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.

In the capital, nine people who pretend to be clergymen were detained on charges of fraud. According to the Office for Combating Economic Crimes, some time ago, operational information received that at various metro stations, people who pretend to be priests of the Russian Orthodox Church ask for alms. During the check of operational information, the police found that certain “priests” really collect donations at the metro stations for the restoration of Nemoskovsky parishes.

The President of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak announced the completion of the political crisis in Adygea, which had developed after the president of the Republic of Hazret Council issued a decree on the dissolution of the parliament. “I hope that the conflict is closed.

From May 24, new rules for crossing the borders of the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Community (EURSEC) have been introduced: now it is possible to cross the border only if there is a foreign, official, diplomatic passports, passports of the sailor and certificates of return to the state. The first "victims" of Tajikistan citizens who arrived in Novosibirsk were the first "victims".

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko guarantees that in Ukraine there will be no place for xenophobia, anti -Semitism and interethnic hostility. He stated this at a meeting with the heads of Jewish organizations of North America. “We guarantee equal rights to all national communities, including Jewish,” the President of Ukraine emphasized.

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.

In St. Petersburg, the employees of the Vyborg RUVD detained an elderly thief, engaged in pocket thefts. On the eve of the morning, employees of the patrol service, bypassing the market near the metro station "Prospekt Prospect", heard calls for help. As it turned out, the noise raised one of the customers. She screamed that an elderly woman stole money from her. According to the victim, she had two bills of 500 rubles each, one of which was in her bag, and the second in his pocket.

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.

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.

Armed people captured a bus with 20 passengers in the south of the Philippines, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper. The bus was stopped by the police for checking the checkpoint in the city of Plarasing on the island of the Almonds. Two people, waving weapons, refused to submit to the police and did not let out any of the passengers, the head of the local police said. The bus, all passengers of which, presumably, women and children, was taken into a cordon, RIA Novosti reports.

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.

Large fraud occurred in Moscow. Under the pretext of the exchange of money, two fraudsters took more than 400 thousand rubles from a 92-year-old Muscovite. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, two women came to the apartment of an elderly man on Kulakov Street the day before. They told the pensioner that another reform was being carried out in the country and it was necessary to urgently change money for new bills.