In Germany, birds have again discovered the flu virus, a deadly dangerous for humans. This was announced today by the Ministry of Protection of Consumer Rights, Food and Agriculture of Germany, ITAR-TASS reports. An extremely dangerous type of bird of "bird flu" H5N1 was detected in three swans found near the city of Nuremberg in the southern land of Bavaria. This was established during tests carried out in Germanic microbiological laboratories.

On the Neva River, a passenger ship sat on board, on the board of which at that moment there were 217 passengers and 87 crew members, sources in the Russian Ministry of Transport told Interfax. "On Saturday at 23:25, at 1316 km of the Neva River, the Passenger ship" Ryleyev ", performing the flight of St. Petersburg-Moscow, went beyond the red edge of the ship's passage and sat aged," one of the interlocutors of the agency said.

The highest criminal tribunal of Iraq today sentenced to the death execution of the cousin of Saddam Hussein Ali al-Majad-the main accused in the case of repressions against the Kurdish population of Iraq, ITAR-TASS reports. In the late 80s, he led in the north of Iraq the al-Anfal operation (Trophies), during which 180 thousand people were killed.

In the final of the Tennis tournament in the Dutch Hertogenbosh Chakvetadze, sown under the third number, I outplayed the first racket of the competition Elena Yankovich from Serbia - 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3. For 20-year-old Chakvetadze, this title became the fourth in his career, earlier this season she already won the courts of the Australian Hobart. In the first set, the duel was interrupted several times due to the rain.

The 56-year-old Minister of Finance of Great Britain Gordon Brown is officially called today the new leader of the British Labor and the future prime minister of the United Kingdom, ITAR-TASS reports. This was announced at the Manchester conference of the Labor Party. Brown will replace the current head of the government of the country Tony Blair on June 27.

Member of the Federation Council from the Chuvash Republic, Deputy Chairman of the United Commission on National Policy and Relations of the State and Religious Associations at the Upper House of Parliament Vladimir Slutsker proposes to political parties to sign a memorandum in order to stop the use of election campaigning a nationalist nature.

Four Spanish peacekeepers, according to updated data, were killed today in the south of Lebanon as a result of undermining the mines of two armored vehicles of the UN Temporary Forces in this country (unifil). This was announced by sources in Livan security services. Six still Spanish military were injured. As a result of the sabotage, one armored car was completely burned, and the other suffered. The incident occurred in the city of Al-Khihim near the border with Israel.

The first racket of the world among juniors, 15-year-old Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova decided to take part in both the adult and in the junior tournament of Wimbledon. This was reported to the whole sport agency by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova herself. “The junior tournament starts only a week after the adult, so I will have enough time to recover,” said Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

In Italy, 9 leaders of the Sicilian mafia were arrested, which previously cooperated with Bernardo Privantsano, who hid for 43 years from justice and caught in April last year. Many of the detainees are considered celebrities of the Sicilian criminal world. In particular, the law enforcement officers managed to detain Tommaso Cannell, who is considered one of the closest associates of the Privnzano. Under him, Cannella controlled the relations of various mafia clans in Sicily.

Manchester today will be a conference of the Labor Party ruling in the UK. The name of the new leader of the Labor and the future head of the government, who will replace Tony Blara, as well as the name of his deputy, who will replace the vice-premiere of the country, John Preskott, will be officially announced at this forum, ITAR-TASS reports.

The graduation evenings of the metropolitan schoolchildren took place without incident, the press secretary of the Moscow Department of Education Alexander Gavrilov told Interfax on Sunday. "The graduation evenings last night in Moscow passed without large excesses," Gavrilov said. He said that 27 graduates turned to medical workers for help that night. "Basically, all the guys were provided for outpatient assistance.

Six months before the parliamentary elections, the Federal Political Council of the ATP removed the leadership of the Moscow branch of the party. In response, the leader of the capital's ATP Ivan Novitsky said he intends to continue to work because he feels the support of the public. A letter from the Party of Nikita Belykh and Leonid Gozman to members of the Moscow branch was published on the website of the ATP .

Five regions of the Altai Republic were partially left on Sunday without energy supply as a result of a strong wind that spun in the evening above the region. According to the Interfax agency, the controller of the Altayenergo OJSC, the energy supply was violated in Ust-Kansky, Shebalinsky, the Ongudai, Chemal and Choy districts, as well as in separate microdistricts of the capital of the Republic of Gorno-Altaysk. According to the dispatcher, to date, energy supply has been restored.

About 400 workers of the Turkish company "ENKA", building the Sheremetyevo-3 terminal and the IKEA HIMAKA shopping center, are located in medical institutions of the Moscow Region with a diagnosis of "food poisoning" or "salmonellosis". According to Interfax on Sunday sources in Rospotrebnadzor in the Moscow Region, 312 people are in medical institutions, hospitals and another 87 people are in a medical insulator.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose participation in the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was officially confirmed by the Kremlin’s press service, will become the main acting person during the presentation of the Sochi application, but there will be no left of the IOC in the capital of the Winter Olympic Games in 2014. This was announced by the President of the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR) Leonid Tyagachev about this to the Sports Information Agency.