The Egyptian pyramids excluded from the list of applicants for the title of "New Miracle of Light" of the Internet contest , invented by the Swiss-Cana Kinematographer Bernard Weber , ITAR-TASS reports. The authorities of Egypt played an important role in this outcome of events, in particular, the Ministry of Culture and the High Council for Antiquities, which categorically opposed the very idea of ​​the participation of the pyramids in the vote.

In Kyiv, on April 20, a tense day is expected with mass rallies, the country's government is going to an emergency meeting. The most "hot point" of the last days in Kyiv is the area around the building of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. By 8:00 Moscow time, about three thousand people have already gathered here, mainly supporters of the government. There is a small group in the amount of about 200 adherents of Yulia Tymoshenko with white flags in their hands, says ITAR-TASS.

Housing prices in Russia are currently stabilized, said the head of the department of the national project “Affordable and comfortable housing to citizens of Russia” of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation Andrei Chibis on Friday at the second All-Russian Forum “Real Estate of Russia 2007”.

It was decided to turn the once-classified special object “GO-42” at the Taganskaya metro station into a museum-entertainment complex with a cinema, spa, restaurant and a disco, defeating a tough theme of the Cold War in all these relaxing establishments. Kommersants became interested in the underground inheritance of the Stalin era. Already in May, any Muscovite or guest of the capital will be able to go down to the command post of Tagansky, located at a depth of 60 meters.

The Central Election Commission published consolidated financial reports for 2006, which provided 24 out of 35 parties registered in the end of last year. According to these data, the budget of United Russia, which is helped by Russian corporations, has reached the level of the largest Western parties. The Communists are rich due to the donations of their deputies, and Socialist -Revolutionaries sponsors give jackets and coats, write "Vedomosti" .

In Damascus, Russian-Syrian negotiations have ended between the President of Syria and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. A high-ranking Russian diplomat emphasized that "the positions of Russia and Syria are coincided or close to many issues under discussion," including Iraq, Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

In Israel, the details of the events depicted in the well -known photograph, which received the Pulitzer Prize in the category "Best photography for emergency news," became known in Israel. We are talking about photography of the Israeli photocor of the Associated Press Odda Balilti, made during the elimination of the settlement outpost Amon. A girl named Nili holds the shields of dozens of police officers. She gave the first interview to Ynet, reports Newsru Israel .

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said that he was ready to suspend the decree on the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada dated April 2 in exchange for a package of political compromises, in particular, the consolidation of the imperative mandate for parliamentary deputies at the legislative level. He said this at a press conference today, ITAR-TASS reports. A few days ago, during a trip to the UK, Yushchenko had already voiced such an opportunity.

The Kremlin considers the revival of the 19th century dreams about the construction of the world's largest railway tunnel connecting Russia and the United States under the Bering Strait, Daily Telegraph writes on Friday. The Ministry of Economic Development has submitted a project for the construction of a transcontinental highway. The total length of the route will be about 6 thousand kilometers, 102 of which will be laid under the Bering Strait.

Another tragic case using firearms occurred on Friday in the United States. An employee of the NASA contractor brought a gun to the Lyndon Johnson space flight center near Houston. The man, capturing two hostages, killed one of them and shot himself. The second hostage is hospitalized with wounds, reports CNN. The drama played in the engineering building number 44. The firing signal entered the police, after which at about 13:40 local time a decision was made to evacuate the building.

Over the past day, the battles between Ethiopian units supporting the Somali government and Islamist separatists in the capital of the country Mogadisho took the lives of 21 people, more than 100 were injured, Reuters reports. The parties are trying to establish control of Mogadisho, who, the last 16 years after the overthrow of President Mohamed Siad Barre, does not know the world in 1991.

Australian rescuers are trying to unravel the secret of the new “Flying Dutchman” - yachts without a crew discovered off the northern coast of the country, with a working engine, radio, GPS system and a table served for dinner. On the 12-meter catamaran, KAZ II, who left the port of Erley Beach on Sunday, sailed three men 56, 63 and 69 years old, reports The Sydney Morning Held . Two of them are relatives, the third is their friend.

In the state of North Dakota near the city of Minot, a truck with seeds of sunflower turned over, the driver of which was distracted to donuts, reports america.ru . As the driver of the truck Merv Bontraiger himself told the Patroli accident, he dropped a couple of donuts prepared for dinner on the floor of the cab. According to him, he did not even try to raise them, but simply followed them.

Diego Maradona at the beginning of next week will be transferred to treatment to the Buenos Aires neuropsychiatric clinic. This was stated on the eve of the local radio personal doctor of the legend of Argentinean football Alfredo KEE. According to him, Maradona "is a full report in the seriousness of the situation" and considers the proposal of doctors to undergo a course of neuropsychiatric treatment.

Great Britain should issue Boris Berezovsky to the Russian authorities. The influential publication of The Independent , which decided to devote its article by the personality of the Russian entrepreneur, is in the affirmative publication. Attention to it is focused after a scandalous interview with another newspaper - The Guardian, in which Berezovsky states that he is preparing and financing a revolution in Russia .