In Iraq, he was blown up by a mine and received serious injuries by the Georgian soldier, Levan Nikoleishvili, chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, told reporters. "The undermining of our peacekeeper occurred between the cities of Baghdad and Baacuba. The wounded was transported to a military hospital. His condition is difficult," said Nikoleishvili.

The song compositions, which are now considered classic, at different times have been subjected to censorship, persecution and prohibitions. The Guardian provides a list of 10 such hits and talks about the history of their ban. 1) Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus (“I love you, but I don’t have you”, 1969), Serge Hensbur and Jane Birkin.

In Laos, the Court of Ventyan sentenced five drug couriers, including one woman, to the death penalty. According to the Laosian National Information Agency, KPL, four more criminals received life punishment. In addition, each of them will have to pay a fine of 700 million piles (70 thousand dollars). Another drug courier, which is a citizen of Myanmar, was sentenced to two years in prison.

Hundreds of dangerous criminals in the state of New York who have committed sexual crimes received free of charge for the Medicaid medical program for the poor. The tablets, the purpose of which is to improve the sexual capabilities of a man, were given out by convicted rapists and pedophiles, the victims of which were from 2 to 90 years old. This discovery was made by Alan Hvezi, a New York state controller.

The Meshchansky court of Moscow recognized the actions of the prosecutor’s office in relation to Catherine Pazhitny, who was a witness in the case of attempting anatoly Chubaisa to the head of the RAO UES of Russia. As Interfax was told on Tuesday in court, in this way it was refused to satisfy the complaint of the genitourinary lawyer against the actions of the prosecutor's office illegal, in his opinion.

The 7th day of the sentence in the “Yukos case”, a united criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev and Alexei Krainov, was held in the Meshchansky Court of Moscow. About 10 hours Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were delivered to the court building. The defendants were brought under enhanced security. To support them, relatives came to the court. There are also lawyers and about 10 journalists in the meeting room.

The procession on the central streets of Moscow today will mark the culmination of the holiday of Slavic writing and culture. After the service in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II will lead the crowded procession, which will be held from the Kremlin in Varvarka to Slavic Square. Here, at the monument to the enlighteners of the Slavic peoples, Cyril and Methodius, a solemn prayer will be served, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Texas, for an attempt to sell an explosive device to agents of special services who impersoned the participants of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, a certain Ronald Allen Grekul was detained. This was announced by the federal prosecutor Michael Shelby. Last Friday, 68-year-old Grekul was arrested in Houston during a meeting with FBI agents, whom he considered representatives of Al-Qaeda, and proposed to create and sell them an explosive device for use in the United States, Interfax reports.

On the fact of explosions in Ingushetia, as a result of which, according to the specified data, 13 people were injured, criminal cases were instituted.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a brutal double murder occurred. In one of the apartments in the house in the village of Pervomaisky Sysert district, the corpses of a 69-year-old woman and her 42-year-old son were discovered. The policemen who left for the crime set the suspect. As the investigation found out, the crime was committed by a 69-year-old father and husband of the dead.

A powerful explosion thundered on Tuesday in the center of Baghdad. According to updated data, as a result of the attack, six people died, eight were injured. According to RIA Novosti, citing a satellite television channel AL-ARBIA, the terrorist attack is committed in the central region of the city of Carrada. The mined car exploded, which was the ruler of the suicide bomber. Meanwhile, the American and Iraqi military for the second day continue to conduct a special operation in Baghdad.

On the second day, 11 Russian tennis players will play at the French open championship. On Tuesday, the strongest tennis players in Russia - Marat Safin and Maria Sharapova will join the fight. Safin, sown at Roland Garros under the third number, will conduct a starting duel with the representative of Holland Raymon Slueter, RIA Novosti recalls. The second racket of the female part of the tournament Maria Sharapova will meet with her compatriot Evgenia Linetskaya.

The main military prosecutor Alexander Savenkov on Tuesday at a press conference in Moscow announced official information about offenses in the Russian army. According to him, a general trend in the growth of crimes against property and related to hazardous relations is maintained. The number of serious and especially serious crimes is practically not reduced.

The head coach of the England football team Sven-Garan Ericksson confirmed that the midfielder and captain of his team David Beckham would not take part in the first match of the British during the United States Tour.

The media diverge in the assessment of what will be the punishment of the son of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, who to death the elderly woman who has knocked down . "Kommersant" believes that the participant in the accident, who was driving the Volkswagen Bora who shot down the woman, will be punished anyway. It is not clear whether it will be criminal or administrative.