At the London Sotheby's auction on Tuesday, large sales of European painting of the XIX century will be held. According to the press service of the Sotheby's auction house, 389 lots will be put up for auction on New Bond Street, including paintings by artists from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway and Finland. A separate session is devoted to European painting depicting life in the East.

The Israeli Defense Army has a technical possibility of applying a point hit on the machine in which the terrorist is located, without causing damage to people around. This was announced on Tuesday at a meeting of the Knesset Commission on Foreign Affairs and Defense by the commander of the Israeli Air Force, General Eliezer Schria. According to the general, we are talking about "technological achievement, which was impossible six months ago," Interfax reports.

The 48-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem admitted that he was preparing a terrorist attack on the territory of the residence of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. This was reported on Tuesday was reported by Israeli sources with reference to representatives of the general security of the country (Shabak). Khusam Nablusi was arrested two weeks ago, but the information about this was declassified only today.

European Championship Group D Holland - Germany - 1: 1 (0: 1) Goals: Frings, 30. Van Nistelra, 81. Holland : Van der Sar, I Stam, Bauma, Van Bronkhorst, Koku, Van Der Made, Davids, Van Nistelra, Van Der Vaart, Haying, Zenden. Germany : Kan, Friedrich, Verns, Novoten, Baumann, Hamann, Kuranii, Ballake, Schneider, Lam, Frings. Judge: Andreas Frisk (Switzerland). "Dragao".

At the exam at the University of the Egyptian province of Minufi, the seven students at the same time at the same time began childbirth. The frightened teachers hastened to deliver future mothers to the university hospital, ITAR-TASS reports. The incident could be caused by both a strong excitement before the test and the unprecedented heat that was established in Egypt.

The memory of Seraphim of Sarov is consolidated by modern society, the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Osipov is convinced. He stated this today, opening the conference "Heritage of the Monk Seraphim of Sarov and the fate of Russia", timed to the all-Russian celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of this great ascetic, RIA Novosti reports. "The memory of Seraphim of Sarov is a powerful consolidating factor in modern public life," Osipov said.

The lawyers of the SIZO "Sailor Silence" and his two employees on Tuesday appealed the decision of the court, who refused them in a lawsuit to protect honor, dignity and business reputation against the President of the Moscow Law Chamber Henry Reznik. “We ask the court to cancel the decision and send the case for a new consideration,” lawyer Alexander Ostrovsky told Interfax, representing the interests of employees of the pre -trial detention center.

Among the Korolev and princesses, the most popular were the former "Cinderella" who managed to win the royal court. This is evidenced by the survey of the French magazine Point de Vue, writes La Repubblica in the material, which is published by Inopressa.ru . The new princesses, who appeared on the covers of magazines only recently, have already won the attention of the public. Matilda, Princess of the Kingdom of Belgium, became the most beloved princess.

The Tagansky court of Moscow will continue on June 16 a hearing of a criminal case against the director of the museum and public center named after A. Sakharov Yuri Samodurov, his employee Lyudmila Vasilovskaya and artist Anna Mikhalchuk, accused of inciting religious enmity.

Joint exercises and the Russia-NATO seminar to combat terrorism under the code name Kaliningrad 2004 will be held on June 22-25 in the Kaliningrad region.

One of the leaders of the Danish national football team, Jesper Gronkyer, joined his team, which performs these days at the European Championship in Portugal. Recall that Grinkiaer was forced to miss the beginning of the European championship, as he was in Denmark at that time because of the death of his mother. The leading midfielder of the Danish team, playing for the London Chelsea, flew to Lisbon from Copenhagen on Monday.

The President of France "in the most sharp form" condemned dozens of Muslim graves by neo -Nazis last night at one of the cemeteries of Strasbourg. The head of the French state emphasized that "these actions of hatred will be persecuted with all determination," and assured the "Muslim community and its leaders in complete solidarity with them all of France," ITAR-TASS reports.

A homeless man was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of two sophisticated murders, reports Reuters. The police detained the 27-year-old homeless Kevin Lee Graff near the studio of the Paramount Pictures film company in Hollywood. Despite the fact that Graff was not immediately accused of killing the 91-year-old scriptwriter Robert Lisa and his elderly neighbor Morley Engelson, the police chief William Bretton said that the count was the main suspect.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili presented on behalf of the Georgian people a horse to his Azerbaijani colleague Ilham Aliyev, who is in Georgia on an official visit. According to Georgian media, the cost of the horse is about 10 thousand dollars. The presentation ceremony took place in the Marneul district of Georgia, where the presidents met with local residents of Georgian and Azerbaijani nationality, RIA Novosti reports.

The United States will be able to transfer Saddam Hussein for the court to the new Iraqi authorities "at the appropriate time" when security is ensured in Iraq. This was stated on Tuesday by US President George Bush, speaking in the White House at a joint press conference with his Afghan colleague Hamid Karzai, who arrived on a visit to Washington.