Preparations for the summit in Bratislav between Vladimir Putin and American President George Bush were not smooth for Russians. The lack of hotels in the Slovak city, one of the smallest capitals in Europe, seems to work against Russian participants, writes Financial Times (the translation of the article publishes the site inopressa.ru ).

The stage of the popular European racing series DTM, which for the first time in its history was to take place in Moscow on June 26, 2005, was postponed to the next year. As reported on the official website of the series , such a decision was made at the request of the President of the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF) Viktor Kiryanov, who motivated it with security considerations.

They cannot be found on the map, but at least in the head of their creators they are as real as Brisben or Bond. As the prospects for transforming into the republic are discussing in Australia, there are problems inside it against the backdrop of the growth of the number of “mini-states” who want to announce their independence, writes Daily Telegraph (the translation of the article publishes the site inopressa.ru ).

Russian President Vladimir Putin on the past Wednesday congratulated the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II . The head of state arrived in the residence of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) in Pure Lane in Moscow. He presented the Patriarch of a bouquet of flowers and wished good health. The Patriarch, in turn, congratulated V. Putin on the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland. At the same time, V.

Houston authorities are concerned about the sharp growth of anti -Semitic incidents and acts of vandalism in the city and its environs. “The police say that they have never seen the receipt of such a large number of reports about anti -Semitic crimes over such a short period of time,” the Houston Chronicle newspaper writes on Thursday. According to the local branch of the Jewish Protection League, from September last year, 14 incidents were registered in the Houston area, the newspaper notes.

The European Union of Football Associations (UEFA) intends to apply sanctions to the chief coach of the English "Chelsea" Jose Mourinho. This was announced on Thursday by the representative of UEFA William Gaillard. According to him, UEFA, most likely, will punish the Portuguese for ignoring the press conference, to which, according to the rules of the event, the head coach was obliged to come.

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin laid an end to the omissions and speculations around the participation of his country in the US missile defense system created by the United States. Today, the head of government officially and unequivocally announced that Canada refuses to participate in the pro. Martin said that this decision was made after consultations with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and National Defense, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the capital of Egypt, Cairo discovered a cache with unique works of art. Police and scientists began the removal of antiquity items from a cache in the house on Al-Alfi Street and their inventory. According to local media, it is assumed that in the future the collection will be exhibited in the National Museum. Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi, mummies, bas -reliefs, figurines, amulets, necklaces, Greco -Roman statues, Islamic periods, lamps and fabrics were discovered - only 3052 subjects.

Plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Sergey Kiriyenko said that he was ready to submit to the Kremlin candidates for the post of governor of the Saratov region.

The picture of Casimir Malevich "Portrait of Mother" will be exhibited at an auction in Moscow on February 26. The starting price of the canvas is 50 thousand euros. This was announced on Thursday by ITAR-TASS by the General Director of Gelos auction house Oleg Stetsur . The picture is one of the late works of the master, created in 1932 three years before the death of the artist. As Stetsur said, the owner of the work is the daughter of Malevich, Una Malevich.

Caste and beauty are classic criteria for those who are looking for fate in the marriage market of India. But increasingly, an HIV - the AIDS virus is added to them, writes The Wall Street Journal (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). In India, where 5.1 million people are infected, the disease is a shameful stigma forcing young men and women to hide the presence of HIV. At the same time, they experience a desire, and social pressure encourages them to marry.

In Moscow there was a fire in the auto parts store at Oktyabrskaya Street, 36 house. There were no victims. A source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies said that the fire began around midnight on Thursday night. Around 0:25 a shop window burst. Cars were parked nearby and fire spread on them. One of the cars exploded. The area of ​​the fire, which was quickly eliminated by arriving firefighters, was about five square meters. meters, reports Interfax.

A resident of the Australian city of Dzhong (Victoria) appeared in court on charges of killing her four children. 25-year-old Carol Louise Matthew sat all the time of the hearing, not showing emotions and bowing her head low, notes The Sydney Morning Held . The investigation began after the police in May of last year became interested in cases of the strange death of four children Matthew aged 9 weeks to three years that occurred between December 1998 and April 2003.

On Thursday, the Georgian excavator, without knowing it, proved the fragility of the connection between Europe and Asia. In Western Georgia, 53 kilometers from the city of Poti, a local resident, laying the ditch with an excavator, damaged the international optical-folly cable. The excavator was detained by law enforcement agencies.

In the extremely uncomfortable position was the district prosecutor of the American city of Ki Uest: he was arrested that, while smashing drunk, in a naked form he climbed into a car to an unfamiliar woman. Now Mr. Prosecutor is under arrest on a number of charges. The prosecutor Albert Tasker admitted that he really ran naked and was really very drunk. However, he noted that he climbed into a woman in a car quite by accident, reports AFP.