The Russian diamond monopolist of Alrosa announced the intention to start the production of South African diamonds. This is a serious blow to the positions of the South African De Beers, which has still hindered the exit of Alrosa to this market. Moreover, it turned out that the South Africa authorities are ready to contribute to the ratification of the corresponding agreement with the Alrosa in the local parliament.

New details are clarified related to the arrest of businessman Alexei Kirzhnev , Comrade Roman Abramovich, who was accused of attempt to bribe the official of the Mercedes as a cost of 60 thousand pounds.

Lebanese troops unfolded around the headquarters of the Syrian intelligence service in Beirut, reports Reuters. A large number of soldiers took positions at the intersection at the intelligence headquarters. Syrian troops and intelligence officers at that time were at the headquarters. About 45 minutes later, the troops moved away and returned to the barracks. Lebanese soldiers were also seen near the Syrian intelligence office in Hamra and on other streets in Beirut.

The main acting person of the first qualification of the Grand Prix of Australia was a downpour that fell on Melbourne and brought a considerable confusion into the ranks of the teams. The seven -time world champion Michael Schumacher was only the eighteenth, the best time was shown by the Renault pilot Jankarlo Physicelle. After the rain, which went on Saturday during the morning free practice, the asphalt did not have time to dry.

The Russian Foreign Ministry recommended that the Russians refrain from traveling to Nepal in connection with a difficult domestic political situation in this country. "The Russian Foreign Ministry strongly recommends that Russian citizens refrain from traveling to Nepal at present.

For the first time in the history of the Catholic community of Scotland, a married Catholic priest appeared in this country. It was a former Anglican cleric, who turned to Catholicism, James Bell. According to the canons of the Catholic Church, only a man who gave a vow of celibacy can be ordained a holy dignity.

Anna Kournikova became the main invited star on the defile of the joint brand of the legendary couturier Yoshi Yamamoto and the ADIDAS sports company (Y-3 line). The event was held as part of the Paris Fashion Week of a female ready -made dress of autumn - winter of 2005. Having settled in the front row, Anna Kournikova considered the new products that this acquiring more and more popularity of Mark, noted by ITAR-TASS.

Atheated in danger. In this, philosophers, intellectuals and scientists agree among themselves. “Atheism as a theory is increasingly losing its position in the world,” says the theologist from Munich Wolfgart Pannenberg. His colleague from Oxford Alistair McGratus agrees with him.

The Supreme Court of Bashkiria canceled, as illegal, protocols on bringing to administrative responsibility 165 residents of Blagoveshchensk. Compiled by police officers from December 10 to 12 last year, these documents were the main excuse for the "stripping" of Blagoveshchensk , which the seconded riot police conducted from December 10 to 13 last year.

Russia and India intend to intensify cooperation in the fight against laundering "dirty" money and corruption. This decision was made at a meeting of the chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergey Stepashin and the chairman of the Council of the States (Upper House of Parliament) of India Bhairon Singha Shekkhavat.

On weekends, frosty weather will remain in the metropolitan region, the Moscow Hydrometeorological Unit reported. On the weekend, they specified in Roshydromet, the weather in the Moscow region will be in the power of the southern cyclone, which is characterized by high humidity. Strong snowfall, wind and blizzard are expected, ITAR-TASS reports. The air temperature will be about zero degrees. However, according to folk signs, such weather promises "Green April".

The movement of trains along the Filevskaya line of the Moscow metro was restored at 19:48, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies told Interfax. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the movement was overlapping due to a fall of a man at the Filevsky Park station. The incident occurred on Saturday at 19:07. "As a result of the emergency, the victim received serious injuries, presumably traumatic amputation of both legs," the source said.

President Viktor Yushchenko is confident that the Unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be created in Ukraine. “I am sure that we will live to the Cathedral Ukrainian Orthodox Church,” Yushchenko said, speaking today during the Constituent Congress of the People’s Union of our Ukraine in Kyiv.

The weighted average of the dollar at a single trading session of the Moscow Interbank Monetary Exchange with calculations "Tomorrow" by 11:30 amounted to 27.6698 rubles per dollar. Compared to Friday, it decreased by 8.2 kopecks. According to RIA Novosti in the press service of the MICEX on Saturday, the volume of bidding was insignificant. By this time, 64 transactions for a total of 56.26 million were concluded at the ETS with the calculations of "Tomorrow".

The leader of the Chechen separatists, Aslan Maskhadov, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet one on one. He stated this in an interview published on Friday on the website of the Chechen separatists, noting that a brief meeting with the Russian president could put an end to a long conflict in Chechnya.