In the center of Baghdad - after the explosion on April 19, 2012 The Islamic State Iraq, which is the regional branch of Al-Qaeda, today took responsibility for a series of explosions carried out on Thursday in different cities of Iraq. More than 30 people were killed, more than a hundred were injured. Extremists published a statement on their website, in which they recognized that on Thursday in ten cities of Iraq, 14 explosions were carried out by its militants.

A demonstration of Tymoshenko’s supporters near the court of the court in Kharkov. April 19 Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital number 5 in Kharkov on Friday evening, the city Internet viewing "Main" reports.

Football. Championship of Germany. 32nd round "Mainz" - "Wolfsburg" 0: 0

Kirill Kobrin On Sunday, April 22, the France will take place in the presidential election.

Preparing for the Russian language exam With changes in control and measuring materials and criteria for assessing the exam and GIA in the “Cool hour of Freedom”, the developer, the leading researcher of FIPI Irina Tsybulko introduces. About how the educational process has changed and whether it is possible to pass the exam without preparation, the Russian language teachers Nadezhda Shapiro (school No. 57) and Viktor Kuritsyn (school No. 1121) tell.

During the previous arrival of Mironov in Astrakhan In Astrakhan today, a rally will be held for the abolition of the results of the mayor of the city. The leader of Fair Russia Sergey Mironov will take part in it, to whom the city authorities guaranteed that the police would not interfere with the action. The hunger strike at the headquarters of the local branch of "Fair Russia" is continued by 18 people, of which three - from March 16.

Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin in the Radio Liberty studio The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin said that during the elections of the mayor of Astrakhan, serious violations were committed, which must be investigated through the court. According to Interfax, Ombudsman expressed such an opinion after watching videos from polling stations.

In Bryansk today they are sentenced to local motorist Irina Dobrzhanskaya, who shot down a mother with a child last fall at a pedestrian crossing. The three -year -old girl Sonya died, her mother - Anna Sivakova - received severe injuries. The prosecutor demanded for the defendant four years a colony-settlement. In the civil lawsuit, the charge asks for compensation to the victims of 3 million rubles.

In Derbent in the south of Dagestan, the chief accountant of the Dagestan Republican Information Agency Ramazan Novruzaliev was killed on Friday evening. This information was confirmed by the law enforcement bodies of the region. The unknown shot in Novruzaliev in the banquet hall. From the injury received, the chief accountant died in the hospital. The investigation team works on the spot. RIA "Dagestan" is an information agency established by the Government of the Republic.

Lukpan Akhmedyarov after the attack was taken to the hospital. Uralsk, April 19, 2012 Photo: "Ural Week" In Uralsk in the western of Kazakhstan, the correspondent of the Urals Week newspaper Lukpan Akhmedyarov is in critical condition. He was taken to a hospital with severe injuries. Unknown attacked him on Thursday evening at the house where the journalist lives. According to eyewitnesses, there were five attackers. Akhmedyarov was beaten, stabs wounds, they shot him from pneumatic weapons.

Prime Minister of the State Council of China Wen Jiabao The Prime Minister of the State Council of China Wen Jiabao, during the visit to Iceland, who began on the eve of a visit to Iceland, signed six agreements with the country's prime minister Johanni Sigurdardottir. One of them is devoted to cooperation in the Arctic.

In Astrakhan this morning, a meeting of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin with participants in a political hunger strike was held with a demand for the abolition of the results of the mayor of the city-ex-candidate Oleg Shein and his associates.