In the United States, at the age of 61, Sally Kristen Raid, the first American astronaut woman, died. She passed away on Monday, July 23, in San Diego (California), ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the official representatives of NASA. For the past year and a half, a woman fought with pancreatic cancer, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the ABC TV channel. US President Barack Obama called Ryd a national heroine and an example to follow.

During the special operation in the mountain-Badakhshanskaya Autonomous Region of Tajikistan to capture and neutralize the murder of General State Committee of National Security (GKNB) of Tajikistan Abdullo Nazarov, a “serious battle” began between the security forces and supporters of the former field commander of the Tajik Ayembekov, now holding the post of commander of Ishishimsky Border detachment, reports Interfax .

The targeted exchange rate of the US dollar to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of a single trading session of the interbank currency exchange rates as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which the process of the dollar course occurs the next day, increased by 25.64 kopecks and amounted to 32.6324 rubles, the Finnmarket reports.

About the events in Syria and, in particular, in Damascus, the most contradictory messages come. The armed opposition detachments, according to various estimates, either are successful and expanding controlled territories, or are replaced from Damascus by the army. Against this background, the media speaks: the United States, which are a key player in the Middle East, is catastrophically lacking intelligence from the scene.

A criminal case is an anecdotically developed against the mayor of the city of Krymsk, Vladimir Ulanovsky, accused of negligence , which caused the death of 153 people during a strong flood in the Crimean district on July 7 (in total, in the region, according to official figures, 168 people died).

The commotion occurred on the territory of the University of Connecticut in the American city of Groton. As RIA Novosti reports, an armed man appeared there, people were evacuated. After that, the Norwich Bulletin newspaper website reports, he committed suicide. The armed man, whose appearance on Tuesday led to evacuation, committed suicide, RIA Novosti reports.

Former head coach of the Russian national football team Dick, the lawyer no longer demands to pay him a salary for July, says the newspaper Sovetsky Sport . Recall that the contract of the Dutch specialist with the RFU was calculated until July 15, 2012, while at the same time the lawyer signed a contract with the PSV from July 1.

The director of the Center for the Olympic Reserve of the city of Salsk, Rostov Region, who is simultaneously coach of the female youthful volleyball team, suspects the rape of their pupils. The investigating authorities of the RF IC in the Rostov region opened a criminal case on the fact of repeated rape of a 13-year-old girl, Interfax reports. According to investigators, in June 2011, the suspect 51-year-old Alexander Zaborko brought her home several times.

In the Civil War in Syria, Christians are gradually being gradually drawn, of which there are about 2 million in the country. This war has signs of a religious conflict, Komsomolskaya Pravda notes with reference to the publication at The Wall Street Journal . If you look at the war from this point of view, until recently, one of the parties in this struggle was represented by a few religious group of alavites, adhering to the Shiite direction in Islam and therefore connected with Iran.

In the Sverdlovsk region, they continue to search for those who threw 248 human embryos into a roadside ravine. All medical and preventive institutions of Yekaterinburg, which include gynecological departments and maternity hospitals, have obliged to provide information on the disposal of biological waste. Similar information will be provided to the children's pathological department of the DGKB No. 9.

The goalkeeper of the Siberian football club Ilya Trunin drew for about a month due to the injury received on Monday during the on-site match of the third round of the National League against Tomi (0: 2), informs the official website of the team. The 20-year-old player was replaced in the 31st minute due to the damage that he received after a collision with the striker Tomi Anton Khazov.

The Moody's Agency has issued a negative scenario for the Russian banking system. It is based on possible shocks similar to the crisis of 2008-2009. In the case of the equally strict stagnation of the economy and the devaluation of the ruble, lending growth will slow down to 5% per year, and the level of sufficiency of the capital of Russian banks will be 4.5% (the minimum permissible level is 10%).

gamidgamidov “Only 15% of the population lives on 85% of the territory of the Russian Federation. But, apparently, it seems to someone that everything is top-notch. The Russian people could be given a “bonus” from above - a law on the legalization of weapons, albeit short-barreled ones, could be passed, supposedly for the sake of self-defense. This is quite enough for Russians to start killing each other with firearms in addition to alcohol and drugs.

Norwegian Anders Breivik, accused of murder, 77 people, temporarily transferred from Ila in Oslo, where he was contained since his detention and will be kept in the future, due to repair and re -equipment, RIA Novosti reports. "(Prison) Ila asked for a break, because it was necessary to do something," the director of prison, Knut Bjarkeid, told the Norwegian agency NTB .

The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia instructed the regional prosecutors to conduct a check of roads "federal, regional, inter -municipal and local importance to the requirements of state standards and project documentation." At the same time, in authorities and local self -government, prosecutors were instructed to verify compliance with the requirements of federal legislation in the field of road safety and road development.