The American marine infantry and the British military, conducting a combat operation in the County of Garmsir of the Southern Afghan Province of Helmend, arrested six Taliban six militants on Saturday, a representative of NATO told reporters. The operation to free the county from the presence of the Taliban began in Garmsir on April 28. During the hostilities, more than 150 militants of this radical movement were already killed there.

In Makhachkala today, the deputy head of the operational-search part of the Office for Combating the Economic Crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan was killed by unknown people, police colonel Akhmedodin Absaludinov. As ITAR-TASS was informed in the duty unit of the Soviet District Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Makhachkala, "the emergency occurred on the Buinaksky Street near the Kumyk theater" at about one in the morning.

Thermal excursions of graduates of Moscow schools who celebrated the "Last Call" ended. "There were no incidents at the celebration of the" last call "in Moscow, there was no detained for violation of public order," Interfax told in the management and public relations of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate on Sunday night. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, the “last call” was noted by 75 thousand students.

The unmanned spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Space of the USA (NASA) “Phoenix” is preparing to land on Mars after 9 months of flight. In accordance with the plan, it should fall to the surface of the Red Planet in the area of ​​its North Pole in less than a day. As expected, the device will enter the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere at a speed of 19 thousand km/h.

The captain of the London Chelsea John Terry said that the miss from the penalty in the final of the Champions League would pursue him all his life. “I am very sorry that I missed, and thereby deprived our fans, my teammates, family and friends of a chance to become European champions,” the club’s official website quoted Terry as saying.

{Pic_1 l} Prince Andrew, the second son of the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II, sold his house to the Kazakh oligarch Kenes Rakishev for 3 million pounds (about $ 6 million) more than planned. This was reported by the site "Akado" . The starting price of the house was 12 million pounds (about $ 24 million), and Rakishov paid 15 million pounds (about $ 30 million). At the same time, such a businessman’s behavior remains unclear, since there were no others to purchase this real estate.

After the states of Colorado and Kansas, several tornado fell on the state of Oklahom. In the Kingfisher district, 120 km northwest of Oklahom-City, the whirlwind dared several houses, pulled out trees with the root, completely destroyed three granaries and one farm. In the Garfield district, power lines are broken. Tornado knocked over the autofurg, dragged a temporary house of a summer cottage on a high -speed highway. No one was injured, representatives of local authorities reported today.

A partially paralyzed man spent 11 days under blockages in the area of ​​China, who suffered from the earthquake, before rescuers removed it, Reuters reported with reference to Sunday Television of the PRC. According to the agency, saved 80 years. He was removed from under the rubble in the city of Mianju last Friday. According to the latest official data, the number of victims of the destructive earthquake, shocked southwest of China on May 12, reached 60 thousand 560 people.

Kievans today choose the mayor of the capital and deputies of the City Council. The premium elections were initiated by the Prime Minister, the leader of the Bloc of his name Yulia Tymoshenko, who accused the current mayor and the City Council of Megarability. In March, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on extraordinary elections in Kyiv. 70 people claim to be the mayor of the capital, and 37 parties and blocks participate in the election of deputies of the City Council.

In Russia, a unified system of integrated repair of weapons and military equipment (VVT) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will be created, RIA Novosti told RIA Novosti on Sunday by telephone as deputy press secretary of the Minister of Defense Irina Kovalchuk following the trip of the head of the Russian military department Anatoly Serdyukova to the Pacific Fleet (TOF).

The top of Everest on Sunday was conquered by a 76-year-old Nepali, who became the most elderly climber who managed to reach the highest mountain peak of the globe, reports AP with reference to local authorities. Min Bahadur Shirchan reached the 8850-meter peak, accompanied by mountain conductors, said Ramish City Tourism, representative of the Ministry of Tourism, said. According to him, an elderly climber feels good and descends along the icy slope.

Residents of Arkhangelsk show extremely low activity in the extraordinary elections of the mayor of the city, which are held on Sunday. As Interfax was informed in the city election commission, according to 12:00 Moscow time, only 6% of the city’s residents came to polling stations. Four years ago, 11.35% of voters voted at this time. According to the Horizburkom, the elections are calm, no violations that could affect their results until they have been recorded.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today held a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council. Opening the meeting, the head of state said that he signed a decree on the approval of the members of the Security Council, ITAR-TASS reports. "These are permanent members of the Security Council, present here, and in general the composition of the Security Council, which will be collected periodically in accordance with the law," Medvedev said.

On Sunday, at 11:00, the Russian national team flew out of the Domodedovo airport to the training camp finishing in front of Euro 2008, where he will train until June 5 and hold two control meetings with the national teams of Serbia (May 28) and June 4).

After two-day negotiations, Chelsea fired 53-year-old Abram Grant from the post of coach, Interfax reports. The fate of the Israeli coach at Chelsea was in question after the team took second place in the Premier League and in the Champions League. The club leadership published a statement that says that the search for a new coach has already begun, the Air Force reports. Grant began to train the team last September last year after the previous coach Jose Mourinho was fired.