Detroit in the fourth match of the Stanley Cup, outplaying Pittsburgh with a score of 2: 1, significantly increased its chances of final success. The next meeting of the clubs will take place already in the city of engines and it is likely that it will be the last.

Until the military authorities Myanmar do not change their position in relation to international assistance aimed at the population of the country to the population of the country, the number of victims of the natural disaster will increase. This was announced today by reporters on board the military aircraft Minister of Defense of the United States Robert Gates, who took part in the annual regional forum of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region for security in Singapore.

In Moscow, an attack on journalists of the REN-TV television company was committed. As the correspondent Ilya Emelyanov told Newsru.com, the incident occurred in the Kapotnya area. The group came there to illuminate the gathering of local residents who protested against the construction in the green zone of the shopping center and gas gas station. About 50 people gathered for the gathering. There was also the leader of the vanguard of red youth Sergey Udaltsov.

In the Krasnodar Territory, strong storm rains can lead to a significant increase in water level in the duct river. According to Interfax, the assistant to the operational duty officer of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory on Sunday, caused by an increase in the water level of floods, can affect three municipalities: these are the Temryuk and Slavinsky districts, as well as the Anapa resort area.

The famous sprinter from Jamaica Asaph Powell, who lost on Saturday to Sunday of his world record of 100 m - 9.74, will meet with the new record holder of the world, the compatriot with the Usay Bolt (9.72) at the Yamaika qualifying championship on June 27-29. This was announced to the special correspondent of the Sports Information Agency "All Sport" was stated by Asafa manager Powell Pol Doyle.

The candidate for nomination to the US President from the US Democratic Party Barack Obama refused to be a parishioner of the Church of St. Trinity in the Chicago United Church of Christ, CNN reports. According to him, this was a "difficult decision", and he made it "with some sadness." Obama himself announced the withdrawal from among the parishioners of the church at a press conference in South Dakota.

A helicopter of the Chinese salvation services, which worked in the province of Sichuan, which suffered from a powerful earthquake in early May, was crashed, AFP said on Sunday with reference to the Chinese agency Sinhua. According to the agency, the cause of the incident, which occurred next to the city of Insu, was bad weather conditions - fog and strong gusts of wind.

The first racket of the world Maria Sharapova went around her compatriot Anna Kurnikov in a survey among representatives of the sexual minorities of Great Britain. 33 percent of respondents voted for the best Russian tennis player. Our ladies easily bypassed the representative of the United States, Seren Williams, who gained 14 percent of the vote, Ani agency reports. The fourth line went to Martine Hingis, known for its unconventional orientation.

The American research company Strategic Vision has published a list of the most reliable cars in certain categories for 2008. Car owners evaluated the models on a 1,000 -barrel scale according to the totality of criteria - from the presentation at the time of the purchase of a new car to the features of its behavior on the road. In total, 20,655 people in the United States took part in this study, which purchased new cars in the autumn months of last year.

The giant Antarctic iceberg will be called melting Bob - such a name was given to him by six -year -old schoolboy Max Dolan from the English city of Winchester. The melting bean is three times surpassed in the size of London, its area is 5141 square kilometers; Specialists still called it a simple combination of letters and numbers C19A. But now he got his own name.

The Israeli government left open the question of a truce in the gas sector. The Cabinet of Ministers today decided to postpone the discussion of this issue before the return of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from Washington, where he leaves at the beginning of the next week to participate in the annual meeting of the American-Israeli friendship and meeting with President George Bush, ITAR-TASS reports.

This week, deputies of the European Parliament discussed a plan for reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere in the coming years. Earlier it was assumed that the new requirements will enter into force in Europe in 2012, but later it was decided to give automakers a delay until 2014 . Greenpeace activists expressed their dissatisfaction with this decision very original. This time, the "green" did without mass protests.

Early parliamentary elections in Macedonia were marked by armed incidents. It is reported that one person was killed, several more were injured. In the village of Arakinovo, where the Albanians live, one person died as a result of the shootout. For security reasons, the vote was suspended there, the Air Force reports The shots also sounded in the Albanian district of the capital of Macedonia, the city of Skopier. Three people were injured. During the election campaign, clashes were also noted.

The match of the third circle, held on Saturday, turned out to be dramatic. Davydenko (4th sowing number) won the first two parties, but Lyubichich (28) did not give up and took the next three sets. The outcome of the fight is 6: 4, 6: 2, 3: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6 not in favor of Nikolai, with the defeat of which there are no representatives of Russia in the net in the net of male competitions. The game lasted 3 hours 12 minutes.

In the morning, the passengers of the flight of the Atlant-Soiuz airline cannot fly out of the Moscow Airport "Vnukovo". This was told "Ekho Moscow" by the event participant Mikhail Kalinichev. According to him, the flight departure was supposed to take place at 9:10, but "the company representative explained that departure was transferred for an hour and a half" for technical reasons.