The Gasol was the best in the meeting between the MEMFIS and San Antonio. The Spaniard account has 27 points and 11 rebounds, which brought Grizzliz the third victory of the season over San Antonio. The final score of this match is 94:88, and Gasol scored 27 points and made 11 rebounds. Now Mzhmfis is one of the hottest teams that wins its sixth game in a row. In addition, MEMFIS won the last 15 out of 18 matches. This season, Grizzliz defeated “SPERZ” in three of four matches.

The country's largest book forum - the seventh national exhibition -fair "Book of Russia" - was opened on Wednesday in Moscow on the territory of the All -Russian Exhibition Center. All books of books will be able to familiarize themselves with the novelties from 10 to March 15.

The exhibition of Orthodox icons was shown the day before in Hong Kong. The action was held in the Gallery of "Fringe-Club" Orthodox Metropolis Hong Kong and South Asia, reports "Blagovest-info" with reference to China Infodoc Service. Visitors could purchase many exhibits with the exception of several rare icons. Among the guests of the exhibition were the Catholic Bishop John Tone Hon and the Anglican Bishop Peter Kwon.

The new rules for the burial of the dead will begin to act in the cemeteries near Moscow. The law on funeral business was adopted today by deputies of the Moscow Regional Duma, ITAR-TASS reports. Until now, land plots under the burial were in charge of the administrations of cemeteries, and for a contractual amount, relatives and relatives of the deceased could receive almost any area for burials.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outlined a meeting with the head of the Government of the Palestinian Autonomy Ahmed Kureya on March 16. As it became known from the sources surrounded by the Israeli Prime Minister, the head of the negotiations will be prepared on the next Sunday by the leaders of the chancellery of two chapters of the cabinets of Dov Vaisglass and Hassan Abu Libde.

The search for the “Osama Ben Laden’s terrorist” is engaged in the secret detachment “Tactical Unit 121”, under the command of the legend of the American army - Bill Macraven. Previously, the facts about this unit and his commander are published by the American weekly Newsweek . The Tactical Unit 121 was formed at the end of last year and took part in the capture of the former President Iraq Saddam Hussein.

In Krasnoyarsk, the abduction and murder of a girl occurred. During the investigation, operatives found the corpse of a missing 27-year-old local resident. According to the investigation, on March 5, a resident of the Emelyanovsky district applied to the police with a statement on the disappearance of the daughter to the police. As it turned out, the woman, returning home, found a note in the apartment in which it was reported that her daughter was abducted.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, over the past months, 180 people became infected with hepatitis A, including 142 children. The first cases of infection were recorded in December last year in the village of Zelenchukskaya, then an infectious disease was registered in other settlements of the republic. According to Wednesday in the Republican Center of Gossanepid Control, the cause of the hepatitis outbreak was the unsanitary state of the water supply sources of settlements, ITAR-TASS reports.

One of the former leaders of the English football club Chelsea Ken Bates filed a lawsuit in the amount of two million pounds for the current leadership of the club for violating the terms of the contract. According to the Air Force , Bates requires compensation for being on the sidelines of the club after his chairman became Peter Kenion. The former head of the club claims that the agreement signed by him last summer with the Russian businessman Roman Abramovich is not respected.

According to updated data, as a result of the accident of the passenger bus in Sochi, 3 people died on Wednesday morning, another 24 people received various injuries. According to the operational duty officer of the STRADIC of Sochi, at 8:30 in the morning, in the Bytha microdistrict, the PAZ passenger bus crashed into a Zhiguli car standing near the border, then into the Ford minibus. After that, the bus rolled over to the side, and he hit the concrete fence.

The leader of the Palestinian Front of Liberation (FFO) Muhammad Abbas, known as Abbas, died on Tuesday in an American prison. According to the Katar television channel AL-JAZeera with reference to Palestinian sources, Abbas "died after a sharp deterioration in health status." The leader of the Volga Federal District was put on a par with the terrorists of the twentieth century - Carlos and Abu Jihad.

Argentina paid $ 3.1 billion on debt to the International Monetary Fund and, thus, escaped default. The decision was made a few hours before the expiration of the payment deadline, and the payment itself, according to the AR, passed on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday - literally in the last minutes. The decision to pay such a significant amount was not easy and required concessions both from Argentina and from the IMF officials.

On the border between two adjacent countries, tension is growing. To prevent the conflict, the UN intervention is required. The international community asks Russia and NATO to allocate the necessary forces for this.

The observation deck on the Ostankino tower restored after the fire may open in the fall of 2004. This was announced to reporters by the director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network" Yuri Berbikov. According to him, now the installation of new speed elevators is underway, then they will be checked.

The dollar in Russia has risen in price by 4 kopecks after global trends. The weighted average of the American currency with the calculations of "Tomorrow" at a single trading session by 11:30 on Wednesday grew by 3.81 kopecks to 28.5733 rubles per dollar. Experts note that in recent days the Russian market, until the central bank is interfering, follows world trends.