Syrian in Romania arrested over hostages in Iraq In Bucharest, a businessman of Syrian origin, Umar Haitham, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists in Iraq. On Wednesday night, after interrogation at the prosecutor's office, he was taken to a psychiatric clinic, where experts checked his health, and then the preliminary arrest was confirmed by the prosecutor's office.

A trip to Moscow could cost Tom Delay his career Republican Majority Leader in the US Congress Tom Delay will be the subject of a parliamentary investigation. His trips to Moscow in 1997, the UK in 2000 and South Korea in 2001 are now suspected to have been lavishly paid for by interested organizations. It is possible that Delay even received a separate fee for lobbying the interests of the host party in Congress.

Dynamo is only one step away from gold The capital's Dynamo team is as close as possible to winning gold medals at the national championship five years later. And in the second match of the quarterfinal series on the ice of the Small Sports Arena of the Luzhniki, the team of head coach Vladimir Krikunov defeated the Tolyatti Lada with a difference of two goals - 2:0. If the day before the Volga team managed to hit Vitaly Eremeev’s goal once, this time he defended a clean sheet.

Today in Istanbul, the capital's army team can secure access to the “Final Four” of the ULEB Euroleague, which will take place on May 6-8 in the capital. In the first match of the quarterfinal series, head coach Dusan Ivkovic's team confidently beat Ulker on their own court - 88:74. The Red-Blues have one more step left to take - if they win away against the Istanbul club, the third match will no longer be needed.

Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Cleveland - New Jersey - 80:111, Washington - Boston - 108:116, Charlotte - Clippers - 102:104, Atlanta - " New Orleans - 86:96, Miami - Chicago - 104:86, New York - Indiana - 79:97, Memphis - Denver - 91:94, “Dallas” – “Orlando” – 114:105, “Utah” – “Portland” – 90:79, “Phoenix” – “Lakers” – 125:99, “Sacramento” - - Seattle - 122:101, Golden State - Houston - 122:117.

Saddam's longtime enemy became President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq overthrown by the Americans, yesterday could personally observe how the new president of this Persian Gulf country was chosen. True, Saddam watched this from his prison cell and on TV. A television was placed there specifically for this purpose at the request of the Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Bakhtiar Amin.

Gennady Onishchenko requires his subordinates to carefully monitor children's products The Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare intends to seriously take control of baby food and toys.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development, German Gref, despite the split in the board of directors of Gazprom, continued yesterday to lobby for the liberalization of the gas concern's share market - the idea of ​​the monopolist's top managers. “The lifting of restrictions on the participation of foreign capital in Gazprom will definitely happen this year,” he said yesterday.

RUSAL President Oleg Deripaska met yesterday in Podgorica with Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic and discussed the terms of the purchase of a 65.4% stake in the Podgorica aluminum smelter and a 31.9% stake in the bauxite deposit. A representative of the press service of the Prime Minister of Montenegro reported this to RIA Novosti. He claims that “the negotiations were extremely successful”: during the meeting Messrs.

The Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater conquered Moscow with concerts “A gigantic silver dome, twelve powerful columns of the facade, stone “wings” ...” - the program of the Novosibirsk Opera, better known as the Siberian Colosseum, begins with these words. The stunning building in the Stalinist Empire style, built so that cavalry could pass through, is now closed for reconstruction.

The government writes an economic script with a confusing plot Even the optimistic scenario for the country's socio-economic development does not look very optimistic - primarily from the point of view of solving the problem of doubling GDP. This is recognized in the White House and yet they are forced to agree with this course of events.

Having barely dealt with the monetization of benefits and patching up financial holes in the field of preferential drug coverage, the Moscow authorities were faced with the consequences of the famous Law No. 122 on the delimitation of jurisdiction between the center and the regions in a different area.

American writer Saul Bellow, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, has died in Massachusetts at the age of 89. His real name is Solomon Bellows. Solomon was born on July 10, 1915 in the Canadian city of Lachine into a family of Jewish immigrants from St. Petersburg. The parents moved to Canada from Russia only two years before the birth of their offspring, so the child was raised in the best traditions of St. Petersburg intellectuals.

The famous American performance artist Spencer Tunick visited Moscow The vernissage of works by the American artist Spencer Tunick (Tunika) was held in the new, well-established gallery of contemporary art RuArts. Tunik’s actions, preserved in photos and videos, have the goal of ridding the world of the captivity of public, social, political, and ideological prejudices. Wherever he is - in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Finland, Spain, Great Britain or the USA, Tunik works in a proven way.

The cardinals decided not to delay the election of the Pope The Congregation of Cardinals has decided on the day of election of the new head of the Roman Catholic Church. The conclave will meet on Monday, April 18th. This decision was made yesterday by the highest officials of the Vatican, said the official representative of the Holy See, Joaquin Navarro-Valls. Thus, the cardinals decided to hold a conclave on the first day allowed by protocol.