A small fire arose among the wreckage of the transval-park dome on Tuesday afternoon. According to Interfax, rescuers accidentally set fire to garbage, formed due to the analysis of blockages. Rescuers with the help of gas burners understand the rubble, and, apparently, the garbage caught fire from the sheave of sparks. Firefighters are currently taking measures to eliminate fire.

The Catholic Bishopric Conference of the United States recognized that 4450 American priests were involved in sexual scandals from 1950 to 2002. This is stated in the report of a religious organization quoted by CNN television company, Interfax reports. This document will be published on February 27. It contains information about 110 thousand priests, which was collected on the basis of documents of various parishes by one of the universities related to the *Catholic Church.

The tragedy in the Moscow Transvaal Park was preceded by the destruction of one of the columns supporting the roof of the structure. The support could be broken due to the deformation of the foundation lying under it or exposure to the point charge. A second before the disaster of the external surveillance video camera, she registered the appearance of a cloud of dust at the base of the column, Kommersant reports.

Albanian extremists destroyed 116 Orthodox churches in Kosovo over the past five years, and the icons defeated or abused them, the ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro said under the Vatican Darko Tanaskovich, ITAR-TASS reports. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Giornale, published today, he indicated that most temples were destroyed by professionals trained in explosive business.

The Bishop Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church by abroad (ROCS) will discuss the preparation of the visit of his primary Hierarch - Metropolitan Lavra - to Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. According to the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church, today the next meeting of the Bishop Synod of the Russian Foreign Church, chaired by Metropolitan Lavra, has opened in the New York Synodal House. The meeting will last until February 19.

At the moment, 40 dead were officially identified as a result of a terrorist attack in the Moscow metro on February 6 . This was reported on Tuesday in the Central Department Store of the FSB of the Russian Federation with reference to medical examination data. "The medical examination is officially identified by 40 dead," the Central Central Department Store said. - Names 39 dead.

American sports have been concluding the largest transaction to buy and sell the player over the past half a century. The League leadership did not interfere with the sale of the best US baseball player Alex Rodriguez from Texas Rangers to New York Yankiz. Recall that one of the owners of Texas is American President George Bush. According to almost all observers, this deal became the largest since the transition to the Yankeys Baib Ruta from Boston.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently still at sea on a heavy underwater missile cruiser of the Arkhangelsk strategic purpose. Recall that on Monday evening the president flew to Murmansk, from where he went to Severomorsk to the base of the Northern Fleet of Russia. Here he went aboard the Arkhangelsk submarine, which was moored at the sixth pier, RIA Novosti reports.

In the west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, an earthquake of 5.6 points on the Richter scale occurred on Tuesday. The authorities report the five dead and seven wounded. At the same time, the authorities note that the data on the victims are approximate and their number may increase. According to preliminary data, more than a hundred houses were destroyed as a result of the elements.

The St. Petersburg Public Organization "Ceentological Center" held a presentation of an advertising postage brand with the image of the founder of the securitye L.R. Hubbarda, dull her access to the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. Mark was released at the suggestion of the World Academy of Science, Art and Culture (Vanik), which highly appreciated the merits of L.R. Hubbard as a writer and a humanist who was fighting for peace and freedom of conscience.

Zdeno Chara and Martin Hlavat were thrown by the puck and made an effective program, which brought Victory to the Victory in the NHL regular season match over the Rangers - 4: 1. Success for Senators has become the fourth in a row. Chara and Josh Langfeld were thrown in the interval of 41 seconds in the third period, after which the issue of the winner became virtually resolved.

The meeting of the heads of space agencies of the MCS programs is tolerated for the summer. This was reported by ITAR-TASS by the official representative of Rosaviacosmos Sergey Gorbunov. According to him, the meeting was postponed to the summer due to the unpreparedness of the American side. “No new ideas and suggestions from NASA have been received, so there is nothing to discuss at such a high level so far,” Gorbunov said. “Previously, the meeting is postponed to June,” he said.

Valentin Balakhnichev deputy chairman of the state sports of Russia in an interview with the newspaper "News Time" announced the amounts allocated from the budget for preparation for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Budget funds allocated to prepare for games in the Olympic cycle will amount to two billion 84 million rubles and 15 million 525 thousand dollars.

All 15 Orthodox churches in the world negatively assess the prospects for the creation of a Greek Catholic Patriarchate in Ukraine. This is evidenced by the reviews of the Primate of the Local Orthodox Churches, which appeared in response to the Vatican memorandum about the intention to establish such a structure, ITAR-TASS reports. The letters received in the name of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church of Patriarch Alexy II were published on the eve of the Moscow Patriarchate's website .

27-year-old journalist Alex Polyer was drawn into a sexual scandal , in which the US presidential candidate was allegedly involved, Senator John Kerry. On Monday, Polyer turned to the Associated Press in Nairobi with a statement: “I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry. I have never been an interns, I never worked in his subordination. The messages that appeared in the press are absolutely unfounded and false.