Foreign Minister Iran Manuchekhr Motaki during a solemn diplomatic dinner refused to sit opposite US Secretary of State Condolisia Rice and left the premises. According to Reuters, the incident occurred at the Seraton Hotel in Sharm-Esh-Sheikh, where the Iraqi International Conference ended . However, for exactly what reasons the diplomat behaved in this way, it is difficult to say.

Despite the fact that the European Court of Human Rights requested copies of documents on the complaint of Russian skiers Larisa Lazutina and Olga Danilova, accused of using doping and deprived of medals of the 2002 Winter Olympiad in Salt Lake City, the first hearing of this case can only be held in 2009. This was announced by the entire sport agency by the press attache of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Tracy Turner.

The Chairman of the European Commission Jose Manuel Duran Barroza called on Russia to comply with the fully human rights. “I am very concerned about. In Russia, the understanding that for the European Union the issue of human rights is not the subject of bargaining,” said the head of the European Commission in an interview published on Friday in the German newspaper Reihnische Post .

The core of Mercury, which is closest to the sun of the planet, it turns out, is not at all iron and not solid, as was supposed earlier, but molten. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the American space agency NASA. The article about this opening is announced by Science magazine. The final conclusion about the state of the nucleus of Mercury was made using a high -precision radars system located in California.

The American car guide Kelle Blue Book called automakers who, according to the "ordinary" drivers, are the best in the field of design of cars. Participants in a sociological study were offered to choose the most attractive car among sportsmen, pickups, minivans and SUVs. According to the respondents, the “appearance” of sportsmen was best a success to Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar. The Americans considered BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti the most beautiful vehicles "Lux".

The Supreme Court of the American city of Atlanta (Georgia) recognized the 27-year-old Jade Sanders and 31-year-old Lemont Thomas guilty of hungry for his child, who died at the age of six weeks. The fact is that the parents of the child are convinced followers of veganism - extremely strict vegetarianism. Followers of veganism completely refuse animal products, including eggs and dairy products.

The Moscow Regional Duma on Friday endowed Boris Gromova with the powers of the regional governor for a new - five -year period, ITAR -TASS reports. Thus, Gromov will remain the governor of the Moscow Region until 2012. The inauguration ceremony will be held on May 11 in the column hall of the House of Unions. All 50 deputies of the regional parliament voted for the candidacy of 63-year-old Gromov.

The leaders of the youth movements "ours", "young guard", "Russia young" and "locals" stopped the siege of the Estonian embassy in Moscow. However, they were replaced by representatives of the Youth Bloc of the People’s Union and the Union of Officers. According to the representative of the Moscow Internal Affairs Directorate, the picket is officially allowed by the authorities from 12:00 to 13:00 Moscow time, RIA Novosti reports.

Amendments to the budget-2007, introduced by the Government to the State Duma, provide for the centralization of the entire tax debt of Yukos in the federal budget. The regions where tax violations were committed will not receive the rights to independently dispose of this money. The exact amount of funds due to the regions is unknown, Kommersant reports. The decision about who and how will spend the "centralized" money of Yukos will be determined later.

The works of Picasso, Modigliani, Cezanne, Kandinsky, Shagal and other famous artists will be auctioned by The Sotheby's 8 - 9 on May. One of the most expensive watercolors in the world - the work of Cezanne "Still Still with Green Meline" - Sotheby's experts estimate it at $ 12-14 million. Several works of Picasso, including the $ 14-18 million, "Harlequin", which is included in a series of eight portraits of an unknown boy created by the master in his "pink period".

The Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office on Friday charged the head of the Main Directorate of the Volgograd Region Mikhail Tsucruku. The head of the regional police department is charged with Article 285 Part 1 (abuse of authority), Article 286 Part 1 (abuse of powers), Article 290 part 1 (receipt of a bribe), Interfax was told to the regional prosecutor's office.

On Friday, a ceremony of reburial of the remains of 87 unknown Soviet soldiers took place in the city of Rizha district of Latvia on Friday. According to BNS, about 150 people took part in the ceremony. Most of the participants in the event organized by the Russian embassy were veterans of the Second World War.

The head of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko spoke out in support of the rally of Russian fans “Hold on, Bronze Soldier!”, Which will be held as part of matches of the nearest round of the Russian Football Championship. In an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday, Mutko stated that he was positive about the initiative of the All -Russian Society of Fans (VOB) of the Russian national team to express their attitude to what is happening in Estonia.

The Moscow government protest in connection with the "brutal beating" of the Estonian police in Tallinn by Deputy Head of the Department of International Relations of the city of Moscow Anatoly Sorokin, the press service of the mayor and the government of the Russian capital, widespread on Friday, said in an official statement.

In the Republic of Khakassia, in connection with a large number of fires in the residential sector, an emergency regime has been announced. According to the Republican Department of the Ministry of Emergencies on Friday, the corresponding order was signed by the Chairman of the Government of Khakassia Alexei Lebed. The personnel of the Ministry of Emergencies is transferred to the readiness mode N1 and works around the clock.