The fight against corruption and reduction in prices - it is on these tasks that the government’s activities should be concentrated, Russians believe. So, according to the analytical center of Yuri Levada (Levada-Center), conducting a survey on July 14-17, 2006 among 1600 Russians, 82% (41% and 41%, respectively), Russians believe that these two tasks prevail over others.

The most well -fed newborn Russians, according to the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, are born in the center and in the south of the country, the most tall - in the Urals and in the Volga region. "The most well -fed babies are born in the central and southern federal districts: their average weight is 3.37 kg. They are followed by children from the Far Eastern and North -West Federal Districts - 3, 35 kg.

Over 1 million people throughout the United States are left without electricity due to strong heat, which caused numerous accidents at electrical substations. Strong storms were another reason that led to the power outage of electricity in the States of the Midwest. The wind, the impulses of which at times reached 130 km per hour, cut off the power lines, tore off the roofs from the houses, and fell trees. The city of St.

The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez arrived in Minsk on an official visit. According to Interfax correspondent, the Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky meets at Chavez airport. During the visit, it is planned to sign seven agreements in various fields, including the joint Declaration of Venezuela and Belarus on cooperation, the press service of the President of Belarus told Interfax.

The first rally in support of Israel took place today in Moscow at the Israeli embassy, ​​reports Echo of Moscow . Prior to this, stocks were held at the diplomatic mission building in support of Palestine, Lebanon and Hizballah. About 50 people took part in today's rally. The event was held without incidents and when the stated picket time ended, its participants peacefully and disciplinedly left the place of its hold.

Saudi Arabia has put forward a peace plan to resolve the Livano-Israeli crisis today. This was reported to reporters in the United States Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal and the head of the Kingdom National Security Council, Prince Bender Ben Sultan. Both princes met today with US President George Bush.

The former leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein was hospitalized due to the ongoing hunger strike. This was announced by the British Air Force radio company with reference to its own Iraqi sources. Hussein, due to health reasons, will miss the next court session on Monday, July 24. “He will not be able to personally attend the court session tomorrow,” Jaaafar al -Musaui, Prosecutor General of Iraq, told the British media.

The Italian military of the UN peacekeepers today was seriously wounded in Lebanon by the fire of the Israeli army, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Italy. Captain Roberto Puntzo was wounded by grenade fragments, while the post of UN observers was under the fire of the Israeli side. The wounded military served as part of the UN Mission to observe the ceasefire, placed on the border between Israel and Lebanon.

In the investigation of the circumstances of the death of Princess Diana, a new turn occurred. The royal coroner is a special investigator with expanded powers Michael Burders unexpectedly stated that he would not continue to lead this matter. In the coming days, he had to get the results of the preliminary investigation and begin the preparation of the trial.

In India, on Sunday, tests of low-raising class "Earth-Athos" "Trishul" were tested, the PTI agency said. "Trishul" (trident) has a radius of damage to 9.6 kilometers and is able to carry a warhead weighing up to 15 kilograms. The test took place to increase the flight range. Currently, the Indian missile arsenal consists of a low -range missiles of the Prothvi, the average range of Agni and Akash, anti -tank Nagus and supersonic Brahmos, RIA Novosti reports. Links on the topic

Europeans living in the sunny Mediterranean are less prone to suicide than the inhabitants of the coast of the Baltic Sea, especially Lithuanians. Lithuania residents make suicides twice as often than Estonians and 18 times more often than the Greeks, eviden the data of the EuroStat European Union, published the other day.

44% of respondents watched broadcasts from the German Football Championship, while on the eve of the championship only every third respondent intended to follow his course. According to the Public Opinion, which conducted a survey on July 15-16, 2006 among 1,500 respondents, almost twice as many women were observed for the progress of the championship - 30% against 17%.

Syria "will not stand aside" and "intervene in the Lebanese conflict" if Tel Aviv undertakes a large-scale operation by a land surgery to the south of Lebanon. This was stated by Syrian Minister Mukhsin Bilyal. “What will we have to do if the Israeli units, entering Lebanon, be 20 kilometers from Damascus. Sitting, folding hands? Of course, no. Without doubt, Syria will intervene in this case in the Lebanese conflict,” he emphasized in an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC.

In a rally of deceived co -investors, held on Sunday afternoon on the hunchback bridge, about 500 people took part, Anton Belyakov, the head of the Association of Broken Housing Building Depositors, told Interfax. "About 500 people from 20 regions of Russia arrived, in particular Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Tula, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Anapa and others," Belyakov said. According to him, the purpose of the rally is to once again remind you of the problem of incomplete housing construction.

As a result of the explosion that thundered today in Kirkuk in the north of Iraq, 22 people were killed and about 100 were injured. According to the police representative, General Burkhan Khabib Taiyb, a car was blown up near the city court building. Earlier information was received about the death of 15 people and 50 victims. “The explosion was a huge force,” Taiieb emphasized.