Some of the poor residents of the South-Western Chinese province of Sichuan began to practice the collection of alms online. According to the media of the city of Chenddu, the capital of Sichuani, a resident of Chendu by the name of Zhang received a message once by e -mail: "I am a local one. My father died when I was still small and my mother is seriously ill. My girlfriend left me. I am now in such depression that I am not able to leave the house.

The abundant snow that fell in Seoul practically paralyzed the automobile traffic in the South Korean capital today. In a few hours, the thickness of the snow cover increased to 15 cm. Such, as said by the Korean meteorological administration, has not been observed for a hundred years - exactly as much as the registration of precipitation is being registered here, ITAR -TASS reports. Some time after the start of the snowfall, the passing part of most streets stopped in a slippery rink.

The results of the name of the Rodina faction became known, during which each deputy could express his opinion about the possible displacement of Sergei Glazyev from the post of chairman. Most members of the Rodina faction spoke out for the displacement of Sergei Glazyv from the post of leader of the faction. This was announced by the Vice Speaker of the State Duma Dmitry Rogozin, referring to the results of the plot of voting.

The Rodina faction will not support the candidate for the post of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov at a vote in the State Duma. This was announced by Echo Moskvy radio stations by one of the leaders of the faction Sergey Baburin. Thus, two parties - also the Communist Party - will not support the candidacy for the post of prime minister, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, this will not affect the positive result of voting on this issue in the State Duma.

The European Branch of the International Basketball Association Federation disqualified the Russian Yekaterinburg Club of the UMMC in a female Euroleague. The reason for the disqualification was the fact that the basketball players Ioland Griffith and Delisha Milton had Georgian passports, which deprives them of the right to play for the Yekaterinburg team as European players.

On Wednesday, late in the evening, Moscow Spartak held a response match of the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup against the Spanish Malorca. The Russians, burdened with a home defeat with a score of 0: 3, could count on the continuation of the struggle in the European Cup only if the Spaniards were defeated with a difference of four goals.

The Krishna Consciousness Center in Russia has spread the following content today: "On March 3, 2004, in response to the request of the spiritual leaders of India to support the construction of the Krishna temple in Moscow, the executive secretary of the inter -religious council of Russia (MSR) Roman Silanthev in an interview with Interfax agency allowed a number of offensive statements to the Krishna Consciousness Society in Russia.

On March 7, one of the most funny Jewish holidays is celebrated - Purim , or the holiday of lots. The celebrations on this occasion will be held in Moscow. On the night of Purima in all cities of Israel and Jewish communities around the world, carnivals are held. From the evening of Saturday, festive celebrations will begin at the Moscow Jewish Jewish Communication Center. On this Jewish holiday, it is customary to dress up in carnival costumes, dance and give gifts.

The Prefect of the Northern District Vladimir Polodkov refused to Alla Pugacheva in claims to the oldest Yunnat station in Moscow. Recall that the famous singer was going to demolish her and build an elite residential complex in her place. As compensation, Pugacheva proposed to arrange creative workshops for children in a future new building. In February , a letter signed by Pugacheva came to the mayor of Moscow.

Some relatives of the passengers who died in a plane crash over the Bodensky lake in 2002 will receive compensation in the near future, ”Erwin Hopher, Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Switzerland, said on Thursday on Thursday . According to him, "relatives who have already come to an agreement on the amounts that must be paid to them will receive compensation." “After the approval of the details, relatives will receive this money,” the ambassador emphasized.

The head of the Palestinian autonomy, Yasir Arafat, wants him to be buried on the temple mountain, not far from the Al-Aksa mosque. This information to The Jerusalem Post was confirmed by sources close to Yasir Arafata. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem police recently detained three Arabs, who tried to force the wishes of Yasir Arafat to be threatened by threats to force members of the Vakf (religious board of trustees of the Temple Mountain.

In the helicopter disaster in the south of Great Britain, the Managing Director of Menatep Group, Steven Curtis, appointed instead of Plato Lebedev, who is under investigation . Director of the PR service of the MFI MENATEP Yuri Kotler confirmed the fact that Curtis died. Currently, the circumstances of the Augusta-109 helicopter disaster are being clarified, in which Curtis and another person who also died. His name is not called.

The presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin, who was more than three weeks in London, flew to Kyiv on Thursday night, Interfax reports. “We flew at half a night, and before the press conference, which should take place during the day, there will be no comments on our part. I can only say that tomorrow we plan to be in Moscow,” said Ksenia Ponomarev, head of the election headquarters of Ivan Rybkin.

During the Georgian police special operation to detain a group of criminals who stole two cars, four people were killed in Kutaisi on Thursday and three people were injured. According to the source in the police of the Imeret region, among the killed two police officers, one random passerby and one of the criminals. The two criminals managed to hide. They are searching for them. In Kutaisi, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Georgy Baramidze arrived at these hours.

In 2003, about 25 thousand abandoned and understaffed cars were taken out of the capital. As reported in a complex of urban economy, the amount of environmental damage prevented from one car withdrawn from the city is 3.7 thousand rubles. And from 25 thousand - about 90 million rubles. The costs of exporting this amount of scrap metal cost the city budget of 29 million rubles, RIA Novosti reports.