The giant granite statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II will be transferred from the center of Cairo to a more calm place near the pyramids in August. This was announced the day before by the head of the Egyptian commission on the historical heritage of Zahi Havass. According to Khavass, city emissions and soil fluctuations due to the subway and intense automobile traffic cause the destruction of the statue, whose age exceeds 3.2 thousand years.

The leaders of the Russian cell market announced the introduction of an additional payment for the connection in existing tariff plans. Obviously, in this way, mobile operators intend to compensate for the losses in the profits incurred after the introduction of the principle “Caller” on July 1.

The Department of Public Relations of the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (Keroor) has today the statement of the chairman of Keror Rabbi Zinovy ​​Kogan has been distributed. The statement says: "These days of harsh trials for Israel, the chief rabbi of Israel John Mezzer called on the synagogues of the whole world every day during worship to read psalms 83, 130 and 142 for a month AB from Rosh-Oddesh AB (from July 26 to August 23).

A new study helps to explain why smoking people at drinking drink more than non -smokers. An experiment conducted on rats shows that a strong dose of nicotine can double the level of alcohol in the blood. If cigarettes in the same way reduce alcohol intoxication in people, then this may mean that the smokers have to drink more than non -smokers in order to feel intoxicated by the same strength, writes Nature .

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region Alexei Panteleev warned of the danger of a real social explosion if the heads of municipalities would not immediately accept differentiated land tax rates. According to rway.ru With reference to the press service of the Mo government, it turned out that all municipalities, except six, which timely provided the necessary documents to the government, fall under the most stringent land tax rates.

The National Democratic Institute of International Relations based in the United States, headed by the former US Secretary of State Madlen Olbright, will not support the former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov in the presidential election in Russia in 2008, the newspaper Moscow Times writes on Tuesday.

In the Kodor Gorge on Tuesday evening, there were shots about one of the villages, reports the Imady radio station with reference to local residents. The radio suggested that the force operation of the Georgian authorities began in the Kodor Gorge.

US President George Bush intends to appoint Karen Stuart an ambassador to Belarus, the US State Department said. According to the State Department, Karen Stuart is "a career officer in the senior link of the diplomatic service, currently holds the post of director of the Department of Affairs of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus in the State Department." Previously, Stuart already worked in Belarus - was the deputy head of the diplomatic mission, also worked in Laos, Interfax reports.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) approved the two -year disqualification of the 2004 Olympic champion in the throwing of Natalia Sadovaya disk for the use of doping.

Moscow asks Syria not to use Russian missiles in order to take revenge on Israel. According to deputies in Damascus, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Saltanov transferred this request to the Syrian authorities during his visit last week, Echo of Moscow reports. Saltanov told them that Syria could use Russian anti -aircraft missiles to prevent Israeli airlines, but Russia is opposed to the use of Russian Skads for revenge.

The scandal ended in Moscow the penultimate match of the 12th round of the Russian Football Championship between Moscow and the metropolitan Dynamo. In the 77th minute, the captain of Dynamo and the goalkeeper of the national team Sergey Ovchinnikov was expelled from the field. This can "cost" a 35-year-old goalkeeper not just a long disqualification, but also for lifelong excommunication from football, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Sevastopol last Sunday, I opened the I International Film Festival "Island of Crimea". The day before, its participants held a garbage collection campaign in the reserve "Tauride Chersonesos". Famous writers and actors took part in gloves and with a rake in the hands of the action: Vasily Aksenov, Bogdan Stupka, Valery Yaremenko and many other participants in the film festival.

The new coach of the American tennis player Andy Roddik will be the legendary Jimmy Connors, who should help the former first racket of the world to regain a good game and return to the upper lines of the world tennis rating, reports Reuters . The winner of the 2003 tennis opening championship, the repeated participant of Wimbledon this year was unable to win a single title and in July for the first time since 2002 he flew out of the best of the best tennis players in the world.

In the village of Kartz on the outskirts of Vladikavkaz on Monday evening an explosion thundered. According to preliminary data, one of the inhabitants of the village tried to provide armed resistance to law enforcement officials and blew up a grenade. Information about the victims is contradictory.

In the Indian state of Kerala, the Hindu Temple of Shabarimal Sri Ayapple is closed. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the NDTV television channel, one of the three main priests is accused of sin of sin, and now the temple needs to be cleansed of filth. According to media reports, one of the supreme priests is accused of regularly visited the house where women of "dubious behavior" live.