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The Vatican does not allow entrance to tourists dressed in shorts or sleeveless shirts

Visitors wearing shorts or sleeveless shirts are not allowed in the Vatican after officialslaunched a campaign against "inappropriate clothing" forward YahooTravel. The dress code is valid until now regarding the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica, was extended toSt. Peter's Square.

The new dress code prohibits the presence of tourists dressed in shorts, miniskirts orbare shoulders are.

YahooTravel writes that this week, tourists who had not discovered the new rules werevery surprised when they were stopped by the Vatican's Swiss Guard members whohave asked to be covered or not will be left out.

Newspaper Daily Mail writes that many visitors have said that the Catholic Church is"hypocritical"by introducing these restrictions. A tourist from Bristol, James Smith, saidthe new law is "ridiculous. "

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Shake off all fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God, because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blind faith. -Thomas Jefferson

New heat record registered in Moscow

Moscow has posted a new temperature record, surpassing the historical maximum of70 years, the mercury thermometer showing 33 degrees Celsius Friday, RIA Novosti.

"At 15.00 (14.00 - time), the temperature was 33 degrees Celsius, surpassing therecord 0.2 degrees recorded in 1938, told a news agency specialized in FobosMeteorological Center.

According to him, more accurate data will be available Friday evening at 22.00 (local time).

Moscow is the third time recorded record temperatures this summer, after those of 25and 26 June.

Queen Elizabeth II gave his first speech before the UN in 50 years

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain will play Tuesday in New York, a speech on world peace before the UN General Assembly, for the first time in 53 years, the BBCtransmits. The Queen will then visit "ground zero" site of the former World TradeCenter, where he will make a crown.

The trip to New York is first in 1976 and comes after a nine-day visit of the monarch in84 years of age in Canada, with the Duke of Edinburgh.

Queen's speech will play in his capacity as head of state of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, which includes Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados,Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia SaintVincentuiu and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis.

The queen will give a speech with political implications, BBC commented.