British and American special services on Tuesday prevented a terrorist attack in the UK using highly toxic chemicals. Secret services managed to detect negotiations between the participants in the conspiracy, who tried to get a dangerous chemical substance - the quadruple osmium in the form of an aerosol, a large concentration of which in closed rooms can be deadly. This substance was supposed to be mixed with explosives for a terrorist attack in a crowded room.

On the eve of the next meeting of the Central Council of the Old Orthodox Pomeranian Church of Latvia (CS DCCL), the Latvian newspaper hour reports. At the meeting, he was removed from the post of chairman of the CS DCC, Alexei Karataev. The acting chairman was elected Avrami Silanthevich Mikhailov. In addition, he was transferred from the members of the CS DCC to candidates Pavel Maksimov (deputy of the Sejm Latvia from the first party).

The European currency exchange rate following Monday sank to a four -month minimum on Monday - they give less than $ 1.2 for the euro. On Tuesday, according to Reuters, the course continues to hesitate near this critical mark. On Tuesday morning, the euro is given $ 1.1995 against 1.1985 in the evening on Monday at auction in New York.

The authorities of the American state of New Jersey arrested the accounts of three people who earned $ 55 million at the patriotism of the British and their desire to enrich themselves. The investigation suspects that three accused, Herbert Figure, Karmin Russo and Thomas Russo, sold shares of non -existent defense British companies that allegedly received large orders for the restoration of Iraq and anti -terrorist operations, reports the Air Force . All three are residents of Great Britain.

In a residential building in Tbilisi, where the officers of the group of Russian troops in Transcaucasia (GRVZ) lives, an explosion occurred. As the prosecutor of the city of Tbilisi Valery Grigalashvili told reporters, General Alexander Studenikin was injured as a result of the explosion. He was taken to the GRVZ hospital in the Isan district of Tbilisi. The explosion thundered at about 20:00, at the moment when the general car was driving near the house.

Jews around the world celebrate Passover - Jewish Easter. Unlike Christians who have connected the idea of ​​resurrection with this holiday, for the Jews Passover remains a festival of freedom.

Catari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Ben Jaber Al Tanya announced a court of two Russians accused by the Qatari authorities of involvement in the deaths of one of the leaders of the Chechen militants Zelimkhan Yandarbiev . He was killed in Doha on February 13 as a result of the explosion of the bomb laid in his car. "Two Russians are in court now, and he will do his job," the minister said at a press conference. He did not specify when this process began.

Yukos shares were rapidly losing in price after the statement of the ex-head of the company Mikhail Khodorkovsky that he did not write and did not give the lawyers the article “The Crisis of Liberalism in Russia” , published at the beginning of last week. In addition, some nervousness in the mood of investors made reports that an official investigation has begun in connection with the publication of an article signed by Khodorkovsky.

The President of the Chechen Republic Akhmad Kadyrov announced his readiness to act as a guarantor of the security of the leader of the Chechen militants Aslan Maskhadov in case of his voluntary surrender. “I am ready to act as a guarantor of Maskhadov’s security if he voluntarily surrenders to the legal authorities,” Kadyrov said on Tuesday Interfax. “No one is longing for blood and does not ensure that Maskhadov is killed.

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Sibneft OJSC did not take place on Tuesday due to the fact that the largest shareholder of the company Yukos refused to participate in it. According to Interfax, Yukos spokesman Alexander Shadrin, shareholders were invited to vote on the three issues of the meeting at the same time, which did not allow to express a different relationship for each of the issues.

The rare edition of Hamlet, William Shakespeare, printed during the life of the great playwright, is expected to bring more than £ 1 million (1.5 million euros). The book, printed in 1611, is the earliest of the famous editions of the play stored in a private collection. The publication will be sold as part of a collection from the Viscounts of Mary Ecols library in New York at the Christie's auction on April 14, Irish Examiner reports.

Yasir Arafat plans to create a new power structure on the territory of Pa - the Palestinian leadership - which will function on a par with the Palestinian administration. "The creation of a single Palestinian leadership does not contradict the existing Palestinian administration," said Hani al -Hassan, a member of the FATH Central Committee.

The new version of the Law "On Mass Media" can be submitted to the State Duma until the end of the spring session. This was announced by Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Lower Chamber of Parliament on Information Policy Boris Reznik, reports RIA Novosti . According to the deputy, who is the co -author of the bill, the document retained all the democratic and liberal positions that were in the previous legislation.

Ice cream with the smell of vodka went on sale in Australia, provoking not only the excitement, but also a wave of protests from public organizations. Their activists fear that Illicit Vodka Cranberry Magnum will make Illicit Vodka Vodka. There are more and more reasons for concerns for concerns of activists who care about sobriety of young people: a month ago, the Tia Maria Tim Tams liquor from Arnott came on sale.

The Ukrainian government reported that the Czech authorities on Monday issued to Ukraine a man whom law enforcement agencies consider the leader of a criminal group and accuse the murder of a deputy of the Transcarpathian Regional Council.