 7 years from all regions of the republic.

As a result of a fire, a rector and four students were injured in a branch of the Moscow Humanitarian University in Kemerovo. As Interfax was informed in the GU on the GO and emergency of the Kemerovo region, on Wednesday at about 9:00 Moscow time, fire broke out in one of the rooms on the second floor of the two -story building of the branch. This room has a university computers service center.

The McDonald's company announced that the sponsorship contract with the player of Los Angeles Lakers Kobi Bryant would not extend, which expired on December 31 last year. Although the leadership of McDonald's refused to comment on the reasons for its decision, it was obviously that the trial in which Brian was involved as the defendant had a great influence. This is the threefold sponsor, which terminates the agreement with the Lakers basketball player.