In the Italian championship, on Sunday, matches of the 21st round were held. “Milan” lost for the second time in a row not the strongest team of series A. If in the previous round, the wards of Carlo Ancheelotti lost “Livorno”, now they were weaker than Bologna. Juventus won the guest victory over Atalanta and even more strengthened his leadership. Milan missed the goal in the middle of the first forty -five minutes - Lokatelli was distinguished.

In Iraq, the first free multi -party elections in half a century ended in half a century. At 17:00 Moscow time across the country, polling stations officially completed work. However, according to the representative of the election commission, the Iraqis, who continue to stand in line on the street, will be able to vote.

For the third time over the past six years, Russian skaters won all the "gold" of the European Championship, which ended in Turin - a year before the opening of the 20th Olympics in this city. They repeated their triumph at European championships in Prague-99 and Malmo-2003.

A resident of the village of Torrekhona de Ardos near Madrid Jose Kuadrado refuses to give the authorities an object that has fallen from the sky, similar to a meteorite, RIA Novosti reports. “What has fallen from the sky belongs to God,” the farmer commented on his refusal. In addition, Kuadrado said that he would not give his find, since the state did not pay him a long -standing debt.

From January 30 to February 6, 2005, the Jubilee XXV world hockey championship with ball will be held in Kazan. The championship will be attended by the eleven strongest national teams of the world, divided into two groups. In the group "A" the teams of Russia, Sweden, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway and the USA, in the group "B" - Canada, Belarus, Hungary, Holland and Estonia will play. The title of world champion will be played by the teams of group "A".

The head of the transition government of Iraq Ayad Alaii voted today at one of the polling stations in Baghdad. According to ITAR-TASS, the appearance of voters in Baghdad is extremely low, especially in the Sunni areas in the west and south-west of the city. The vast majority of Sunni groups will boycott the elections, urging compatriots to refuse to participate in the vote.

Several tens of thousands of Italians are currently located without light and electricity as a result of heavy snowfalls held on the Apennins last week. This became known during the last evening on Saturday of the emergency meeting of the Operational Committee of the Civil Defense Service of Italy.

In Kazan, a rally is held against replacing benefits by cash payments, RIA Novosti reports. About 300 people take part in the action, which is organized by deputies of the Communist faction of the State Council (Parliament) of Tatarstan. Participants in the authorized rally require the cancellation of the law to replace benefits with cash payments and advocate the government.

The losses of the London football club Chelsea for 2003-04 The financial year are declared record in its history - 88 million pounds. This was reported by the BBC , which managed to get the basic data of the financial report of the Clucky club.

Due to the storm that fell on Murmansk on Sunday afternoon, the most beloved by the Murmansk residents of the “Hello, Sun!” Was the most beloved by the Murmansk, marrying the end of the polar night. As representatives of the city administration noted, in the history of the existence of the holiday, for the first time, it was canceled according to weather conditions.

The famous Brazilian striker Giovana Elber, well known for speeches for the German Bavaria, terminated the contract with the French Lyon and received the status of a free agent. Currently, the 32-year-old Brazilian is waiting for offers. Giovan had two reasons to leave the ranks of the French champions. Firstly, he is a fifth football player - not an EU citizen in the application of Lyon, and according to the rules of the French championship, only four can be such.

A fierce shootout occurs between Kuwait Security Services and several radical Islamists who have settled in a house in one of the quarters in the northeastern suburb of the country's capital. According to international Arab television channels, shooting began at 09:30 local time (09:30 Moscow time) on Sunday in the capital's district of As-Salmiy on one of the local central streets. Police representatives report the victims without specifying whether it is about the dead or wounded.

For more than three hours, the Watchtower of Primorye Border ship last night pursued an unknown fishing vessel without a state flag in the Japanese Sea. According to RIA Novosti in the press center of the border control of the FSB of Russia in the Primorsky Territory, the chase took place in a storm, accompanied by heavy snowfall.

The bar is experiencing serious problems related to the safety of the new car during test races at the Avtodrome in Valencia. This team of Formula 1 last week presented its new cars 007 for 2005 in Barcelona. The new car is easier and less than last year, however, as it turned out, and less safe. The Test Pilot Bar Anthony Davidson has already conducted two trials of the new car.

The IL-76 EMERCOM of Russia at 18:04 MSC Sunday flew from Moscow to Sri Lanka with a load of humanitarian aid for the victims as a result of the December tsunami in the countries of Southeast Asia (South-Eastern). According to Interfax, the operational duty officer of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, in particular, on board the aircraft 30 tons of flour and eight diesel power plants.