The American project of the Great Middle East, providing for the assistance of European countries to reform and economic openness of the states of the region from Pakistan to Mauritania, caused sharp criticism from Ayman Az-Zavakhiri, one of the leaders of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, RIA Novosti reports.

In Baghdad on Saturday morning, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Iraq Bassam Kubba was killed in the morning. According to the Katar satellite television channel Al-Jazeera, the attempt was made in the capital's district of Al-Azamiy. Unknown people fired at the Cubba car when he was going to work. Kubba died on the way to the Al-Nauman capital hospital, RIA Novosti reports. Other details of the attempt are not reported.

Supporters of the National Party of Russia (NDPR) and the Union of Russian Officers held on Saturday at the monument to Kirill and Methodius in the center of Moscow a rally called "For the Freedom and Independence of the Russian People".

The ruling Labor Party of Great Britain was defeated - this is the main result of the elections to local authorities and the European Parliament that held on June 10 in the country.

US citizen Kenneth Skuji, an electronic company employee was killed on Saturday near his home in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. According to the Emirate satellite television channel Al-Arabia, three unknown people approached Kennet at the moment when he parked the car near the house and shot the American. The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia confirmed the fact of the murder of an American citizen in Riyadh. According to eyewitnesses, the area of ​​the incident is ocular to the police.

Solemn events in the center of Moscow, dedicated to the celebration of Russia Day, ended without incident. This was announced on Saturday by Interfax by the official representative of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeny Gildeev. "Solemn events - a parade and a festive concert - took place on Red Square from 10:30 to 13:00. The number of participants and guests, as stated, amounted to 15 thousand people.

Three of the 22 participants of the hunger strike at the Shakhtysky Plant LLC (is a subsidiary of Rostovugulu, the city of Shakhty) were hospitalized last Friday, the representative of the Interfax agency Viktor Salnikov told the Interfax agency. "One man and two women were hospitalized. The reason for the hospitalization of two was the problems with the heart, another participant in the hunger strike an exacerbation of chronic diseases," said a representative of the trade union committee.

Six prisoners who were forced treatment in the regional psychiatric hospital fled from the department the night before. The orderlies managed to detain two patients on the territory of the medical institution. In the morning he brought a friend to the hospital. The police managed to establish where there is another of the escaped. The search for the remaining employees of the Sverdlovsk police department.

Two police officers died in Grozny as a result of undermining the radio -controlled landmine on the Ugolny street, another wounded, Interfax told the law enforcement agencies on Saturday. According to the interlocutor of the agency, a few dozen meters from the entrance to the gym of the Office Palace of Office, about 20:05 Moscow time Friday, a VAZ-21099 car, belonging to the police major Badruddi Umarov, took off.

Switzerland and Croatia are found for the first time in the history of large European tournaments. On Sunday, in the Portuguese city of Lyria, a match from the series "Win must be defeated" will be held. A lot will depend on the result of this match in terms of distribution of places in the most complex group V. Only a victory in this meeting can guarantee the team some chances of access to the playoffs, since the next two matches of these rivals will be held against England and France.

Seven Turkish hostages are released today in Iraq by their kidnappers. According to CNN with reference to the director of the Turkish construction company Serka, Serdar Adali, hostages hired by this company, released to the wild in the city of Falluja west of Baghdad. Currently, they are sent to the city of Mosul in the north of Iraq, from where they will be transported to their homeland. In Iraq, hundreds of Turks work under contracts.

One of the leaders of the Palestinian Hamas Palestinian movement Ismail Gania said on Saturday that it would not stop its operations in the gas sector until Israel's full departure from this territory. In a statement by the Palestinian radio, he denied the message of a number of media outlets that there are now large changes in both methods and in the Hamas Action Strategy. He also noted that the absence of Hamas leaders at public events has recently been explained by considerations of security.

The Muslim group "Al-Nasrin" announced outlawed, took responsibility for today's terrorist attack in the Purnima tourist hotel in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. As a result of the explosion of grenades, four people died, including a four -year -old girl, another 25 were injured in varying severity.

The confrontation between the central authorities of Georgia and the leader of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoita continues to hesitate. On Saturday, Kokokyuta flew to Moscow to discuss the current situation with the Russian leadership. The head of South Ossetia counts on help from the other two unrecognized republics in the post -Soviet space - Abkhazia and Transnistria - in case of resuming military operations in the region.

European Championship Group A. Greece - Portugal - 2: 1 (1: 0) Goals: Karagunis, 7. Basinas - from a penalty, 51. Ronaldo, 90. Greece : Nikopolidis, Fissas, Dellas, Basinas, Seitaridis, Karagunis, Zagorakis, Yannakopoulos, Capsis, Haristaas, Vrizas. Portugal : Ricarda, Paulo Ferreira, Georges Andrad, Fernando Coutu, Rui Georges, Koshtinya, Manish, Figue, Rui Coshta, Siman Sambrose, Paulet. Port. Dragau Stadium.