The true number of HIV-infected people in Russia is three times more official data and can reach a million people, according to a report of the United UN/AIDIDS ( Unaids ) united program in New York. According to the report, 80% of HIV launch vehicles in Russia are young people from 15 to 30 years old, Interfax reports. The report notes that the number of registered HIV-infected people reached 350 thousand people.

On Tuesday, on the 72nd birthday of the Moscow Metro, it is solemnly opened after an almost two-year repair of the old (southern) entrance to the Mayakovskaya station. At the station, the foundations of the escalators were reduced, a new granite was laid to the floor, the walls of the walls were replaced, they replaced communications and automation systems, ITAR -TASS reports with reference to the management of the capital's subway.

Two Scottish towns called Springfield offer their services as the venue of the British premiere of the full -length film "Simpsons" , which will be held in July. This animated series is one of the most long -lived television projects in the United States.

One of the oldest politicians of modern Israel, the Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Peres will arrive on Wednesday, May 16, to participate in the opening ceremony of the first in the post -war period in the Estonia of the synagogue. As Interfax’s agency was reported to the press service of the Estonian Foreign Ministry, Sh. Perez will also meet with Estonian President Tomas Hendrik Ilves, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Foreign Minister Urmas Paet. In addition, Sh.

St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko, at a meeting on Tuesday, gave an order to establish “one day without personal transport” for city officials. As Interfax reports, such a proposal came up with the governor during a discussion of the transport problem in the city.

The world's first underwater golf tournament took place in China. Although only five people took part in it, the organizers argue that these spectacular competitions are waiting for a great future. According to Ananova , the event was held in the city of Fujou (Fujian Province) in the zuohai aquarium 15 meters deep. The rules of the competition were almost no different from the classic golf - the participants who passed the holes faster than the rest.

Last weekend, the famous actor Eric Roberts flew to the Russian capital from Los Angeles. The brother of the Hollywood "beauty" of Julia Roberts and the Oscar nominee arrived in Russia to star in the main role in the film by Alexander Izotov "The Prophet, the Mission of the Fifth Angel." Together with him, the stars of Russian cinema - Marat Basharov and Gosha Kutsenko will be involved in the work on the picture.

In the nearest presidential election, voters will be more focused on how the candidates will promise to solve the problem of Iraq. According to Washington Profile , this was shown by the results of a survey conducted by the CNN television company. In their survey, journalists tried to establish by what criteria the Americans would choose the future president of the country. Most, namely, 51% of respondents said that the position on Iraq is "incredibly important" for their choice.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the murder of an official has been revealed. One of the leaders of this structure is suspected of the murder of the deputy head of the directorate for specially protected natural territories under the administration of the region of Andrei Strelch. The investigation established that the murder was ordered by a 50-year-old employee who took advantage of the services of two intermediaries and two performers, Interfax was told in the prosecutor's office.

The mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin thanked the Marquis Immacolat Solaro del Borgo, who conveyed the Christian shrines to the eternal storage of the Kazan diocese - part of the Riza (belt) of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the relics of the seven saints. “We know how much you do for the Russian Orthodox Church , and all believers are grateful to you for this service to Vera,” I.

The ex-head of the Central Bank of Russia, and now the chairman of the board of directors of the company Yukos, Viktor Gerashchenko is ready to participate in the presidential election in Russia in 2008. He will be a candidate from the opposition, reports the Kasparov.ru website. Gerashchenko said this today at a meeting of the round table "The role of the opposition in the change of power in 2008", which was closed in the Budapest Hotel.

On Tuesday, Japanese police arrested a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of killing his mother after the boy came to the police department with a chopped up woman in a bag. Police Aidzuvakamatsu (Prefecture Fukushima), 200 kilometers north of Tokyo, said that they arrested a teenager, a student of a local high school, after ahead of his mother was discovered in the apartment where the boy lived.

Over the past two years, the retail prices for gasoline in the United States have practically doubled. The study of the Business School of the University of Florida showed how the increase in prices for automobile fuel affects the life of Americans. According to Washington Profile , more than 1000 working residents of the United States were interviewed as part of the study. 60% of them said that due to the growth in gas prices, they are forced to limit themselves in other expenses.

The Palestinian militants once again fired at the city of Deero in the south of Israel by home -made rockets of the Kassam on Tuesday. According to the Israeli media, 9 missiles fell on the city in total. One of them fell into a residential building, injuring three of its inhabitants. According to Newsru ISRAEL , a 45-year-old woman received a severe fragmentation wound in the head and was hospitalized in a hospital in Ashkelon with a 4-year-old son, who was also in the house and was injured.

Christianity remains the largest religion on the planet, the Agnus Catholic Information Service reports with reference to American sociological sources. In the world today there are about 2.1 billion Christians (including approximately 1.15 billion Catholics), followed by Islam - 1.3 billion followers, then Hinduism (900 million adherents), Chinese traditional religions of Confucianism and Taoism (394 million), Buddhism (376 million).