In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Tuesday, employees and visitors to the Sakhalin House of Household shopping center were evacuated in connection with a message about its mining. The employees of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the city and the region examined the entire building, but found nothing.

Experts do not know where the fragment of the launch vehicle came from, found on the night of May 8 on the roof of a residential building in the village of Baranovka, Altai Territory. They did not find traces of the fall of the fragment, and therefore cannot say whether he really fell that night or was thrown. Specialists will try to answer this question within a week. “This is a fragment of the second stage, fresh enough. But it is not yet clear whether the previous launch or this.

The Saudi scientist tried to patent the chip invented by him in Germany, with the help of which the country's authorities could, according to his application, observe the movements of foreign workers and undesirable elements. The essence of the invention, according to mignews.com , is as follows: a tiny chip is introduced under the skin of the victim using an injection.

The mentor of the London Tottenham Harry Rednapp believes that an item should be introduced in the regulation of the championship of England on the ban on the use of alcohol players in any form, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the British tabloid The Sun. The reason for such a categorical statement was the recent arrest of the captain of the “spur” Ledley King, who is suspected of beating a person.

In March, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation recorded for the first time in the last 10 months: people took more than 1.3 billion dollars more to banks and exchange points than they bought. In February, the population rented $ 164 million more to banks than bought , while the euro continued to be popular.

The GAZ group confirmed participation in the consortium claiming Opel. And her Alliance partner - Canadian Magna - is already making plans for how they will sell 1 million Opel in Russia, Writes Vedomosti . Magna has developed an Opel development plan, which on May 20 intends to present to the German government. On the basis of Opel, a global car concern will be created, producing 5 million cars a year, involves this plan. And 1 million cars will be sold annually in Russia.

Army helicopters planted Pakistani paratroopers in the rear of the Taliban in the Valley of the Svat River. This happened on Tuesday as part of an unfolding attack on the position of militants. On Tuesday, early in the morning, the United States inflicted a missile blow to the territory of North-West Pakistan, eight people died. Helicopters delivered the military to the remote area of ​​Piochar, to the upper reaches of the Svat River Valley, the army official said.

The car of the Madrid metro came off the rails. As a result of the accident, four people received mild injuries. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning on line 6, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the National Television of Spain (TVE1). The metro car off the rails on the stage between the Monkloa and University Gorodok stations around 11:30 Moscow time. The metro line on this segment is blocked. The causes of the accident are still unknown.

The head of the Pentagon Robert Gates dismissed the commander of the American and NATO contingent in Afghanistan David McKirnan. “This decision is in the best way to meet the interests of the US national security,” the defense minister said, speaking at a specially on this occasion, a press conference in Washington. As ITAR -TASS reports, “now the right time in order to make changes,” Gates noted.

The Russian worldwater champion in the WBA overweight, Nikolai Valuev, trains with three sparring partners in the course of preparation for the match with the Uzbek "world champion" Ruslan Chagaev. “Nikolai is now training in German Kimbaum,” said Boris Dimitrov manager in an interview with RIA Novosti . “Three sparring partners and two Americans work with him.

This year, Russia escaped in the first place in the world in the extraction of diamonds, overtaking De Beers. But the demand is so small that Alrosa, 90% of which belong to the Russian state, has stopped openly selling unprocessed diamonds since December, writes Inopressa.ru with reference to The New York Times . Russia's decisions on the volume of production and sales of diamonds will determine the cost of diamonds in jewelry stores for many years to come.

In the first quarter, private management companies investing pension savings showed average profitability - almost 30% per annum, and a number of companies showed yield from 50 to 88%. They have not shown such a result for four years, writes the newspaper Kommersant . While the stock market will grow, private management companies will be willing to compare their results with VEB's profitability (in the first quarter - minus 7% per annum).

Famous Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is looking for buyers for part or all of his construction business. As the Vedomosti newspaper wrote on Tuesday, Boris Jordan's Sputnik group will help the entrepreneur find them. An agreement on this was signed recently, Jordan’s acquaintance confirmed to reporters. According to him, we are talking about the sale of the entire construction business of Basel.

The second modified progress cargo ship on Tuesday evening successfully shaved to the International Space Station. "At 23:24 Moscow time" Progress M-02M "was attached to the transition compartment" Pierce "in automatic mode," said the official representative of the flight control center Valery Lyndin, which is referred by ITAR-TASS.

The world's largest software developer Microsoft Corp. He plans to release bonds for the first time in his history, reports Bloomberg with reference to the company's application to the regulatory authorities. Three issues of debt papers for a period of 5, 10 and 30 years are declared. According to bfm.ru , the bonds rate have not yet been reported, but one of the sources said that it could be announced in the very near future.