The data of the new study show that at the moment, 36 thousand gays are in the US Army, and another 29 thousand gays are listed in reservists. These are 3% of the total number of US armed forces, which are officially prohibited from taking homosexuals, reports The Washington Times . (Translation of the material - on the website inopressa.ru ). It should be noted that during his presidency, Bill Clinton tried to cancel this ban, but met a rigid resistance from the Pentagon leadership.

The joint service of the Protestant communities on the initiative of the "Alliance of the Gospel Churches of Udmurtia" took place the day before in Izhevsk. The action was called "Christians against terrorism" and became one of the largest meetings of the Protestants of the republic over the past months.

During the flight of President Israeli Moshe Katsava into the memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp, Mauthausen in Austria, a sports plane almost crashed into his helicopter. The incident occurred on Wednesday, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria reported it only on Thursday.

The Union of Committee of the “Soldiers' Mothers of Russia” (SCSM) plans to discuss the prospects for the settlement of the situation in Chechnya with the representative of Aslan Maskhadov Akhmed Zakaev next month, the executive secretary of the Union Valentina Melnikova said on Thursday.

The teacher’s committee that worked in Beslan is actually closed. Such a decision was made on Wednesday by residents of the city gathered at the building of the local administration. The reason for the meeting was the coming to the administration of women - former hostages, outraged by the lack of material assistance to the victims as a result of the attack, the Echo of Moscow radio station reports.

In the Labor newspaper, an interview with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexy II, published today, touched on the interaction of the church and the state. "Sometimes in the media there are assumptions that the Russian Orthodox Church seeks to become a state church. No, we do not have such an aspiration. The church and the state have different tasks, but we must carry out cooperation on many issues," the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized.

The head of the special projects of Channel One Pavel Sheremet, beaten in Minsk , returned to Moscow and a few days later, perhaps, he will begin to work. "Everything is fine - this morning I returned to Moscow and I plan to visit Ostankino tonight to meet with the leadership and explain everything that happened again," said Pavel Sheremet on Thursday. At the same time, the journalist noted that he would most likely begin work directly after a few days, Interfax reports.

The State Center for Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision of the Voronezh Region removed two types of toys that do not meet hygiene requirements from the sale. This was reported to "Interfax" by the press secretary of the regional center of Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision Irina Zhilova. According to her, the sale of toys was legally conducted - there were all the documents necessary for implementation that confirm the quality and safety of goods.

The Lviv region is not ready for the holding of October 31 on October 31. This is how representatives of the International Organization for Office for Election in the CIS countries of the CIS EMO.

A repeated audit of Russian -speaking Estonia police officers to know the state language showed that most of them did not learn the language at the allotted time, and in connection with this a number of police officers were resigned. The control organization - the language inspection - last Tuesday transferred the Police Department a report on the re -verification, which was subjected to 161 policeman, the BNS agency reports on Thursday.

In the United States, at the age of 97, Paul Nitze died - a famous politician and diplomat, author of the White House secret resolution, which laid the foundation for the Cold War against the USSR. This was reported by the press service of the school of advanced international research at the Jones Hopkins University in Washington, which was created by Nitz and which now bears his name.

The American senior sergeant Aven Frederick was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison for mockery of prisoners of war in the Baghdad prison Abu Graib prison, reports Reuters. Military judge, Colonel James Paul, also decided to unclench Frederick to the ordinary, put a fine on him and dismiss the army with deprivation of rights and privileges.

Prehistoric fossils - the remains of sponges that lived more than 200 million years ago at the bottom of the sea - were discovered in the village of Gagarinka of the Korsakovsky district of the Oryol region. According to the director of the Oryol Regional Museum of Local Lore, Valentina Titova, the local machine operator drew attention to unusual formations, similar to stone balls when he began to dig a pit under the foundation of a new building.

The names of three more Russians who died as a result of the recent explosion by terrorists of the Hilton hotel in Egypt on the Sinai Peninsula near the border with Israel became known. The names of three more dead Russians are officially confirmed at the center of forensic medical examination: this is a married couple from Ufa-50-year-old Rail Galeev and 47-year-old Svetlana Galeeva, Interfax reports.

France sets around the world a new example in increasing the level of public hygiene: in the coming days in Paris, and then other large megacities of the country, "public brushing points" are interrupted. The centers are small round pavilions, where anyone can brush his teeth in the daytime. The creation of such an extensive system has long been achieved by French doctors.