Damascus police detained a student of the Arabic language department of the University of Tishrin for passing the final exam in this language in high school for one of the students, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Syrian agencies. The arrested student admitted that he took advantage of a fake examination certificate and passed the exam for a schoolboy who had left for the UAE in exchange for a reward of 50 thousand Syrian lires (more than 1 thousand dollars).

The first round of negotiations on the conclusion of the new basic agreement of Russia, will be held in Brussels on July 4, according to a joint statement by the Russia-Es summit, which is held in Khanty-Mansiysk . "The new basic agreement of Russia, will be brief and be framed," said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. A joint statement notes that the current agreement continues to remain in force until it is replaced by a new one.

In India, 14 people died as a result of a car accident in the northern mountain state of Uttarakhand, reports Ar. According to the representative of the local police, Makhinder Tamta, the passenger bus collapsed in the gorge near the city of Pauri, 140 kilometers. Nine more were injured, a police representative told reporters on Friday. The disaster occurred near the city of Pauri, 225 kilometers northeast of Delhi. According to Tamta, there were 23 people on the bus who went to work.

The Air Force Air Force Air Force was missing. On board there were 18 people, including three foreigners. Apparently, he crashed in the west of the island of Java, a representative of the military command said in Jakarta. The plane flew out of the Indonesian capital to the city of Bogor in order to test the digital camera used for aerial photography and compilation of cards on the way. There were six civilian specialists aboard, including the British, Singaporets and Indian, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the American state Texas, DNA examination justified a man convicted of rape and robbery. The "criminal" managed to sit for 15 years from the life sentence appointed to him before they decided to revise the case. Dallas resident Patrick Leondos Waller became the eighteenth in a row prisoners from the same district, which was justified using a genetic examination, writes The Dallas Morning News . At the same time, the convict submitted a petition to revise the case 7 years ago, in 2001.

About 9 thousand polling stations began work on June 27 on Friday in Zimbabwe for the second round of the presidential election. Unlike the first round of elections, which took place in March, when people came in advance and lined up in line, today there were few voting, AR reports. Theoretically, the acting President Robert Mugaba and the leader of the “Movement for Democratic Changes” (MDC) Morgan Zvvgirai should wage a fight for the election.

In the suburbs near the city of Pushchino on Friday evening, the An-2 aircraft crashed. As a result of the disaster, all 5 people on board were killed. "The plane took off from the Bolshazilovo airfield in the city of Pushchino, the Serpukhov district. He took an airphone and after some time suffered a disaster, falling to the banks of the Oka River," ITAR -TASS said at the Central Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies.

In the east of Moscow, about a dozen building households burned out in the area of ​​the Izmailovsky market, one person died, RIA Novosti reports. During the fire, an explosion of a gas cylinder occurred. The fire spread to the retail pavilion and spread over a total area of ​​more than 800 square meters. During the liquidation of the fire, a special car "Broneshchit" was involved, which is designed to protect firefighters when extinguishing objects where there is a threat of an explosion.

The American Ford concern is forced to abandon the use of one of its most powerful power units? 6.2-liter V8, which was intended for the new generation of pickups of the F-series, planned at the beginning of next year. A project called BOSS on the development of this motor began in 2005. Its main goal was to increase the image of the Ford brand as a manufacturer of powerful and effective units. According to the executive director of Mark Fields, the project is now developing on a reduced scale.

In the United States, a verdict was sentenced to an American who stabbed his beloved mother. The girlfriend herself set him against the future mother -in -law, telling the "horror stories" from her childhood. Judge of Civil Affairs Howard Hall sentenced the 20-year-old Luke Atkins to 30 years in prison for murder under aggravating circumstances, writes The Columbus Dispatch .

Omsk Vanguard offered the legendary Czech hockey player Yaromir Yargra a three -year -old contract worth $ 35 million, Sports TV channel, citing the New York Post. On June 30, the Czech ends the contract with the Rangers and the player becomes an unlimited free agent. So far, the YAGR has not decided where he will spend the next season, but the priority for him remains the opportunity to continue his career at the Rangers.

In the south-east of Moscow, around midnight, the Russian Standard commercial bank was attacked. 43-year-old collector Mikhail Kochetkov was killed on the spot. His colleague Alexei Krotz was seriously injured and in a coma was hospitalized in the Sklifosovsky hospital, Interfax reports. The operational-investigation group is working at the scene. Police and investigation officers find out the circumstances of the incident, conduct a survey of witnesses, ITAR-TASS reports.

The official dealers of auto companies to attract customers constantly invent and organize new programs and promotions. Also, almost every car dealership offers its customers seasonal discounts. The summer season 2008 was no exception. About this writes Autonews.ru . Since June 11, Citroen is in the car dealerships in the Frenchman’s car dealerships for the purchase of Citroen C4 ? For any modification, a discount of 60,000 rubles. Now the starting price of the C4 hatchback is 432,000 rubles.

In Riga, it is argued that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has not yet decided on the claim of the veteran of the Great Patriotic War Vasily Kononov against Latvia, where he was found guilty of war crimes. Recall, according to Kononov’s lawyer, the ECHR satisfied Kononov’s lawsuit, but his text will be published only in the second half of July, so the amount of compensation that the court decided to recover from the Latvian state in favor of Kononov is still unknown.

After the first checks of Rostekhnadzor, work was suspended in two mines of the Kemerovo region. According to the press service of the MTU Rostekhnadzor for the Siberian Federal District, on Thursday, on the basis of materials provided by Rostekhnadzor, by decision of the court for five days, the activities of OJSC Shakhtovskaya OJSC (Leninsk-Kuznetskiy) were suspended. The powers of Rostekhnadzor, the work was terminated at OJSC Shakhta Department (Mezhdurechensk).