The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will double -check doping tests taken from athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, for the forbidden CERA, a modified version of Erythropoetin (EPO). This may have unexpected consequences, including for Russian athletes. IOC received information that Cera was illegally available back in 2006. This contradicts previous data that it became available only in 2008.

In Kurgan, the court hearing in the case of the journalist of the URA.RU information agency Ekaterina Lazareva - the court accuses her of slander, considering the author of an anonymous article about the former mayor of Kurgan Anatoly Yelchaninov. Catherine herself explains that the article was compiled from pieces of her texts published on the URA.RU website, but with the addition of slanderous and insulting expressions.

On Wednesday, the Hamburg Arena in the format of one match will be held the first final of the UEFA League and Fulham Madrid and Fulham Madrid and the strongest among 192 participants in the tournament. The game in Hamburg will begin at 22:45 Moscow time. The Madrid and the Londoners are quite capable of turning the final of the first draw of the Europa League, which replaced the UEFA Cup, on a colorful holiday.

The Federation of A car owners of Russia (FAR) intends to hold a walk on Wednesday in the center of Moscow, symbolizing the protest against special signals on officials of officials. According to the leader of the Moscow head of the headlight Sergey Kanayev, this form of protest does not require coordination with the authorities. The event involves a walk, while the excursionists will not use and voice any slogans.

Among the victims of the explosions at the Razdadskaya mine was a suspicious man who escaped from the hospital, leaving his name. It is reported by Life News with reference to an employee of the medical staff who participated in the provision of first aid to the wounded. An unknown man has already been treated with wounds when doctors began to record the names of the victims, the place of residence and the site on which they worked.

Problems of interaction between faith and creativity will be in the focus of the participants of the meeting of the cultural and science of Portugal with Pope Benedict XVI , who makes an apostolic visit to this country. In the capital's "Bethlehem Center of Culture", the presence of 1,400 prominent representatives of the Portuguese intellectual elite is expected, ITAR-TASS reports. On Wednesday, bilateral meetings of the pontiff with political leaders of Portugal are completed.

The European Commission recommended that Estonia are accepted in the eurozone. According to the European Commission, in 2010 Estonia’s budget deficit will be only 2.4% of GDP, while for the adoption of the Candidate country to reduce the deficit to 3% of GDP, writes Bfm.ru business portal with reference to the statement of the Estonian Foreign Ministry. "This decision shows that, despite current chores, the process of transition to the euro is based on objective and tangible criteria.

The former boxing champion Evander Holifield sued his lawyer, who lent the athlete 560 thousand dollars on the bail of his house, but began the process of alienation of the object a week before the expiration of the debt repayment. In addition, in his lawsuit, Holifield indicated that after the alienation of the house, the lawyer bought it for himself, writes Prian.ru with reference to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In the north-west of China, as a result of an attack on a kindergarten, six children and one teacher died, another 20 children were injured, ITAR-TASS reports. The incident occurred in the morning in the city of Hanzhun of the Province of Sheanxi. The details of the attack are almost not reported. It is only noted that the children and the teacher were “broken”, Interfax reports. There is also no information about the personality of the attacker.

Ten years ago, Russia was in the same skin that Greece now, trying to restore investors' trust in its state debt obligations and trying to get significant credit funds from the International Monetary Fund and other creditors, writes BFM.ru business portal with reference to the New York Times. Then, as it happens now, the publication recalls, the crisis of debt covered global financial markets.

The load of North Korean weapons captured in Bangkok on an airplane, captured by Georgian airline, was intended for the Hamas and Hizballlah movements, said Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. In a conversation in journalists in Tokyo, he claimed that this armament party was purchased by Iran in the DPRK. Ultimately, Lieberman said, it was intended to transfer to Palestinian groups through Syria, ITAR-TASS reports.

President of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov expects that Izhavto OJSC will resume work in June-July of this year. The start of the enterprise’s work will largely depend on the exit of the government’s decree on duties on components for cars, Volkov said on Wednesday at a press conference in ITAR-TASS. The former vice-president of the GAZ Group Sergey Vanozin should become the new leader of the bankrupt automobile plant.

The deputy of the State Duma of Russia from the Fair Russia faction Anton Belyakov became a participant in a loud road scandal that occurred on Victory Day on the Minsk highway in the Moscow Region. On May 9, at about 5 p.m., the people's deputy was very in a hurry out of town. But a column of military equipment, returning from the parade in honor of the 65th anniversary of Victory, prevented him from escaping to nature. The long column moved towards the military base in Alabino.

In the Tomsk garrison military court, the consideration of the scandalous criminal case began, on which the commander of the rifle platoon Evgeny Halepchuk is taking place. The officer convinced the soldier of the superiority of the Russian nation, while bowing to Hitler's symbols. From the service of senior lieutenant Halepchuk has not yet been fired.

US law enforcement agencies study whether Morgan Stanley has misleading investors, participating in the design of transactions for the sale of derivatives from mortgage loans, the Finmarket agency with reference to the publication at the Wall Street Journal.