The American naval sailor, who killed a Japanese woman in January , was sentenced to life imprisonment. Such a verdict was issued on Friday by the district court of the Japanese port city of Yokosuk, located near the Tokyo Tokyo, where the US Navy Kitty Hawk, which served as a criminal, is constantly based.

The new law, directed against discrimination and proclaiming compliance with equality, of course, covers a lot, but, nevertheless, does not see in discrimination on the appearance of the corpus delicti, reminds Ulrich Renz in the book "Beauty. Science for itself." However, often people feel that they do not pay enough attention to them because of their appearance, giving preference to attractive representatives of mankind.

South Ossetia intends to unite with Northern Ossetia and join the Russian Federation, said the president of this unrecognized republic, Eduard Kokoita at an press conference in Interfax on Friday. "The leadership and people of South Ossetia have long been determined by their goals. The ultimate goal of our struggle is the restoration of historical justice, unification with Northern Ossetia and joining the Russian Federation," Kokoita said.

Investbank UBS submitted a new report on the state of affairs in the Russian stock market. In it, economists suggest that the 2008 presidential elections can seriously affect the corporate situation in Russia, and therefore the situation on the stock exchange, the newspaper Vedomosti reports.

The theme of the composition "People of the bottom. Characters and fate" based on the play of Maxim Gorky at the bottom became the most popular among graduates of Moscow schools. According to the Department of Education, it was chosen by 45% of graduates who wrote an essay on Friday. In second place in popularity was the theme "Gospel motives in the prose of F.M. Dostoevsky" (novels "Crime and Punishment" and "Idiot"). This topic was chosen by 13% of graduates.

In Russia, the final battle for school gold and silver medals began: on Friday , the first exam was held at the graduates - an essay . If the candidates for medalists manage to get the treasured fives, then upon admission to the university they are awaiting serious benefits.

As part of the general church exhibition-forum "Orthodox Rus" in the Moscow Palace of Youth, on Thursday, the Orthodox rock concert "Road to the Temple" was held on Thursday.

On Thursday, the second participant in the Stanley Cup, which starts on Monday, June 5, was determined in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Karolina Hurricanz club on its ice in the seventh match of the semifinal series defeated Buffalo Sabrz with a score of 4: 2 and in a dispute for the honorary trophy will play with Edmonton Oilers.

The Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Alexander Veshnyakov proposed using mobile phones in the election, with which observers and journalists will be able to follow the voting results. The new technology will avoid frauds during the votes of votes, said the chairman of the Central Election Commission in Krasnoyarsk at a meeting meeting in the Legislative Assembly of the Territory.

The Russians Dinara Safina, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova on Friday reached the 1/8 finals of the female single discharge of the French open championship in the tennis, which these days are held on the courts of Paris. Kuznetsova, sown under the 8th number, in the framework of the third circle in an hour and a half, defeated the Chinese on Lee with a score of 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 4). For access to the quarterfinals of a native of St.

The night on Friday the ISS crew - Pavel Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams spent in outer space. At 9:19, the ISS-13 crew completed his first exit to the outer space through the Russian program and returned to the station. This was announced by ITAR-TASS by the official representative of the flight control center Valery Lyndin.

The Rolling Stones group postponed its concert in St. Petersburg next year. According to the organizers of the performance, the Rolling Stones guitarist Kate Richards will not be able to act in the near future due to a head injury. He fell from the palm trees on the islands of Fiji . The medical commission, which examined Keit Richards, found his condition not good enough to go on stage.

The Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation is preparing to ensure the meteorological information of the Big Eight summit. “We are preparing to ensure the summit of the most accurate, detailed information on whether there will be flooding, what processes in the atmosphere are expected,” Roman Wilfand, director of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, said at a press conference in Moscow.

The Federation Council at the suggestion of the President of Russia dismissed Vladimir Ustinov on Friday from the post of Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. The loud remaining, which became a complete surprise for everyone, passed quietly. Her motives are not officially reported, and politicians comment on her carefully. According to the speaker of the chamber, Sergei Mironov, on the eve of President Vladimir Putin made a proposal to dismiss Ustinov from his post.

In the city of Belogorsk, the Amur Region with signs of food poisoning, 20 children aged 8-14 years old-students of a local boarding school. The press service of the regional department of the EMERCOM Interfax reported on Friday that on Thursday the boarding schools arranged a tea party with cakes in the Tom restaurant in honor of the Children's Day for children. According to the interlocutor of the agency, after four hours 11 children felt badly, and they were taken to the hospital.