Most Polish citizens in Russia vote for Komorowski.

MOSCOW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Most Polish citizens, who participated
in the Sunday Polish presidential elections in Moscow, voted for Bronislaw
Komorowski, press secretary of the Polish Embassy in Russia Pavel Koch
told Itar-Tass on the election results in the Russian capital.
"The election commission at the Consulate General in Moscow gave 581
ballot papers. Some 572 are valid votes," he said. "Some 115 Polish
citizens voted for Jaroslaw Kaczynski and 457 for Bronislaw Komorowski,"
Koch noted.
Polish citizens, who are staying in Russia, could vote at the
republican presidential elections in Moscow, Irkutsk, St. Petersburg and
Kaliningrad. "The voting in Russia is over. The election committees keep
counting the ballots," Koch said.

.Two policemen killed, 5 injured in shootout in Ingushetia.

NAZRAN, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Two policemen were killed, five more
were injured in a shootout in Ingushetia.
Unidentified gunmen opened automatic and under-barrel grenade launcher
fire at a convoy of the Ingush temporary police task force at about 11.50
pm Moscow time on Sunday on the federal highway Kavkaz near Yanadre, a
source in the Ingush Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass. Two policemen were
killed and five more were brought with wounds to the Ingush republican
hospital.
The search operation for the attackers is underway.

.Russian ISS crewmembers open hatch of docked freighter Progress.

MOSCOW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian crewmembers from the ISS-24 crew
Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko and Fyodor Yurchikhin opened a
hatch of the freighter Progress M-06M, which docked successfully in
automatic mode to the International Space Station (ISS), a source in the
Mission Control Center in the Moscow Region told Itar-Tass.
The Progress hatch cannot be opened right after the docking, as at
first the freighter should be brought close to the ISS by a special cable,
the crewmen should examine the connection pressurization, level out the
pressure and place special mechanical strainers, the source recalled.
Before the unloading the spacemen will put clamps, take air samples
and mothball the freighter.
The spacemen isolated in the outer space are usually seeking to get
letters and parcels from relatives and friends out of the freighter and
bring the so-called 'urgent cargoes' to the station.
The crew will keep bringing other cargoes to the station within a few
months. "It is a very hard and long work even in the zero gravity," the
source said. "They should not only remove the bolts or belts, by which
each cargo is fastened to a special arm, but also to bring it to a special
place selected in advance at the station. After each unloading operation
at the freighter they should put a ten-digital number of a shipment bill
in the onboard computer," the expert elaborated.
The docking with the freighter Progress is the final nighttime
operation this week, therefore the crew will get back to the daily
schedule in the next two days - wakeup at 10 am Moscow time and the time
for bed at 01.30 am Moscow time. The crewmen were working at the nighttime
all the week - got up at 3 pm Moscow time and went down to bed at 06.30 am
Moscow time.
The Progress M-06M launched from the Baikonur spaceport on June 30 and
docked at 8.17 pm Moscow time on Sunday at the second attempt to the ISS.

.Margin between Polish presidential rivals slim after 20% counted.

WARSAW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- The margin between Polish presidential
rivals makes one percent after 20% of ballots had been counted, the Polish
State Elections Commission reported on Monday.
According to these results Sejm Speaker and Acting President Bronislaw
Komorowski gained 50.61% of votes. His rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is
the leader of the Law and Justice Party, polled 49.39%.
The turnout at the Sunday elections has made 54.59%.
The ballot count continues. The State Elections Commission intends to
make public the final results on Monday afternoon.
The exit polls showed that Komorowski is leading in the election.
Kaczynski is 2-6% behind him.

.Two policemen killed, 5 injured in shootout in Ingushetia(adds).

NAZRAN, July 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Two policemen were killed, five more
were injured in a shootout in Ingushetia.
Unidentified gunmen opened automatic and under-barrel grenade launcher
fire at a convoy of the Ingush temporary police task force at about 11.50
pm Moscow time on Sunday on the federal highway Kavkaz near Yanadre, a
source in the Ingush Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass. Two policemen were
killed and five more were brought with wounds to the Ingush republican
hospital.
The search operation for the attackers is underway.
A criminal case was instituted for an attempt on the life of law
enforcers, the illegal storage and carrying of weapons and ammunition, the
Ingush branch of the Prosecutor General's Office Investigation Committee
(SKP) told Itar-Tass.
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