Interpol has launched a “crusade” against intellectual property thieves The leadership of Interpol made unexpected revelations of international terrorists, directly linking their activities with crimes in the field of intellectual property and copyright.

Moderately warm weather is expected. For most people it is comfortable and favorable. Atmospheric pressure will be higher than normal, which may cause discomfort in people prone to spastic reactions. This applies to patients with arterial hypertension, vegetative-vascular dystonia, and bronchial asthma. The geomagnetic background during these July days is predicted to be calm.

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An anniversary exhibition of provincial museums has opened at the Tretyakov Gallery Some exhibitions you don’t want to visit on opening days. Then, later. After. About two weeks from now. When your reward is the opportunity not to react to an event in the “morning in the newspaper - evening in the verse” mode. When the time of news is realized by a small bookmark in the book that it is you who are dear.

Europe is increasingly trying to replace the “alien” Russian peacekeepers in Moldova with “our own” bayonets. The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the unrecognized Transnistrian Republic, Grigory Marakutsa, said yesterday that he would like to maintain the usual composition of the Transnistrian peacekeeping forces - Russian, Ukrainian and Moldovan troops. “The experience of Western peacekeepers, as shown by the events in Yugoslavia and Iraq, is by no means flawless,” Mr. Marakutsa noted.

And he doesn’t know how much he will have to pay for the state stake The management of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) is creating a management company for the emerging holding in order to strengthen its position in the struggle for the state stake in the enterprise. According to the deputy general director of the enterprise, Alexander Ushakov, the management company will appear this quarter.

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The Inteko group, headed by the wife of the capital's mayor, Elena Baturina, intends to enter the stock market by issuing ruble bonds. As the AK&M agency reported yesterday, Inteko will soon issue 1.2 million bonds with a nominal value of 1 thousand rubles. each. The total volume of issue is thus 1.2 billion rubles. ($40 million).

Shamil Tarpishchev’s charges have no time for rest Today in the Slovenian Portorož, located on the Adriatic coast, on the eve of the quarterfinal match of the Federation Cup between the teams of Slovenia and Russia, a draw will take place to determine the order in which the tennis players will enter the court. Last December in Paris, the Russian men's team, led by Shamil Tarpishchev, won the Davis Cup.

The craze for SMS has led to an increase in injuries The enormous popularity in China of short text messages (SMS) transmitted via mobile phones has begun to lead to injuries among fans of this means of communication, reports the Lanzhou Wanbao newspaper. As a result of SMS abuse, a number of users were forced to seek medical help due to damage to the ligaments of the thumb, which is used to type text on the telephone keyboard.

Director of the Bioengineering Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Biotechnology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Konstantin SKRYABIN believes that rumors about the dangers of transgenic vegetables are spread by competitors. -- Konstantin Georgievich, genetically modified products are still imported into Russia from outside.

A dangerous incident occurred at the inter-Korean border Yesterday, a dangerous incident occurred in the demilitarized zone, which has been dividing Korea into two parts for half a century. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea fired four shots at the South Koreans early in the morning. The southerners responded with 17 salvos and issued a warning through loudspeakers. After this, the shooting died down and no casualties were reported.

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Yesterday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation held a meeting of the commission on international sports activities and the development of the sports industry in Russia. The working group presented a concept for the development of the sports industry in the country and a set of measures for its implementation.