On Friday, a citizen of Great Britain was shot in Iraq, who worked in the country under a contract. Despite the fact that the incident occurred on Friday, official confirmation from the British Foreign Ministry was received only on Tuesday, reports Reuters. “We can confirm that a British citizen was killed on Friday in Iraq,” said the representative of the Foreign Ministry, but refused to report any details of the circumstances of the British death.

In the village of Lisiy, the nose (suburb of St. Petersburg) is on a one-story wooden building and a pediment of a four-story building, in the basement of which there are six tons of diesel fuel. According to the press service of the Office of the State Fire Service of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region on Tuesday, in the village of Lisiy Nose on the street sea oaks, as a result of the explosion of the gas cylinder, a one-story wooden building 6x10 meters with an attic was caught.

The day of the struggle against exploitation and sexual violence against children and adolescents began to be celebrated in Brazil since 2000 in memory of the minor Araksel Santus, who died after the abduction and rape in 1973 in Vitoria. On Tuesday, near the building of the National Congress in the capital of the country, concerts, rallies and manifestations in support of children and adolescents will be held, RIA Novosti reports.

The leader of the victorious “Indian National Congress” (INC) Sonya Gandhi told parliamentarians of the Kongressmen about the intention to abandon the post of Prime Minister of the Republic. This was announced today by the NDTV channel, ITAR-TASS reports.

The famous Hollywood actress Gina Davis gave birth to twins. On May 6, in one of Los Angeles’s hospitals, Davis gave birth to two boys-Kiana-Wilam and Caisa-Styven, Fox News reports. “Mother and children feel great,” said spokesman Davis Paul Bloch. Gina and her husband have a Jarrahi's Class already have a 2-year-old daughter Ali-Keshvar. "Aliz will be glad to two new brothers," said Blokh. Hollywood star Gina Davis and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Reza Jarrahi got married on September 1, 2001.

Pope John Pavel II , who is 84 years old today, celebrates his birthday in an ordinary, working atmosphere, the Holy See service said. The only festive event today was a lunch, to which the pontiff invited its closest employees from the Roman curia. By tradition, on this day, dad, in addition to numerous congratulations coming from all over the world, pass various pies and cakes, which this time there were extremely many.

The Parliamentary Commission on Mandates and Suppatches on Tuesday agreed to attract deputies of the Human Rights in the United Latvia (Stevel) Yakov Pliner and Vladimir Buzaev to administrative responsibility for holding Russian school defenders in the center of Riga on April 15 and 16. The commission decided to transfer the draft resolution of the parliament to the Sejm on May 20. Plyner and Buzaev tried to object to such a decision, indicating that only Buzaev is the organizer of both shares.

The leader of the victorious "Indian National Congress" (INC) Sonya Gandhi officially abandoned the post of Prime Minister of India . “I have to humbly reject this proposal,” Gandhi said. Sonya Gandhi is Italian who received Indian citizenship. It was with her origin that she motivated the rejection of the post. Now the most likely candidate for the post of head of government is the former Minister of Finance and one of the heads of the party Manmohan Singh, reports Reuters.

On Wednesday, rainy weather is expected in Moscow, RIA Novosti was told in the Moscow Hydrometeorological Unit. At night, the air temperature in the capital will be a plus of 2-4 degrees, in the suburbs-1-6 degrees above zero. In the afternoon in Moscow, it will be, presumably, 11-13 degrees, in the region-10-15 degrees. Western wind, 4-9 m/s. Links on the topic

The Moscow government decided to cancel the investment competition for the reconstruction and restoration of the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege". This was reported to "Interfax" by the deputy mayor in the government of the capital, Joseph Ordzhonikidze. According to him, such a decision was made by the mayor of the city Yuri Luzhkov.

For the first time at the highest level with the participation of Patriarch Alexy II and Metropolitan Lavra in Moscow, negotiations will be held on the rapprochement of the Russian Orthodox and foreign churches. The meeting in the Holy Danilov Monastery will be attended by members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church and three bishops, which are part of the delegation who arrived in Russia.

Two American soldiers were killed on Monday in the province of Anbar, in the west of Iraq, Interfax reports. According to the American command, two US troops from the 1st Expeditionary Marine Corps died in a battle in Anbar province during operations to ensure security and stabilization. Details of the incident are not given. The total number of US military killed in Iraq after the start of a military operation in this country in March last year reached 785 people.

Israeli helicopters inflicted a second missile blow to the Palestinian refugees camp in Rafakh in the gas sector, as a result of which at least 14 people died, about 30 were injured. The identities of the dead have not yet been established, reports on Tuesday the British television channel Sky News with reference to Palestinian doctors. According to the Israeli military, the goal of the missile strike was a group of armed Palestinians, which approached the soldiers.

The Chinese lived for 8 months with a knife in the throat. Someone Mao Kyan swallowed an 8-centimeter knife during a police search to hide the evidence. Mao was detained in the city of Chengdu (Sichuan Province) in the west of China. The police did not find cold weapons from him, they let go of the kyanya, and he walked with a knife in the trachea for 8 months, reports The Sydney Morning Held with reference to the China Daily Chinese newspaper.

In the passports of citizens of the Russian Federation there will be neither the "personal code" of a person, nor his individual tax number (TIN). This was reported to "Interfax" by the head of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction Vladimir Pligin. The bill "On the main documents certifying the citizens of the Russian Federation" has already passed the first reading procedure and is now being prepared for the second.