American scientists have refuted the theory according to which humanity has a monopoly on laughter. Recent studies have shown that laughter is inherent in the world of animals: rodents chuckle, dogs smile, chimpanzees laugh, joke, play, make fun of each other, writes La Stampa (the translation of the article publishes Inopressa.ru ). The discovery was made by American scientists who studied the reactions of mice and dogs to gentle treatment and game.

Most of the books sold in Russia are criminal thrillers written by women, and their consumers are also women. These are the research data conducted during the Moscow Book Fair by the authoritative publishing house Book Chamber. This trend is striking in the wagons of the Moscow metro, where most women hold pocket editions of detectives in their hands, and men in their hands are usually beer bottles, writes The Guardian ( Inopressa.ru ).

The new Bahrain Grand Prix of the Ferrari Bolid F2005, and not extraneous objects on the highway, became the reason for the early gathering from the highway. According to Reuters , this is evidenced by the recognition of the German pilot that appeared on his website on Monday. “At first I thought that this could have happened due to small fragments that were scattered in the first round,” Schumacher notes.

As a result of the fire that occurred on Monday evening in the east of Moscow, the three -story residential building of the old building almost completely burned down. A fire in house number 30 on Izmailovsky Val Street occurred at about 19:00 Moscow time. The fire broke out in a three -story half -salted house of the old building. In connection with the fire, seven families were evacuated from the house, a total of 14 people. The fire area was 300 square meters.

In the capital, the day before, a charity concert was held in support of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute after the accident, the famous actor Nikolai Karachentsov. The action that began late in the evening on Sunday ended far after midnight. It was a meeting of friends, colleagues, relatives, childhood friends, doctors and just faithful admirers of the talent of a wonderful actor. By the appointed time, the Cinema Hall of the capital's "President-Hotel" was crowded.

Once the most rich citizen of Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, for fraud and tax evasion threatens 10 years in a penal colony.

The American magazine Forbes has published a list of 2000 largest world companies. Unlike other lists, where corporations are ranking one indicator, Forbes evaluated the companies at once for four. The income, profit, assets and capitalization of the company was taken into account. It included 13 Russian. The global rating is the leader of the American banking corporation Citigroup. The highest place among companies in the Russian Federation was taken by Gazprom - 67th place.

Yukos shareholders plan to use Putin’s statement that he will not investigate the Russian oligarchs as evidence that their company was unfairly exception to the general rule and was punished. They believe that statements made by Vladimir Putin during a meeting with business representatives will become an argument in favor of Yukos shareholders in their lawsuits against the Russian government in international arbitration courts, reports The Guardian , the article published by Inopressa .

In the Rangun zoo, a local resident feeds the breasts of two tigers, saved from a brutal mother. The 40-year-old mother of three children HLTYA HTAYA FOURTH FOUR TIME BREED Two small tigers four times a day. The real mother of the cubs - the Bengal Tigress Noah - is contained in a separate aviary, the birth greatly ruined her character. The tigress ate one of the newborn tigers, and the zoo workers took away the two remaining cubs from her.

In Germany, in the prison of the East German city of Naumburg, there was a capture of hostages. Fighters of the German German police stormed one of the premises of the prison where criminals who took the hostages were barricaded. According to a police representative, two prisoners serving long time for serious crimes attacked on Sunday the prison staff and took one woman and two men hostage, one of whom managed to free themselves and raise an alarm, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Karachay-Cherkessia on Monday, a private bus "PAZ" overturned, 14 passengers received various injuries. According to the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, the accident occurred in the first half of the day Monday in the area of ​​the village of Kardaniksay Zelenchuksky district of the KCR.

Four US troops are accused of torture during interrogations and killed the Iraqi general. The case of American soldiers is considered at closed court hearings in Fort Carson (Colorado). They are accused of brutally beaten captured by General Abed Mauhush, who died in prison on November 26, 2003 from suffocation. American military personnel believed that Mauhush could be related to the financing of terrorist groups that make constant sorties against the forces of the coalition in Iraq.

The officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine pleaded with the murder of journalist George Gongadze on suspicion of murder of journalist George Gongadze . This was stated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, RIA Novosti reports. "In the Gongadze case, the first final part of the killers ends well. They pleaded guilty," Yushchenko said.

In the United States, a remote control for a TV appeared, which will satisfy the needs of even the most lazy spectators: it is not necessary to reach for it, with strong -willed effort to be directed towards the TV and press on numerous buttons. The PROMPTU remote controls voice teams. Such a remote control works only on TVs connected to the receiver of cable television channels, since a microprocessor connected to the receiver is used to decrypt commands.

Politicians and experts in Russia continue to comment on the departure of Pope John Paul II. Speaking about how the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) and the Vatican can develop after the death of the Slavic pope, they note the importance of establishing good relations between the two churches.