In the central regions of European Russia, the beginning of June turned out to be unusually cold. The average daily air temperature was 10-11 degrees lower than usual for this time. But in the coming days, warm air will begin to flow into the territory of the Central Federal District, but not from the south, as is usually the case, but from the northwest, from Scandinavia. Therefore, on Thursday afternoon the temperature may rise to +15...+19оС.

In the eighth week of the search for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), UN military inspectors finally visited President Hussein's main palace yesterday, located in the center of Baghdad and colloquially referred to as the Old Palace. The check is clearly timed to coincide with the arrival in Baghdad next week of UNMOVIC head Hans Blix and IAEA Director General Muhammad AlBaradei, from whom the White House is demanding to find WMD in Iraq at any cost.

Palestinians and Israelis promised Bush to live together Yesterday, America showed doubters that its assertive approach to solving the world's problems can bring not only suffering and destruction, but hope for a way out of the most long-standing impasses of world politics.

Golden Telecom, Inc. Corporation is one of the leading providers of integrated telecommunications companies SibChallenge-Telecom and Internet provider CJSC Tel in Krasnoyarsk, Golden Telecom said in a statement. The transaction, valued at $15 million, is subject to satisfactory due diligence, execution and completion of the underlying sales agreements and regulatory approvals. This deal is part of the corporation's regional strategy aimed at consolidating alternative operators outside Moscow.

British intelligence pariahs have tarnished Blair's reputation After much resistance and under the threat of scandal, British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave in. Yesterday he instructed the House of Commons intelligence and security committee to investigate whether his cabinet had correctly understood intelligence information about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

There are still too many world champions A year ago, it seemed that the uncertainty in the chess world was over. At a unification meeting in Prague with the participation of the strongest chess players on the planet, FIDE outlined a new system for the world championship, thanks to which in 2005 the chess world would receive a single champion. However, a year has passed, and things are still there.

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The attack on the favorites continues in Paris The current French Open is extremely rich in sensations. It’s nice that some of them were created by Russians. Vera Zvonareva defeated American Venus Williams, the third racket of the world, in the fourth round, and Nadezhda Petrova, who defeated Jennifer Capriati, became the only tennis player in the quartet of semi-finalists who was not among the top 50 according to the WTA rating. Even more unpredictable things happen in the men's singles.

Gas suppliers are unanimous in the need for long-term contracts The third day of the International Gas Conference in Tokyo confirmed that a new era has indeed begun on the global gas market, but not the one that BP CEO John Brown proclaimed the day before yesterday. In contrast to his “flexibility” theory, yesterday in Tokyo they talked about the strategic importance of long-term contracts. And this marks a radical turn in global energy policy.

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Muhammad Al-Fayed is selling England's most famous department store The Harrods department store, as popular in London as GUM is in Moscow, will soon be sold to another owner. The story of the brilliant conquest of the prim English capital by the quickly rich Egyptian merchant Muhammad Al-Fayed ends in personal tragedy. The foreign city turned out to be stronger.

Greek Catholics were banned from commemorations In Western Ukraine, the Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), violating all centuries-old traditions, introduced a ban on holding funerals. According to the press secretary of the UGCC cardinal, Father Igor Yatsiv, the decree introduces a ban on holding funeral dinners on the day of the funeral, because, as practice shows, at such funeral receptions, under the influence of alcohol, some forget what they came for and even sing.

President Signed a decree on the appointment of police colonel A.Yu. Zabegalova as the head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ivanovo Region, police colonel A.D. Ryazantsev Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Lipetsk Region. The press service of the head of state reported this today.

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Domestic gas exploded in the Jewish Quarter of Paris In the Second Arrondissement of Paris, nicknamed the Jewish Quarter, a multi-storey residential building exploded yesterday. A powerful explosion occurred between the fourth and fifth floors. 140 firefighters were immediately rushed to the scene. Several ambulances arrived. “I heard a huge explosion,” says Alfred Karlus, who works at the tax office, located just opposite the destroyed house.