The hypothesis about the possibility of cloning dinosaurs from fossil remains is untenable. This conclusion is contained in a report published today by Australian scientists from Murdoch University (Western Australia), who conducted a radiocarbon study of bone tissue taken from the remains of 136 Moa birds - these giant birds lived in New Zealand and were completely destroyed by the Maori aborigines about 600 years ago.

October 11, 2012, 20:43 Society An investigation into the murder of State Duma deputy assistant Vladislav Tretyak is underway in Ulyanovsk On Thursday morning, an assistant to State Duma deputy Vladislav Tretyak was shot dead on the central street of Ulyanovsk . Athlete and businessman Ramis Sadiev was shot in the head. According to law enforcement agencies, the body of 43-year-old Sadiev with gunshot wounds was discovered today at 8.30 in the gym of the Arena complex on Goncharova Street.

October 11, 2012, 19:20 Society The shells scattered from an ordinary cigarette butt A conscript soldier admitted that he smoked near ammunition at a training ground near Orenburg Maxim Solopov close 100% Private Alexander Kasatkin, who was serving in military service near Orenburg, admitted that he lit a cigarette near the boxes of shells and threw away the cigarette butt without making sure that it had been extinguished. After this, tons of ammunition exploded.

October 11, 2012, 10:47 Politics Dangerous cargo from Moscow detained Turkish fighter jets forced to land a Syrian plane flying to Syria Lev of Macedon close 100% Turkish fighter jets forced a Syrian plane flying from Moscow to Syria to land.

The appellate instance of the Supreme Court of Russia overturned the decision of the Bryansk court to annul the registration of the current governor of the Bryansk region, Nikolai Denin, in the elections of the head of the region on October 14 and reinstated him as a candidate for this post. This was reported by a Gazeta.Ru correspondent from the courtroom.

During a criminal investigation into the death of a patient at the women’s rehabilitation center of the Yevgeny Roizman “City Without Drugs” Foundation, a suspect was detained, the official website of the Investigative Committee of Russia reports . “This morning, the investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk Region made a decision to detain 34-year-old unemployed resident of Yekaterinburg Igor Shabalin as a suspect in this criminal case.

11 October 2012, 13:09 Business PCs are rented out to the market Sales of personal computers at the end of 2012 will decline for the first time in 11 years, IHS iSuppli predicts Anastasia Matveeva close 100% Sales of personal computers in 2012 will decline for the first time in 11 years, IHS iSuppli predicts. The global economic crisis, a shift in user interest towards tablet computers and a pause in demand amid anticipation of devices based on Windows 8 had an impact.

The Kaliningrad grid company Yantar-Energo will be included in the Federal Grid Company ( FSK ), said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich . “The proposal of the Kaliningrad region is to integrate this company into FSK. The proposal was supported. This will allow optimizing the tariff burden in the Kaliningrad region,” Dvorkovich said following a meeting of the government commission on electricity (quoted by Interfax).

— 11.10.2012 12:21 — UK authorities suspect the world's largest social network Facebook of tax evasion, writes the Daily Mail . In 2011, the company paid only £238 thousand in taxes, although its revenue amounted to £175 million, while, as the publication emphasizes, the annual income of one Facebook employee in Britain is £270 thousand. The social network's office in London conducts all its operations through Ireland, where tax rates are lower.

October 11, 2012, 16:06 Cars White like an iPhone Apple fans buy white cars Alexander Ukleev close 100% Automakers produce the most white cars. American experts attribute this to the popularity of Apple gadgets, which come in white. According to experts, the leadership of white in the car market will last until next year at best.

Russia will purchase two hectares of land in Lisbon for more than $20 million for the construction of embassy buildings, Interfax reports , citing the order of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev .

Late on Wednesday evening, Turkey gave permission for a Syrian passenger airliner flying from Moscow to Damascus to take off from Ankara , but seized the cargo found on board, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Turkish television. Earlier, local media reported that spare parts for radio stations used for military purposes were found on board the plane.

October 11, 2012, 10:43 pm Society The second stage of organ cleansing The Ministry of Internal Affairs begins a new stage of departmental reform: the first one turned out to be a failure Sergey Minenko close 100% The Ministry of Internal Affairs begins the second stage of departmental reform ITAR-TASS The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs recognized the first part of the department's reform as a failure.

Scientist Keith Campbell, who cloned Dolly the sheep, has died at the age of 59, reports the Associated Press . According to a spokeswoman for the University of Nottingham, the biologist died last Friday. The university did not specify the cause of death. Campbell began cloning animals in 1991 and became one of the “fathers” of the famous sheep Dolly. According to ITAR-TASS , the scientist carried out 66% of all the experiments.

October 11, 2012, 05:21 Society In Moscow on Thursday it is expected to reach +9, light rain In the Russian capital on Thursday the weather will remain typical for mid-October. As Roshydromet promises , in Moscow during the day it will be from +7 to +9. The weather is expected to be cloudy, mostly clear, light rain, and moderate southwest wind. A more detailed forecast can be found on the weather page .