Four Russian helicopters were deported on Saturday from the Indonesian province of Papua in connection with a violation of the visa regime, the Antara National Information Agency reports. The consular department of the Russian Embassy in Indonesia is checking this case, RIA Novosti said on Saturday in the Russian diplomatic mission.

The United States called on Israelis and Palestinians to show restraint and avoid "any actions that could lead to further exacerbation of tension" in the region. This is stated in the statement of the official representative of the State Department of the United States, published today, Sean McCormak. The United States "express the regret" due to the fact that as a result of the Israeli artillery, “innocent Palestinians were killed in the gas sector,” he said.

More than 400 residential and administrative buildings suffered from a hurricane in the Gaginsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Interfax was told in the regional administration. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the building of the district administration and the Central District Hospital were badly damaged. At the place of natural disaster are the Brigades of the Ministry of Emergencies and the vice-governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Viktor Klocha.

The head of the CIS Council of the Federation Council, Vadim Gustov, is responsible for the events in the Crimea for the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. "The Ukrainian president acted contrary to the Constitution of his country, which provides that the decision to conduct certain joint exercises is made at the level of the Verkhovna Rada," Gustov said in an interfacial interfax.

Today, at the opening championship of the French tennis, the main match in a female solitary discharge will be held, in which Russian woman Svetlana Kuznetsova will play with the current Roland Garros champion, Justine Enen-Ardenn from Belgium. The path to the finale was given to Kuznetsova much more difficult than Enen-Ardenne. During the tournament, a native of St.

In the "Yabloko" unification with the ATP in the current form of "right" is considered impossible. “We conducted and continue to consult with prominent representatives of the ATP, but in general, the political positioning of the ATP remains the same that it has been 15 years old, and in this sense it does not change,” said Sergey Ivanenko, at the Apple Congress at the Yabloko Congress, speaking with a special report on coalition policy.

Serious clashes of demonstrators with the police occurred today in the Danish city of Orchus. The ultra -right movement to "stop the Islamization of Denmark" announced the holding of this city in the Gellerup region, where mainly immigrants, protest shares live. To participate in it, several dozen people arrived there, who were guarded by enhanced police outfits.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso, leading in the World Cups in the Formula 1 class, believes German Michael Schumacher as the main contender for victory in the Grand Prix of Great Britain. According to Alonso, playing for the Renault team, he most likely has a tense struggle with the Ferrari pilot on the highway in Silverstone. Despite the fact that this season Alonso finished the first in four Grand Prix, and Schumacher only two, the Spaniard has reasons to fear his main opponent.

Former Russian diplomat Valery Fomin is accused of raping two Canadians. As the Echo of Moscow reports with reference to France Press, the Canadian police achieved the issuance of the warrant for his arrest. According to the investigation, at the end of February 2006, 53-year-old Fomin poured drugs with a sleeping effect to two men. While they were unconscious, the diplomat committed sexual violence against them. Soon after, Fomin flew to Russia and since then has not returned to Canada.

In Ingushetia today, the funeral of the deputy head of the Sunzhensky district of the Republic of Galina Khubina, who died on Friday as a result of an attempt, took place. The funeral service took place in the Pokrovsky Church, and buried the bastard in the Christian cemetery in the village of Ordzhonikidzovskaya.

In the Caribbean, the first cyclone in the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was formed, which can cause floods and landslides in Cuba. According to RIA Novosti on Saturday in the center of warning of hurricanes of the US National Hydrometeorological Service, the number one tropical cyclone was formed in the northwestern part of the Caribbean.

The German mentor of the national team of that Otto Pfister, having arrived at the world championship, made an original decision. He left his post due to an unresolved issue regarding the premium for players. It is worth noting that the 68-year-old Otto Pfister spent most of his coaching career in Africa, working with the national teams of the cat-d'Ivoir, Burkina-Faso, Senegal.

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation does not intend to appeal to the country's leadership with a request to have mercy on scientists Igor Sutyagin and Valentin Danilov due to the fact that such a petition was not received from convicts.

In Moscow, a fire occurred in the Burdenko military hospital, there were no victims, RIA Novosti was informed in the Office of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow. "The sunbathing in the Burdenko hospital arose at 07:34 Moscow time on the landing between the first floor and the basement," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, old furniture and garbage burned on an area of ​​20 square meters. “Ten fire calculations went to the scene.

Global warming is reflected not only in public, but already on the evolution of some animals, scientists say. According to their hypothesis, the genetic changes observed by them are directly related to an increase in temperature on the planet. Average temperatures increased, scientists say. The duration of warm spring and autumn periods has also increased. This gave clear advantages to animals endowed with genetic ability to change their behavior, affecting the course of evolution.