In Moscow, dad does not like. They did not like the old, they will not love the new one. So the author of the publication, which appeared on the pages of the German weekly Spiegel (translation on the website inopressa.ru ), looks at the relationship between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.

The leading American information agency Associated Press sued the US Department of Defense, seeking to publish the testimony of suspect terrorists, which are contained at the American military base of Guantanamo (Cuba). According to the agency, the corresponding lawsuit was filed on Tuesday to the Federal Court of Manhattan (New York).

The leadership of the Higher School of Economics (HSE) decided to fight a violation of intellectual property rights. The rector of the university approved a new charter document - “Plagiarism Regulation”, with which he is going to end the write -off, pumping of abstracts from the Internet, “lodging ducks” on the exams and the use of other people's thoughts without a reference to the source. At the same time, the Higher School student of the Higher School risks being excluded from the university.

On Tuesday, at the reporting and election conference of the Russian Hockey Federation (FCH), the current president of this organization, Alexander Stublin, was re-elected for the next term. The result of the vote of the conference participants was a unanimous and non -alternative decision to extend his powers. Two other applicants removed their candidates on elections day. Recall that three candidates claimed for the presidency of the Russian Hockey Federation.

The Moscow News Publishing House on Wednesday made adjustments in connection with the open letter of the international organization “Reporters without borders” (Reporters without borders ”(Reporters without borders”, US Secretary of State Condoliza Rais, who arrived on Tuesday to Moscow for meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials. Among other things, the letter calls for Condolisa Rice to raise the issue of freedom of the press in Russia during the visit.

The bodies of more than 50 killed people were found in Iraq. As President Iraq Jalal Talabani stated on Wednesday, a terrible find was made earlier this week, the Catar satellite television channel Al-Jazeera said. According to him, the hostage bodies were found in the Tiger River south of Baghdad, RIA Novosti reports. "The bodies of more than fifty people were extracted from the Tiger River. We have the names of the dead, and we know those who committed this murder," Talabani said.

In the main competition program of the International Film Festival, which will be held in Cannes from May 11 to 22, like a year ago, there will be not a single Russian film. According to information announced on Tuesday, the Organizing Committee of the film forum, the United States became the leader in the main competition program - the country will present four films at the festival.

Turkish police arrested 6 Chechens in the Turkish capital of Istanbul on Tuesday on charges of collecting information on the bomb production project, the site Turkishpress.com reports. The anti-terrorism department of Turkey said that as a result of the detention operation, many electronic CDs and 2 laptops were confiscated, which contained information about the bomb project.

The forensic medical examination found out what caused the death of two 12-year-old girls, whose charred corpses were discovered the day before on a wasteland next to the military commissariat in the Soviet district of Volgograd. As it became known to Newsru.com from the information of law enforcement agencies, knife wounds were discovered on the bodies of Ekaterina Bryakina and Daria Kulikova. As experts established, one of the girls died from traumatic brain injuries.

American doctors are in shock: the latest study conducted by the Government Center for the prevention and control of diseases showed that the risks of obesity that are actively scared by the townsfolk in recent years are not so great. Statistics unexpectedly showed that full people have less risk of less than the slender and proportionally folded compatriots.

Russian tennis player Marat Safin continues to disappoint his many fans. The Russian giant, who won in the start of this season , the Australian Open Tennis Championship , over the past months, can not find his game in any way. The Russian completed the fight at the Open Seat Godo tournament in Barcelona with a prize fund of 850 thousand euros, spending a little more than an hour and a half on the court.

The Israeli press on Tuesday comments on the upcoming visit by the Russian leader to Israel, which will be held on April 27-28. According to The Jerusalem Post , planned on April 27-28, the arrival of President Vladimir Putin to Israel will become a historical event that will help strengthen bilateral relations and provide an assistance to the world in the Middle East. “It will be a really historical visit to both countries.

In Yekaterinburg, when trying to sell two kilograms of heroin, members of the criminal group of drug dealers were detained. According to the press service of the Department of the Federal Drug Control Service in the Ural Federal District, the transaction was supposed to take place on Wednesday night in the city center near one of the supermarkets. The role of the intermediary was a 36-year-old resident of Kurgan, previously convicted of drug crime.

The State Duma decided to declare an amnesty in connection with the 60th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The corresponding draft resolution, on the initiative of a group of deputies, was adopted on Wednesday by the State Duma as the basis (unanimously - 398 "for").

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II congratulated Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger with the election of Pope and wished him God's help "in the high ministry of the Primate of the Roman Catholic Church ." "I sincerely hope that the pontificate of your Holiness will be marked by the development of good relations between our churches, a fruitful Orthodox Catholic dialogue," the patriarch's appeal says.