In Holland, an entrepreneur, brought to despair by a series of conflicts with local authorities, took five people hostage. The drama with the capture of hostages unfolded in the city of Almelo, in the Netherlands province of Oversel. In a city located approximately 150 kilometers from Amsterdam, an armed criminal captured people in the city council building, Reuters reports.

In Northern Ireland, obvious political progress came. This was recognized by US President George Bush, who visited the parliament in Belfast. Northern Ireland is a “good place for investment,” said the head of the White House, quoted by ITAR -TASS. “Ultimately, investments will help North Ireland to fully realize its potential,” he added. Bush also called the modern story of Olster successful.

The leader of the pro -Kremlin and patriotic movement "Our" Nikita Borovikov showed "patriotism" on the air of the Air Force: in the interview it turned out that he did not know what they celebrate on the day of Russia. An awkward interview with the leader of the "jubilant gopota" ended with bundles in the tube: Borovikov believed that on June 12 the adoption of a new constitution was celebrated in Russia.

A large traffic accident occurred in Zambia. As a result of the accident of the passenger bus in the east of the country, 26 people died, more than 50 were injured, the Zazbian radio reports. The car accident occurred 330 kilometers east of the capital of the Lusaki country on Saturday, June 14, but local media reported it only on Monday. The front wheel exploded at the bus, the front wheel exploded, RIA Novosti reports.

The youngest son of France President Jean Sarkozi on Sunday engaged to the heiress of the owners of the largest French network of household appliances Darty, RIA Novosti reports. The engagement of Jean and Jessica Sebaun, who met on a lyceum bench, took place in a private hotel in the expensive suburb of Paris Neui-Sur-Sen. “It was very fun, a wedding on the nose,” the friends of the engaged.

Russian shareholders of TNK-BP-Consortium in the person of Alfa-Group Mikhail Friedman, Access Leonard Blavatnik and Renova Viktor Vekselberg-Aar, invited the British participant of the TNK-VR project "conclude an agreement by which Aar will have an option (without the obligation to use it) to transfer all the ownership-warheads. In the BP PLC promotion. " 50% of the company were offered to exchange by 7.6% BP, Kommersant writes.

In the area of ​​the Austrian city of Cell-Am-Tsee, with the negligence of the driver of the cement truck, one of the lively routes was blocked for eight hours. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the information of the Austrian police, the driver, passing in the tunnel, accidentally turned on the automation controling a concrete mixer and a drain. Concrete began to pour on the road, the walls of the tunnel, as well as on cars passing by.

{pic_1 l} On Sunday before the final game of the NBA in the television show comedian Jimmy Kimmel, Barack Obama performed. The Senator-Democrat from Illinois said that if the president was elected, he would equip a basketball court in the White House. It is reported by American.com . Now there is a kegelban in the White House, but Obama said that he did not really like it.

In a short pre -holiday week, no surprises regarding the dynamics of the cost of a square meter of housing in Moscow occurred. So, according to the analytical center www.irn.ru , the average level of prices for apartments added, as a week earlier, another 0.6% and amounted to 5.738 points. At the same time, there was no increase in ruble prices for apartments in Moscow according to the real estate magazine about real estate www.metrinfo.ru over the past week.

Belgrade announced the creation of a parliament for the Serbian minority living in Kosovo in response to the entry into force of the new constitution of the region. Serbian Minister for Kosovo Affairs Slobodan Samarazhich said that the first meeting of the Serbian buying out of the region will take place in two weeks. The parliament will be formed in accordance with the results of the municipal elections that took place in Serbia on May 11 of this year, reports the New Region IA.

The decision on the possible disqualification of the head coach of Russia in rhythmic gymnastics Irina Wiener will be issued on Monday. The final verdict will be issued by the disciplinary commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (Phi), which has recently opened the headquarters in the Swiss Lausanne. In this city, international federations in many sports have their headquarters traditionally.

In the United States, a serial rapist and the killer confessed to the tenth murder. He has already been sentenced to 14 life terms. The 63-year-old Timothy Krachir, who spent most of his life in prison, pleaded guilty of committing a tenth of murder and rape. His victim was the Dowager Nurse from Southeast Pennsylvania, killed in 1979, reports Associated Press.

Iran's demand for the peaceful development of nuclear energy, US President George Bush called justified. Bush said this at a press conference in London following negotiations with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Reuters reports. “Regarding Iran’s desire in the development of nuclear technologies, but only for peaceful purposes, I want to say only one thing - this is a fair decision,” Bush said. “We must prevent the Iranians of the“ know -how ”manufacturing nuclear weapons.

A pensioner from Poland was tormented by ants that had settled in his apartment, after which he destroyed an entire apartment building by pouring insecticide into the ventilation shaft. 74-year-old Marcin Bartosz used gallons of insecticides fighting the ants, but it did not bring any noticeable effect. Then the desperate man poured all the drug supplies into the ventilation, and then threw a burning towel.

The brain of homosexuals has structural and functional differences from the brain of "ordinary" people. This conclusion, as the Times writes, came scientists involved in the problem of human sexual orientation, found. So, in the brain of lesbians, the percentage of gray matter is less than in the brain of ordinary women, that is, their brain is more "male" in its structure.