In the city of TAZ in the south of Yemen, today at least one person died and dozens were injured during the dispersal of the opposition protest. The police scattered demonstrators trying to block the main street of the city. A day earlier, two supporters of the opposition were killed in the same area in clashes. Anti -government speeches continue in other cities of Yemen. Their participants demand the immediate resignation of President Ali Abdullah Salekh.

As a result of a tropical storm that fell to the northeast of the Philippines, at least 9 people were killed, over a hundred thousand inhabitants left their homes, fleeing the landslides and floods. A spontaneous disaster was affected by the province of Katanduanes, where transport communication was broken, and power supply arose. Several internal flights were canceled, passengers of sea ferries also faced difficulties.

Russian and American soldiers against the backdrop of a sign symbolizing a historical meeting on Elbe (photo: William E. Poulson) Alexander Genis: Today's release of the “American hour” will open up the release of our quarterly heading “Mirror”, which is dedicated to Victory Day, in which Solomon Volkov and I try to answer the question “that America and Russia know and do not know about each other”.

France President Nicolas Sarkozi On Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozi proposed creating a special fund for combating drug trafficking under the auspices of the UN. According to Sarkozy, funds confiscated from drug dealers could be used for the work of the fund. The French president spoke with his idea in Paris at the opening of the ministerial meeting of the Big Eight countries, which is dedicated to the fight against drug smuggling.

I don't know anything about that war. I am 44 years old. I don't know anything about that war. At the age of 12, the book “The dead heroes” hurt me, then covered with black “Notes from Buchenwald”, killed “Time to live and die.” My consciousness is filled to the edges of the film "Cranes fly", where there is not a word about the Nazis and Fritz, but there is a protein and a note from eternity. I have a personal threshold on the path to eternity. Family. Family "Squirrel".

In Moscow, after a serious illness, the famous writer and publicist Arkady Vaxberg died. He was 83 years old. Vaxberg worked for many years in the Literary Newspaper, in particular, was its correspondent in Paris. He was the author of literary research - in particular, about Gorky and Mayakovsky - and historical works about the era of Stalin's reign. Arkady Vaxberg is also known as a prose writer, playwright and a movie scene.

Alexander Genis: The film “Meeting on the Elbe”, which opened this one dedicated to Victory Day, will help us move to the historical report of Vladimir Abarinov, who will tell you how it really was.

Football. Championship of England. 36th round "Fulham" - "Liverpool" 2: 5

Tens of thousands of people gathered on Sunday in the center of Mexico City for a march against violence associated with drug mafia. The action in the capital of Mexico is the final stage of the four -day march, which started in the city of Kuernavak. The initiator was the poet and journalist Javier Sicily, whose son was killed in March.

Hockey. On May 9, in Bratislava, KHL President Alexander Medvedev officially announced the entry into the league of the Leo club from Slovakia. In the new season, the Lion will play in the division of Vsevolod Bobrov’s Western Conference of the KHL - along with Spartak, CSKA, SKA, as well as the Moscow and Riga Dynamo.

Clashes in Lviv, May 9, 2011 In the city of Lviv in the west of Ukraine on Monday there were clashes with the participation of nationalists who protested against the use of Soviet symbols who came to the city pro -Russian activists. As a result of the skirmishes, several dozen people were injured.

In the southeast of that, at least 36 people were killed, when several boats in which they were, overturned due to the strong wind on the lake of that. It is reported that yesterday a group of local residents returned from a funeral on the other side of the lake. It is not yet clear how many people were in boats. The search for bodies continues.

Football. Italian championship. 36th round "Breshia" - "skating" 1: 2 "Calirari" - "Cesen" 0: 2 "Inter" - "Fiorentina" 3: 1 "Udinese" - "Lazio" 2: 1 "Lechch" - "Napoli" 2: 1 "Bologna" - "Parma" 0: 0 "Jenoa" - "Sampdoria" 2: 1 After the 36th round 1. "Milan" 78 points 2. "Inter" 72 3. "Napoli" 68