The elegant exchange fraud was organized by James Hipwell, a former journalist of the Daily Mirror newspaper business department. He manipulated shares through his own column, literally forcing gullible readers to buy and sell papers. Due to this, from August 1999 to February 2000 he allegedly earned 40 thousand pounds.

The term of the investigation in the case of the collapse of the transval water park in Moscow was extended until January 14, 2006, said the lawyer of the victims Igor Trunov. According to him, the need for extending for another two months of the investigation is due to the fact that the victims and the accused do not have time to get acquainted with the case file.

Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka fired on Wednesday from the post occupied. This happened on the first day of the Sejm of the new convocation and in accordance with the Constitution of the country. The new Polish Parliament was elected on September 25, 2005 . Left -centric parties, which still managed Poland, were defeated. The best result was achieved by the conservative Paria "Law and Justice".

The Sweden team will replace the Belarusian team at the prestigious Hopman Cup tennis tournament, which will be held in the Australian Perty from December 30 to January 6. The reason for the refusal of the performance of Belarusians is the change in the plans of the leading tennis player of the country Maxim Mirny.

The mayor of Bethlehem Viktor Batars, who is on a visit to the United States, said that the city where Jesus Christ was born is in a difficult economic situation. “We hear about Christians who help Bethlehem, the Christian city, but we don’t get anything. Zero,” V. Batars complained. The mayor, in particular, said that he raised the question of financing Bethlehem at a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on September 7, but there was no answer from the Vatican .

In the United States, for 120 thousand dollars, the Rolex gold watch, presented in 1962 by Marilyn Monroe, then US President John Kennedy on his birthday, was sold at New York. The clock was acquired by a certain American collector who wanted to maintain anonymity, said Bill Panagopoulos, head of the alexander Autoographs. At the clock that experts previously estimated at 40-60 thousand dollars, the inscription was engraved: "Jack, as always with love, Marilyn.

The second district court of Vilnius on Wednesday closed the case of the activities of the Internet site of the Chechen separatists "Caucasus Center" for the "prescription". At the same time, the court recognized Rimantas Pashis, the head of Elneta, who provided hosting services to this site guilty of placing and public demonstration of information products that promote national and religious discord. However, Pashis did not suffer.

In Moscow, four men suspected of a series of large fraud were arrested. As Interfax reported on Wednesday in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Central Federal District, unemployed young people aged 20 to 30 years acted according to the worked out scheme. Fraudsters drove on an expensive BMW car with slight damage to the housing and chose a victim on an expensive car.

The Pechersk court of Kyiv granted the claim of the ex-head of the Security Service of Ukraine Igor Smeshko against the former Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun on the protection of honor and dignity in connection with the charge of smuggling of weapons. The corresponding decision was issued on Wednesday by the judge of the Pechersk court Tatyana Ostapchuk, Interfax reports.

In the French city of Bova (UAZ Department), the process began in the case of Emmanuel and Patricia Cartier, who, having bogged down in debt, decided to poison their five children and commit suicide in August 2002. As a result, only one of the daughters, 11-year-old Alicia, died. The rest of the children and their parents themselves survived. Parents told the police that they had many debts and they did not know how to get out of financial difficulties.

The weather in the Moscow region is getting colder every day. However, on Wednesday day it will be quite dry - debt is not expected. The clouds will run into heaven, but the rains will pass on the metropolitan region. According to Roshydromet, in the afternoon in the capital of 2-4 degrees of heat, 1-6 above zero in the region. The wind of the northern direction is expected 5-10 meters per second. At night in a metropolis 0-2 heat, in the suburbs from minus 2 to plus 3.

The terrorists who attacked Nalchik on October 13 were well armed. They even had flamethrowers. This opinion was expressed by the chairman of the parliamentary commission for the investigation of tragic events in Beslan, the vice-speaker of the Federation Council Alexander Torshin, citing the available data. “Today we have data that the gang that attacked Nalchik was armed well.

The International Commission for the Investigation of Corruption in the UN Purchase Department discovered bribery going beyond the scandal around the "Oil for Food" program. An investigation of accusations originally made by American journalists and studied by the investigating authorities of the United States after the arrest of an employee of the UN procurement department affected the branch of Compass engaged in food supplies, The Daily Telegraph reports, which is published by Inopressa .

As already reported , meetings of the Synod of the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church are held in the Vatican . Before its completion, only a few days remain. For three weeks, the Catholic and secular media have covered the main topics discussed at a meeting of bishops who arrived in the Apostolic capital from all countries of the world. They tried to make forecasts about the future fate of the church.

The authorities of the Netherlands are now puzzled by the new series of reality show "Big Brother", where a woman gives birth live. A permanent participant in the Dutch version of the reality show, 27-year-old Tanya, gave birth to a healthy daughter right in front of the shooting cameras. A young mother hopes that the footage will sharply increase her chances of winning the program, whose winner will receive a prize of 400 thousand euros. Tanya is not at all tormented by doubts.