The Moscow Shipping Company plans to raise prices for tickets for river tram. The company announced this at the navigation ceremony of the opening of navigation on the Moscow River on April 16. The price of adult tickets will be 200 rubles on weekends and 100 rubles on weekdays, the prices for children's tickets will be twice lower: 100 rubles on weekends and 50 on weekdays, the Echo of Moscow radio station reports.

For the speedy involvement of the UN in the process of resolving the Iraqi crisis, the chairman of the Papal Council "Justice and Peace" Cardinal Renato Raffael Martino spoke today, RIA Novosti reports. “ The Pope has already called on the UN many times to intervene in the situation that has developed in Iraq,” the influential Catholic hierarch emphasized, which took part in the symposium “Woman and Human Rights”.

The Canadian police accused the driver of the car of driving, which is dangerous to others, after he was convicted of being riding, playing the violin driving. According to the Ontario province, a 54-year-old man rode 400 from the south towards Toronto. When he was stopped, the offender said that he was simply warming up before the concert. It is reported by Globe and Mail .

At least four people died on Friday as a result of flood water spills in Siberia. As a result of the flood, thousands of residential buildings are damaged or completely flooded. The authorities fear that the number of victims will grow. Two women died in the city of Abaza of the Republic of Khakassia, where the Abakan River came out of the shores. According to ITAR-TASS, in one of the microdistricts of the village, water rose by two meters.

Foreign Minister Iran Kamal Harrazi excluded the possibility that Tehran could act as an intermediary in Iraq, Interfax reports.

On Friday, the Boeing-747-400 of the German airline Lufthansa, which operated on the Peking-Frankfurt route, made an forced landing at the Novosibirsk airport in the afternoon on Friday.

The Moscow Arbitration Court to ensure the claim of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for taxes and fees for the NK Yukos on the recovery of taxes and fines for a total amount of over 99 billion rubles forbade Yukos to alienate any property, including the shares, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow Arbitration Court.

In the village of Nekrasovo, Kalininsky district of the Tver region, two young people suspected of killing a friend were detained. As it turned out, armed with a baseball bat, criminals broke into the apartment of their friend and brutally beat him. From the injuries he died at the crime scene. The next day, the neighbors found a corpse and reported to the police. The prosecutor's office of the Kalinin district was opened a criminal case.

Representatives of the US Armed Forces and the American Civil Administration in Iraq entered on Friday direct negotiations with El Falluja elders. In this Iraqi city for 12 days, fierce clashes have been taking place between the coalition forces and the militants of the Iraqi resistance. These are the first direct contacts of this kind in 12 days of the actual siege of the city.

In the city of Ust-Kut in the Irkutsk region on Friday, a bus turned over, in which there were 27 people. According to preliminary data, all people on the bus returned from the funeral. This was reported to "Interfax" in the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the region. At the bend from behind the ice, the driver lost control, the bus first brought, and then he fell on his side. 21 The victim was hospitalized, several assistance was provided on the spot.

US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld said that if a year ago he was asked to give a forecast of the situation in Iraq on April 15, 2004, his forecast "would not be absolutely accurate." According to him, the contingent led by the United States "survived several difficult days." Since the beginning of April, the Americans lost 88 troops in Iraq. In total, 679 soldiers have died in Iraq since the beginning of military operations.

The President of the Israeli Football Federation Iche Menachem received letters from the International Football Federation and the European Union of Football Associations, which states that the ban on the holding of international matches at the country's level and national teams was lifted from Israel. Currently, in Israel there is a UEFA commission, which checks to ensure the security of football players and spectators in stadiums, BestsportNews reports citing Ynet Internet portal.

The new type of totalizer is called the "cow bingo". According to the organizers on Friday, it will be possible to take part in the new game already in mid -July. The case will take place in the Austrian district of Kleinwalzertal. The rules are quite simple. The village meadow is divided into several dozen sectors (it is planned that there will be from 30 to 50). Each of the players makes a monetary rate on one of these small areas. After that, a cow is launched onto the lawn.

US President George Bush confirmed today that Iraq's sovereignty will be restored on June 30. Plans for the transfer of power to Iraqis by this time remain in force, he said at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair, which took place in the pink garden of the White House following the results of their negotiations. "This will show the Iraqi people that our coalition is not interested in the occupation of Iraq," the head of the administration said.

The Ministry of Culture of Dagestan refused the organizers of the Makhachkala tour of the famous showman Boris Moiseev in rent of the hall of the Russian theater, the newspaper reports. The reason for the refusal was the appeal of the imams of local mosques, disapproving with representatives of sexual minorities. The producers of the singer did not look for another room and simply canceled the concert.