Rebels in the Central African Republic are ready to form a coalition government with the authorities. Representatives of the rebels made this statement after a meeting with the head of the African Union, Al Jazeera reports .

The Yemeni branch of the Al-Qaeda (organization banned in Russia) organization promised to reward 3 kilograms of gold (about $160 thousand) to the one who kills the US ambassador in this country, the Associated Press reports , citing an audio message distributed by the terrorists. A reward has also been promised for the killing of American troops in Yemen - $23 thousand per soldier. This offer will be valid for the next six months, Al-Qaeda noted.

A series of explosions that occurred in several Iraqi cities on Monday morning killed 13 people, Reuters reports , citing police officials. The incidents occurred in the north of the country, in the cities of Kirkuk and Hilla. Seven people from one family were killed in the city of Al-Musayib. According to the latest information, about 50 people were injured as a result of a series of explosions.

The Moscow City Hall suggested that the opposition change the route of the march on January 13, told Interfax , coordinator of the Left Front, Sergei Udaltsov . “The mayor’s office proposes to change the route. From Pushkinskaya along the boulevards to Sakharov Avenue or along Frunzenskaya Embankment to Luzhniki,” Udaltsov said.

Russian citizens were not injured as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning at the Modern Sultan Hotel in Istanbul, in Moscow told Interfax the representative office of the Turkish Ministry of Tourism . The hotel where the emergency occurred is sometimes booked by Russian citizens. Travel companies noted that during the current period there were foreign tourists at the hotel, but there were no Russians among them.

Five people were killed in a massive landslide in southwest Colombia, and at least 25 more remain missing, the BBC reports . The slope collapse occurred on a mountain road near the city of Neiva, capital of the department of Huila. One of the dead was a road service worker and at the time of the landslide he was clearing the road after a previous collapse, British journalists note. According to local authorities, at least six cars were trapped under the rubble.

Airlines Red Wings has returned to normal operating hours after the incident with the Tu-204 aircraft at the capital's Vnukovo airport , RIA Novosti reports . A Tu-204 plane belonging to the Red Wings skidded off the runway in Vnukovo on Saturday and caught fire. To investigate the causes of the accident, an MAK commission was created with the participation of the Federal Air Transport Agency and Rostransnadzor . A criminal case has been opened.

December 31, 2012, 12:26 Society Former Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense General Konstantin Kobets has died Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, Army General Konstantin Kobets, died in Moscow on December 30. “The general died yesterday at the age of 74,” told Interfax on Monday. a source in medical circles Kobets was born on July 16, 1939 in Kyiv. From June 1993 to May 1997, he served as Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia. Kobets was awarded various orders and medals.

Chilean winery Tremonte released a batch of Meteorito Cabernet Sauvignon, which was aged in a vessel with a 7-centimeter fragment of a meteorite placed in it, Bloomberg reports . The idea to add extraterrestrial notes to the 2010 vintage came from the company's CEO, Ian Hutcheon, who owns an observatory located near the winery. Meteorito will soon appear in New York and will be sold for $20, journalists note.

December 31, 2012, 12:48 Cars Two Russians died in an accident in the Thai resort of Phuket Two tourists, believed to be Russians, died after crashing a motorcycle in Thailand, local newspaper Phuket News reported on Monday . According to the police, the accident happened in the city of Phuket, the administrative center of the island of the same name, popular among tourists. RIA Novosti reports that the incident occurred on Saturday.

On Monday, the Russian Central Election Commission held a presentation of a new information center; the head of the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov , who was present at the event , announced that he intended to abandon the image of a wizard.

30 Moscow police officers received 100 thousand rubles each. for the New Year for solving serious crimes, Interfax was told in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow. “For the successful completion of particularly complex and important tasks, solving serious crimes, 30 ordinary police officers, including employees of private security and police patrol services, were awarded cash bonuses in the amount of 100 thousand rubles.

December 31, 2012, 05:38 News US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hospitalized after being diagnosed with a blood clot close 100% Reuters/Osman Orsal US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hospitalized with a blood clot, the BBC reports . The head of the State Department is at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Clinton has been prescribed anticoagulants and will remain under medical supervision for the next two days.

Employees of the Bashkir FSB detained a student who declared on the Internet his intention to repeat “Breivik’s act” on New Year’s Eve in Ufa, the told Interfax on Monday. department’s press service “The author of this article has been identified. He turned out to be a fourth-year student at the Ufa College of Statistics, Informatics and Computer Science, Vladimir Igorevich Kilmayev, born in 1993,” the department said.

The French government has decided not to abandon the construction of the new Paris Philharmonic, which will cost a record €387 million, despite the financial crisis, writes The Guardian . The authorities have already curtailed several ambitious cultural projects, guided by a policy of "tightening their belts", but the construction of the huge, aluminum-clad building has already progressed so far that officials see no reason to refuse.