On the site of the building of the Rossiya Hotel, new low -rise quarters may appear in the center of Moscow. This was announced by the chief architect of the capital Alexander Kuzmin, Intefrax reports. He noticed that "there are no specific demolition plans for the Russia Hotel, various meetings and discussions are underway." "Each building has its own life time, in the power, including on the current situations in the country and the city.

Ariel Sharon revealed the details of his plan for the withdrawal of troops and settlements from the Gas sector and the western coast and the unilateral branch of Israel from the Palestinian autonomy. According to CNN , the Prime Minister, speaking in the settlement of Maala Adumim east of Jerusalem, said that Israel would leave six largest blocks of settlements on the west coast.

A strange black spot of incomprehensible origin was found on the main antenna of the American ISS segment mounted on the Destiny module. Ground experts paid attention to him after receiving the "picture" from the video cameras installed on the outer surface of the station, RIA Novosti reports. “This spot does not provide any influence on the work of the multifunctional high -speed antenna of Ku -Band,” Sergei Puzanov, the NASA coordinator in the Russian Federation, emphasized on Tuesday.

The Vatican apologized to the Patriarch of Constantinople for the plunder of Constantinople committed 800 years ago The Vatican asked for forgiveness from the Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople for the plunder of the Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul), which was committed 800 years ago, RIA Novosti reports.

In China, a man infected with AIDS, who was biased by neighbors who refused to communicate with him and his family, arranged a bloody massacre in his native village. The man took eight people before committing suicide. According to local media, Lee Zhisin walked from home to the house in the village of Malipo, the central province of Henan, killing women and children with a kitchen knife. As a result of the massacre, six children and two women died, AFP reports.

The Primorsky Regional Court for the murder sentenced the former forensic expert MVD of the Pervomaisky district of Vladivostok Yevgeny Filatov to 19 years in prison. According to the press service of the regional prosecutor's office, a former law enforcement officer committed a brutal murder in November 2002. When buying a Honda SVR car, he decided not to pay, but simply to kill the owner.

On April 13 and 14, the premiere of the ballet shows of George Balanchin “Four Temperament”, “Waltz”, “Piano Concert N 2” will take place on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater. "The production of ballets will become a creative offer of the greatest choreographer of the twentieth century, whose 100th anniversary of the birth of which is celebrated this year," the head of the press service of the theater Oksana Tokarnova told Interfax.

Barcelona officially refuted the information regarding Chelsea's proposal on the purchase of Brazilian Ronaldinho. However, Barca, like other European clubs, is afraid of the upcoming off -season, and is afraid of the money of the Russian businessman Roman Abramovich. "Barca" simply fantastically conducts the ending of this championship, and Ronaldinho is the heart of this team.

Russian citizens are recommended to leave Iraq. This was announced on Tuesday by the secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov. "First of all, Russian citizens are now recommended not to go to Iraq in connection with a sharp exacerbation of the situation, but to those who are there to leave this country," Ivanov said.

The French journalist who worked at the Capa television agency was taken hostage by unknown Baghdad, the agency director Erve Shabalier said. According to him, the 45-year-old Frenchman Alexander Yordanov, who shot the documentary, was captured by unknown 50 kilometers south of Baghdad on Sunday. The operator Ivan was served with him in hostage with him later.

French citizens in Iraq are recommended to leave this country. As the representative of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Erve Lads, said on Tuesday, the republic’s authorities “officially recommend” to all French citizens to leave Iraq. In addition, all those who were going to go to Iraq are proposed to postpone the trip, RIA Novosti reports. This urgent recommendation is related to the frequent cases of the capture of foreign hostages in Iraq in recent days.

The Georgian authorities are ready to open arms reception points in Adjaria and pay 500 Lari for each surveyed firearms ($ 250). "We are ready to open the items of the weapon on the territory of Adjara and pay 500 Lari for each rented machine. For us, this weapon has a much greater price than the indicated amount," the Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Zhilia told reporters before flying to Batumi.

On Tuesday, the Basmanny Court of Moscow will consider the petition of the General Prosecutor's Office to extend the detention of an oil security officer Yukos Alexei Pichugin. The prosecutor's office asks Pichugin to detention the detention until July 19. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a lawyer under investigation Tatyana Akimtsev. According to the previous decision of the court, Pichugin's arrest expires on April 19.

Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian legionnaire of the Atlanta Tracez club, who was the best sniper last season, in the event of a local hockey league, intends to return to Russia next season. The Russian hockey player said this on Tuesday in an interview with RIA Novosti. "If a locout will occur in the NHL next season, I will return to Russia and I will play for any Moscow club, Kovalchuk said.

The Central Denver Marcus Cambi scored 12 points and made 21 rebounds in the meeting of his club against Sacramento, which provided Nuggets not only to win in the match, but also to the place in the playoffs from the west. “Utah” Andrei Kirilenko lost to Minnesota, and lost the chance of further struggle. "Denver" won with Sacramento with a score of 97:89, and went to the playoffs for the first time since 1995. Thus, "Denver" committed the greatest progress in the history of the NBA.