In Baghdad, a German citizen was stolen. The Bureau of the ARD channel in the Iraqi capital received a video in which the abductors demand from the German government to stop cooperation with the Iraqi authorities in exchange for freedom of hostage. In case of refusal, the kidnappers threaten to kill her.

In Moscow, on Tuesday evening, the famous lawyer Henry Reznik fell into a traffic accident. According to Interfax in the capital's traffic police, Mercedes Reznik hit an accident at about 20:00 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt opposite the Victory Park. Later, Reznik himself told RIA Novosti on the phone that "on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, right opposite the worship of the mountain, the" Zhiguli "11th model" left for the oncoming traffic. A frontal clash occurred.

Canadian teenager killed his girlfriend with a kiss. 15-year-old Christina Deslavs died on Monday from the consequences of anaphylactic shock. The girl had an allergy to peanut oil. Her friend at a few hours at a derry ate a sandwich, and there was enough food residues in his oral cavity to cause an allergic reaction, reports CTV.CA. Despite the fact that immediately after a deadly kiss, the parents injected Christine's dose of adrenaline, this was not enough to save her life.

Ecologists warn that years can pass before the toxic substances that have entered the main river of the city of Harbin in the northeast of China will be completely removed from the water. Scientists collect tap water samples and samples from the bottom of the Sungari River. The water supply in Harbin was suspended for five days in connection with the ingress of toxic chemicals into the Sungari River, caused by an explosion of a plant in 200 kilometers upstream of the river two weeks ago.

The founder and one of the ideologists of the Shinui anticleric party Uriel Reichmann announced on Tuesday about his intention to join the new Center Party of Kadim, created by the Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon. According to Israeli political scientists, this step will strike a serious blow to the political Renoma "Shinui".

The widow of the Governor of the Altai Territory Mikhail Evdokimova Galina Evdokimova said that he is not an author of a letter that was widespread on the Internet, in which her husband was responsible for the accident in which her husband died is assigned to the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. “This is not my letter, I didn’t write it at all,” Evdokimova said on Tuesday in an interview with Russia TV channel.

In the metropolitan region on Tuesday, all the snow melts, and the roads will take the road. According to Roshydromet, today thermometers in Moscow will show - 3-5 degrees above zero, in the region - from plus 2 to plus 7 degrees. Motorists on Tuesday can be slightly relaxed at the wheel - night temperatures also did not fall below three degrees of heat, so ice is not expected. All day will be cloudy. At times, rain with snow will pass. The wind is southwest, its speed will be 5-10 m/s.

The Vatican published a document on homosexuality among priests. In it, in particular, it is said that in Catholic priests it is not recommended to devote men who have rooted homosexual inclinations. An exception to the rules is made for those who can overcome these inclinations at least three years before the ordination, BBC reports.

Japanese scientists have found that monkeys, like people, have their own emphasis that depends on where the monkey was born, reports Sky News . The results of the first study will be published in the December issue of the German scientific journal Ethology. “Differences in the murmur of monkeys are similar to human dialects,” says Nobuo Masataka, professor of ethology of the Institute for the Study of Primates at the University of Kyoto.

The Yaroslavl football club "Shinnik" can leave the Premier League and be in the first and even second divisions, said the president of the club, member of the Federation Council Nikolai Tonskov. As the senator said on Tuesday at a meeting of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma, such a decision can be made by the Club Council next week due to the lack of financing of the team next season.

The administration of the Pushkin Museum will not make material claims of Switzerland in connection with the arrest of Russian paintings . This was announced on Tuesday by the chief keeper of the Pushkin Museum Tatyana Potapova to reporters. According to Potapova, this year no exhibitions from the museum’s funds abroad are planned. Only one picture of the work of Henri Russo may take part in the exhibition in Paris, when the relevant state guarantees will be obtained.

The Americans John William Runi and Marshall Lawrence Pierce are summoned to the Paris Court on charges of buying up valuable historical documents stolen from the national archive of France. The first is the 74-year-old retired professor, a famous historian, the second is his 44-year-old assistant, and both, as they declare, are in love with France.

The famous Rolling Stones group announced the dates of their European tour, during which the musicians will visit Russia. The tour will begin on May 27, 2006 from the concert in Barcelona and will continue until August 29, when the final concert takes place in Cardiff.

The Naro -Fominsky court of the Moscow Region on Tuesday found Tamara Rochlin guilty of the murder of his husband, deputy of the State Duma, General Lev Rokhlin. The court sentenced the accused to four years in prison. "The court believes that the fault found its confirmation at the hearing," said the judge, announcing the verdict. According to Interfax, the accused became ill in the courtroom, so a five -minute break was announced in the meeting.

The heiress of the largest South Korean company Samsung committed suicide. At the age of 26, she hanged herself on an electric wire in her New York apartment. The company tried to hide the true causes of its death. Lee Yun Hung was young and seemed to have everything to indulge passions for sports cars and elegant arts. Her personal condition was estimated at 105 million pounds ($ 190 million).