The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Valery Vinokurov takes part. Andrey Shary: Ten days have passed since the beginning of the World Cup in Germany. Today, perhaps, the first day when the main news from the championship is not sports, but near sports. A scandal with corruption among high -ranking FIFA officials, this is now being said in Germany.

Belgika Justein Anen-Ardenne, winner of the French open championship heads the championship race-the current rating of the Women's Tennis Association. In second place is the finalist "Roland Garros" Russian woman Svetlana Kuznetsova, the third is the Frenchwoman Amelie Mororemo, the fourth is Russian Nadezhda Petrova, the fifth - Martina Khingis from Switzerland. The top ten includes three more Russians: Maria Sharapova-6th, Elena Dementieva-8th, Dinara Safina-10th.

In the final series of the Championship of the National Basketball Association, the fifth match was held. “Miami” took Dallas and won only in overtime 101: 100. The score in the series is 3: 2.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Correspondents of Radio Liberty Yuri Bagrov, Musa Khasanov take part. Alexander GOSTEV: The new leader of the Chechen separatists after the death of Abdul Halim Saydulaev became Doku Umarov, this was today confirmed by representatives of the leadership of the self -proclaimed Republic of Ichkeria. Let me remind you that Saydulaev died as a result of the operation of Russian law enforcement agencies this weekend.

On June 14, the organizers of the Moscow International Film Festival reported that the famous Austrian director Michael Haneke refused to head the festival jury. The Directorate of the Festival is going to publish an open letter to the director in Austria, where he is accused of disrespect for Russia.

At the trial in Baghdad, the prosecutor demanded the death penalty for Saddam Hussein and his two closest associates-the half-brother of Ibrahim al-Chryti and former vice president of Iraq Yassin Ramadan. In total, 7 people, in addition to the former Iraqi dictator, are 7 people in the bench. All of them are accused of crimes against humanity. After the prosecutor’s speech, a break was announced in a court meeting until July 10.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in New York, Jan Runov, takes part. Alexei Kuznetsov: Today in Geneva the first session of the Council of the UN Human Rights created. The Council was replaced by the UN Human Rights Commission of the UN. What are waiting for in America from the new advice? The word is our correspondent.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan opened in Geneva the first meeting of the Human Rights Council. The Council was created instead of the UN Human Rights Commission, whose work was repeatedly criticized. The council, however, again included states known for violations in the field of human rights. The United States opposed the creation of the Council and did not claim membership in it.

At the World Cup in Germany, a match of the second round in the Group Group was played. In Leipzig, the national teams of France and Korea tied 1: 1. The goals scored: in France - Henri, in Korea - Pak Zhi Song. Having scored 4 points, Korea leads after 2 matches played. France has 2 points, Switzerland has 1, it has no points yet, and Switzerland and that have the game in reserve.

The Council of the trustees of the Museum of Jay Paul Getty in Los Angeles admitted that 350 works of Greek, Roman and Etruscan art in his collection were bought from dealers suspected or convicted of participation in the trade of illegally exported artistic values. This recognition was made during negotiations held in Rome between representatives of the museum and the Italian government.

On Sunday, Hamas called on the Palestinian parliament to begin an investigation on the fact of the transfer of weapons and ammunition of the personal guard of Mahmoud Abbas. According to the leadership of Hamas, on the eve of the Palestinian autonomy three trucks with weapons arrived-three thousand M-16 machine guns and ammunition.

52-year-old professor at Shuji Nakamura from Santa Barbara University in California (University of California at Santa Barbara) was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize. The prize is awarded by the Government of Finland for outstanding inventions in the field of high technology. The amount of the bonus is one million euros. Professor Nakamura became the second laureate of the award. The prize was first awarded in 2004 by the creator of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee.

Capitalists with a human face: entrepreneurs in television programs. Guests are the general director of the TNT channel Roman Petrenko, the observer of the magazine "Spark" Julia Larina.

Alexander Vinnikov: Activities of the National Minority Commission New versions of the death of Abdul Khalil Saydulaev Catalonia voted to expand the autonomy of the corruption scandal among senior fifa officials of the day - Slovak politician Robert Fitzo, leader of the Left Party "Service"

In Baghdad and the surroundings over the past day, 17 bodies of the dead were found, including four women and a teenager. Some dead were tortured before death. Obviously, we are talking about victims of violence on religious grounds. On Sunday, in one of the Shiite regions of Baghdad, a group of armed people abducted 10 workers of bakery. The American military continues to search for two US troops, recently taken by militants who attacked American checkpoint.