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In the USA, on Tuesday, near the city of Baltimore, the commodity composition came off the rails, after which a fire began. Eyewitnesses report a strong explosion, which was heard a few kilometers from the scene. Near the section of the railway where the wagons came off, several buildings were destroyed. Information about the victims is specified. Presumably, the train could crash into a truck that crossed the path.

In Lebanon, near the city of Arsal, near the Syrian border last night, unknown people attacked the checkpoint, and three Lebanese military were killed. This was reported by Lebanese security services. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack. Most of Arsala residents are Sunnis who support the armed opposition in Syria. Syrian rebels often use this territory for smuggling weapons and transporting militants from Lebanon to Syria.

In Smolensk, a criminal case has been instituted against the head of the city of Alexander Danilyuk. According to investigators, on May 22 of this year, Danilyuk, contrary to the requirements of Russian legislation and the charter of the city, fired the city manager Nikolai Alaseev, and the next day he ordered the ban on the passing of Alaseev to the administration building. The case against Alexander Danilyuk was initiated under the article "Excess of official powers."

On board the Mi-8 helicopter, which was divided today in the Saratov region, according to the military prosecutor's office, there were four people, one of them died. According to the representative of the prosecutor's office, information about the number of dead and victims is specified. Earlier it was reported that three people were on board. The military helicopter had crashed when performing a planned training flight near the village of Ivanovskoye.

Caucasian Lilia, listed in the Red Book, is a Caucasian biosphere reserve Ecologists criticize plans for the construction of a high -speed railway line with the Moscow -Adler message proposed by President Vladimir Putin: the route can run through specially protected natural territories Despite the fact that the exact route of the planned high -speed railway Moscow -Adler, activists of the environmental organizations of Sochi and the Krasnodar Territory, has already been discussing the prospects

Tatyana Barabanova In Moscow, a group of citizens and the “Barrikadnaya” metro station on May 6 held on Tuesday a coordinated picket against the criminal prosecution of participants in last year’s opposition rally on Bolotnaya Square . According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, Tatyana Barabanova, the mother of one of the arrested in the "Bolotnaya case" Andrei Barabanova, was among the audience on the Barrikadaya.

In Afghanistan, as a result of a joint operation of Afghan troops and the forces of the International Coalition, five militants were killed. As the NATO command stated in Afghanistan, in the province of Bagan in the north of the country, three militants were killed yesterday and one of the Taliban leaders were arrested. Two more militants died on the same day in the province of Kunar in the east of the country.

Is a fair process in the "swamp business" possible? We are talking about this with the activist of the "Committee on May 6" Maria Arkhipova and lawyer Yaroslav Belousov Dmitry Agranovsky.

Sergey Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called illegitimate and contradicting all the norms of international law the decision of the EU not to renew the embargo for the supply of weapons of the Syrian opposition at the end of May . Earlier on Tuesday, Deputy Lavrov Sergey Ryabkov said that the EU actions may damage the upcoming international conference in Syria, with the initiative of which Russia and the United States made.

In Venezuela, two US Embassy employees were injured as a result of an armed incident. According to France-Presse, citing a representative of the US State Department, Patrick Ventrell, there are no injuries to the life of the victims. According to Ventrell, shooting was fired outside the walls of the embassy. According to the Associated Press, which refers to the Venezuelan Police, the military attache Roberto Esekel was injured.

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In the outskirts of the city of Peshavar in the north-west of Pakistan today, unknown people shot a woman-an employee of a humanitarian organization who carried out vaccinations against poliomyelitis. According to our radio station, a local police representative, another employee of the organization was wounded and hospitalized. Today in the region a three -day campaign to vaccinate the population from poliomyelitis has begun. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the crime.

Protest of protest on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow May 6, 2013 Representatives of the opposition submitted an application to the Moscow City Hall to hold a mass action on the day of Russia on June 12. On the page of the “Left Front” coordinator Sergei Udaltsov on Twitter, it is reported that activists intend to hold the march in support of the accused in the “swamp case”, as well as other political prisoners along the route, Kaluga Square - Yakimanka - Bolotnaya Square.

A new publication of a full catalog of Picasso's work will soon appear on the book market. Created with the participation of the master, he is known by the name of the compiler “Zevros” and consists of 33 volumes and 16 thousand black and white (the requirement of the artist) illustrations. The price is intriguing - 15 thousand dollars. The first, antique edition of the catalog is sold at auction for 200,000. And yet such books find the owners.