British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who headed the country's government over the past ten years, presented on Wednesday a petition for the resignation of Queen Elizabeth II. The queen accepted the resignation and endowed the leader of the ruling Labor Party of Gordon Brown by the powers of the head of the British government. After a 20-minute audience, he left, accompanied by his wife, Sheri Buckingham Palace, without making any statements.

As a result of a serious traffic accident in the suburbs with the participation of a fuel truck and three other cars were killed by 3 people. DPT occurred on Wednesday at 16:10 at 67 km of the Leningrad highway, when leaving Solnechnogorsk. A gas outlet, auto -car and two cars collided. The gas outlet that transported 27 tons of gasoline turned over, after which a fire occurred.

President George Bush called on Tony Blara to stay in power until Bush himself leaves the White House. The American leader tried to persuade the British prime minister to finalize before the end of the due date so that they could resign synchronously. The US president spoke about this in an exclusive interview with the British tabloid The Sun (full text on the website inopressa.ru ). On Wednesday, Tony Blair leaves the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain, which he occupied for 10 years.

The court of the Swiss city of Lausanne opened a criminal case against the President of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) Korean Ching-Cuo Wu, accused by AIBA vice president by Russian Eduard Khusainov of slander and illegal diminution in rights, and appointed the first hearing on August 7.

The development of agreements between the United States and Poland on placement of the PRO will be completed no earlier than September-October. This was stated by Poland Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitold Vashkovsky, Interfax reports with reference to the Rzeczpospolita newspaper. The second round of US-Polish negotiations regarding the deployment of the base ended in Washington on Tuesday.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a package of legislative initiatives, the purpose of which is to stop the crimes "on distant approaches." That is, to create such conditions when crime becomes either generally impossible or very difficult. How the law enforcement forces intend to stop the crime shaft, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta , said the Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev. One of the important elements is forced treatment of drug addicts and alcoholics.

Mikhail Kasyanov, a former prime minister of the Russian government, and now the opposition and leader of the movement of the Russian People's Democratic Union ( RDS ), together with his supporters intends to create a political party. This, as Interfax reports, the politician said during the teleconference with Novosibirsk. “In the near future we will begin to fulfill the requirements of many RDS members who spoke about the need to create a political party.

In St. Petersburg, following Moscow, the transport tax is being increased. Deputies of the city parliament at a meeting on Wednesday adopted in the first reading the governor's bill "On introducing amendments to the Law of St. Petersburg "On Transport Tax", which provides for an increase in the tax rate on cars with an engine power of less than 100 horsepower for three years. In 2008, this rate will have to be 20 rubles per 1 hp, in 2009 - 22 rubles and in 2010 - 24 rubles.

Norman Foster proposes to build a Siberian diamond in Khanty-Mansiysk: a skyscraper that will reflect light like a precious stone. The project suggests that the tower in the form of the diamond will be located on the hill, from where it will be visible from all sides, and the light will be reflected from its surface in such a way that it will shine like a real diamond. So the architects from Foster+Partners see their new creation.

Deputies of the Moscow City Duma at an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday will consider the end of the endowment of Yuri Luzhkov by the powers of the Moscow Mayor. "United Russia" guaranteed him support, so there will be no problems with approval. Deputies will listen to Luzhkov’s report on how he is going to further develop the capital.

In the American city of Boston (Massachusetts), a seven -year -old boy shot his eight -year -old cousin while playing with a gun. The boy was wounded in the stomach and hospitalized in the Boston Medical Center. A few hours later the child died. According to the police, the pistol from which the child was shot, was not registered and was in the house illegally. As the police representative noted, people related to criminal groups lived in the apartment where the murdered boy lived.

In Mordovia, two students jumped from the fourth floor, escaping from the sexual harassment of two police officers. The prosecutor's office opened a criminal case against police officers-heading the patrol service in the ranks of the sergeant and the junior sergeant of the police. Both of the accused are 22 years old.

The drawing of Amadeo Modigliani, capturing Anna Akhmatov in 1911, was given to Russia by the Swedish Foundation "Ruric". So far, the drawing is in the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation, but most likely, the work of Modigliani will replenish the Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin, where this year was a large -scale exhibition of the artist.

The head of the Federal Tax Service, Mikhail Mokratsov, sent the official letter to the State Duma chairman Boris Gryzlov "On the abolition of mandatory marking by federal special and excise stamps of alcohol products." In fact, this is the official recognition of the failure of last year's reform of the alcohol industry. She cost the market for three billion dollars of losses.

Human rights activists urge the Prosecutor General and Rosioption to check the activities of the Eurasian Youth Union (EM) for the legality of its work. The reason for this was the accusations of espionage, raised by the "Eurasians" against Professor Valery Tishkov.