In Egypt, on charges of corruption, one of the closest associates of the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak was convicted. The chief of staff of Zakaria Azmi was sentenced to seven years in prison and was fined about six million dollars. He was found guilty of illegal assignment of seven million dollars.

In Siberia, there are currently 23 forest fires on an area of 625 hectares. As reported today in the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies, seven foci of fires with a total area of 572 hectares are localized, the largest of them in Tuva, its area of 200 hectares. More than 300 people take part in the extinguishing of fires, almost 50 units of equipment are involved.

The bodies of the dead inhabitants of Hola (Syria) The UN Security Council gathered tonight at an emergency meeting - in connection with the massacre of the inhabitants of the Syrian city of Hole. There, in recent days, according to various sources, from 92 to 109 people were killed, including more than 30 children.

In the south of the United States, on Saturday, a single-engine Cessna-172 aircraft crashed on Saturday, in which there were four people-all of them died. The plane fell about a hundred meters from the runway of the local airport. The reasons for the fall of the aircraft, which was discovered during the next regular inspection of the flight field, are clarified. Representatives of the airport still do not know whether the aircraft fell during takeoff or when landing.

The opposition activists will submit an application to the Moscow City Hall today on the mass procession on June 12 in the city center - from the Square of Belorussky Station on Tverskaya Street to Borovitskaya Square, where the rally will be held. According to Interfax, one of the organizers, the activist of the Solidarity movement Sergei Davidis, the application stipulates participation in the procession and rally of 50 thousand people.

Foreign Ministers of the League of the Arab states will gather an extraordinary meeting to discuss the situation in Syria. This was announced today in Kuwait, who is the temporary chairman of the league. On Friday and Saturday, during the artillery shelling of the Syrian city of Hola and his suburbs, 92 people were killed, 32 of them were children under the age of ten years.

In Moscow, civil and political organizations will hold several shares today. The so -called “white defile” will take place on Red Square. As noted in the Voters League, the purpose of the action is to check whether people can freely walk around the area in white clothes. White color is a symbol of civil actions in support of honest elections in Russia.

Tehran does not see the reasons to abandon the process of enriching uranium up to 20 percent, ”said the head of the Iranian atomic energy organization, Fereyidun Abbasi Davani. According to him, Iran produces "no more and no less" that amount of 20 percent uranium, which is necessary for the energy of the country.

Alexander Genis May 28 at 23 hours Moscow time in the program of Alexander Genis : what they read in Brooklyn; " The beautiful half is rich"; Pictures from the exhibition: Collection of Gertrude Stein. A. Genis . The e -book challenged all libraries. Therefore, I live with the gloomy thought that my five thousand books will no longer be needed by the next generation. It will be ridiculous for him to collect books as you have to save food when there are supermarkets.

In Tbilisi today was a rally organized by the opposition coalition "Georgian Dream". The action was attended by several tens of thousands of people. Says Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze, the Square of Freedom in the center of the Georgian capital was completely filled. The day before, the leaders of the Georgian Dream Coalition said that the opposition begins the election campaign with a thousands of thousands.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky The lawyer of the ex-head of the company Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky Vadim Kluvgan in an interview with Radio Liberty said that his client did not urge Great Britain to ban the country for more than three Russian officials this summer. Another lawyer Khodorkovsky Yuri Schmidt made a similar refutation on the air of Echo of Moscow. In his opinion, such information is a “deliberate mistake” or “outright provocation”.

Islamist militants in the north Mali. May 2012 In Mali, the Tuarean separatists from the "People’s Movement for the Liberation of Azavad" and members of the Islamist group "Ansar AD-Din" announced the unification of forces. Previously, they separately controlled the northern territories of the country. Both organizations announced the creation of the "Transition Council of the Islamic State Azavad." Participants in the agreement also declared Islam as their religion.

Iranian state television announced today about Tehran’s intention to build a second nuclear power plant in the country, in addition to the current Bushera nuclear power plant. Journalists referred to the statement of the head of the Iranian atomic energy organization Fereyidun Abbasi Davani, according to which the construction of a nuclear power plant with a capacity of a thousand Megavatts is planned to be completed in March 2014.

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