In the capital of Chechnya - Grozny, a cafe is blown up, a neighboring building of the employment center was partially destroyed. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, there were no victims - at the time of the explosion in the room there was nobody. The damage is estimated at 200 thousand rubles.

The World Health Organization excluded the Canadian city of Toronto from the list of territories that were not recommended to visit due to an epidemic of atypical pneumonia. Over the past 20 days, not a single new case of the disease has been identified in Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Thus, only Taiwan remained on the list, but there, apparently, the end of the epidemic will soon be announced there.

In Kuzbass, violations of the rules of mining became the main reason for the explosion of methane on June 16 at the Ziminka mine, which claimed the lives of 12 people. The State Commission found that the concentration of methane in the face has reached a dangerous level, since ventilation did not work. In addition, miners - in violation of safety regulations - used explosives. The commission recommended that a number of mine managers are dismissed from their posts.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Olga Pispanen: All -Russian protests became everyday phenomenon in our lives, everyone protests from miners to scientists. Does this help to cope with the problems of the industry that the picketers are trying to draw the attention of the government and the public? Today we will talk about the problem of the survival of Russian science with Sergey Alexandrovich Okulov, the leader of the St.

Employees of the sociological service of Validite are familiar with the views of the Chechen society on many today's problems are much better than their other colleagues. At least, such an impression is created during familiarization with the results of their last study. The Valideite service interviewed residents of 75 settlements of Chechnya. In polls, the most topical problems of the region in which the war actually continues was indicated.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi presents today in the European parliament the program of his country as the chairman of the EU. According to Berlusconi, the priority for Italy is the completion of discussions on the draft constitution of the European Union, the development of European legislation on the fight against illegal immigration and strengthening the connections between the EU and the USA, who suffered because of the disagreements on the Iraqi problem.

Swedish scientists have experimentally proved that mammals can successfully endure offspring in a transplanted donor uterus. On Tuesday, Professor of Goteborg University Matt Brannstrom acquainted with these results of delegates the next conference of the European Society of embryology and human reproductions. To conduct experiments, females of mice were used, with the same hereditary characteristics. Scientists removed the uterus in some animals and planted them to other mice.

The power in Iraq in the near future will begin to turn into the hands of the Iraqis themselves, ”said Jack Stri, Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs. He met today in Baghdad with the head of the Provisional Administration Paul Bremer, according to which the transition government of Iraq is planned to be created by mid -July. Previously, Str, visiting the city of Basra in the south of the country, said that the coalition troops would remain in Iraq until the situation is completely stabilized.

In Yerevan, the dean of the faculty of Russian philology of Yerevan State University Karen Mkrtchyan, the son of the famous literary critic Levon Mkrtchyan, has been killed today. He was shot at the building of the kindergarten, where he took his child. According to colleagues, the scientist did not engage in political or entrepreneurial activity. According to investigators, the motive of the murder could become revenge for the inconsistent state exams.

On Tuesday, on Broadway, before the start of theatrical performances, street lamps burned for some time as a tribute to the memory of actress Katherine Hapburn, who died on Sunday at the age of 96. Her career began precisely on Broadway in the late 20s of the last century. In Hollywood, at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine streets, where the famous "Alley of Glory" is located, colleagues and fans of the deceased laid flowers.

The Prosecutor General’s Office charged the co -chair of the Liberal Russia party Mikhail Kodanev and his assistant Alexander Vinnik in organizing the murder of State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov. According to the indictment, the murder of Yushenkov was committed by preliminary conspiracy from selfish motives. Kodanov and Vinnik do not plead guilty and refuse to testify.

Andrei Shari is talking with Andrei Babitsky. Andrei Shary: In London, the next stage of the court hearings in the case of the extradition of Ahmed Zakev, a representative of the Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov, came to an end. Its issues are achieved by Moscow. One of the witnesses in this process is our colleague Andrei Babitsky. Andrey, I know that today you were interrogated in court. What was it about? Andrei Babitsky: My interrogation was neither significant nor long.

The famous Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich bought one of the strongest English football clubs - the London Chelsea. According to the British television company BBC, Abramovich - Governor of Chukotka and the largest shareholder of Sibneft - acquired more than half of the club’s shares. Chelsea President Ken Bates expressed satisfaction with the results of the transaction. In the last year’s championship of England, Chelsea - one of the oldest clubs in the country - took fourth place.

The Prosecutor General of Russia charged the first charges on the so -called werewolves in uniform, within the framework of which seven people were arrested in Moscow. The organizer of the criminal community, which included employees of the Moscow criminal investigation department, was called one of the heads of the Ministry of Emergencies Lieutenant General Vladimir Ganeyev. They all are charged with mainly extortion and abuse of power.

In Belgrade, the second day in a row continues mass demonstrations of Serbian miners. One of the main highways of the city is completely blocked. Shakhters protest against the government’s intentions to privatize unprofitable mines. The miners are afraid that this will eventually lead to the closure of the mines.