Bush and Kerry. Photo by ar Currently, the US elections are counting in the States from California to Connecticut, reports AP. Meanwhile, according to the data already received, Bush won in 23 states, including the "front -line" West Virginia, and received a total of 204 votes of electors. Kerry won the 12th States and County of Colombia, winning 188 votes of electors. 24 votes of the States of Pennsylvania and Menn can be considered a special success of Kerry.

Fragments of a human body and a half-burned passport in the name of Arslanbek Askhabov were found at the site of a car explosion in a parking lot in Makhachkala on Tuesday, a source in Dagestan's law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Wednesday. An explosion at a paid parking lot on Akushinsky Avenue in a Moskvich-412 car occurred on Tuesday at 19.10 Moscow time. According to the credentials, the car belonged to a resident of Khasavyurt.

Voting in the USA. Photo AFP The presidential election is going on throughout the United States. According to Exit Polls, collected by the Zogby sociological service, the main rivals are gaining the same number of votes. Both the current president George Bush and Senator John Kerry have, according to these data, 252 votes of 538 electoral votes, the Echo of Moscow correspondent said in the United States. 34 Votes remain "suspended" - they will decide the outcome of the elections.

In the Russian waters of the Sea of ​​Japan, a search has begun for the motor ship Vest, registered under the flag of Mongolia, RIA Novosti reports. The entire crew of the vessel is Russian. As the Vladivostok Marine Rescue and Coordination Center reported on Wednesday, during a storm with the ship on Tuesday evening, communication was lost. The last communication session was at 22.40 Vladivostok time. The motor ship was going with a batch of timber from Primorye to Japan.

Roman Abramovich applauds his players. Photo from the site UEFA The Moscow CSKA was defeated in the second match of the Champions League group tournament from the London Chelsea with a score of 0: 1. The only ball at the 24th minute scored Robben. Throughout the match, the army team controlled the ball more, but they could not benefit from this. In the 48th minute, Ameram Wagner did not implement a penalty.

In the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the number of deputy directors has been reduced by three times, RIA Novosti was told at the center of public relations of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Previously, three first deputies and nine deputy directors of the FSB of the Russian Federation worked in the organization.

Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. Photo from the site www.kavkazcenter.com Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Igor Ivanov hopes that the issue of returning from Qatar the Russians in prison will be resolved in the near future. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". “We hope that the issue will be resolved in such a way that in the near future Russian citizens who are in Qatar will return to their homeland,” Ivanov told reporters on Wednesday.

Client group. Blonde is vocalist Sarah Blackwood. Photo from the site http://www.elle.se More gloomy? - In response to my question, the blonde at the other end of the wire smiles dazzlingly, directly from London to Moscow. At least this is what I feel with my ear. Yes, the word Gloomy is not very successful, ambiguous. Maybe I had in mind the "leading longing"? We are talking about only the released second album of the British group Client.

Bush and Kerry. Photo by ar According to the results of the counting of 66%of the vote, Senator John Kerry scored 207 votes of electors (48%), the current President George Bush - 246 (51%), reports the CAIT www.drudgerePort.com. At the same time, data on some states are clarified: so, according to the forecasts of CBS and ABC television channels, Bush defeated the elections in Florida.

The prosecutor's office of the Arkhangelsk region resumed the investigation into the death of fishermen on Lake Syurzi in the Mezensky district, located in the zone of operation of the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax.

In Moscow, after a football match between the teams of CSKA and Chelsea, 25 people were detained for administrative offenses. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Wednesday by the police department of the capital. "Immediately after the end of the match near the Lokomotiv stadium, 7 people were detained for administrative offenses," the source said. According to him, not all fans immediately went home after the game. Many continued to walk around the city.

Elections in the USA. Photo by ar John Kerry leads in the US election. At the time of the head of the 17th States in 10, the majority of the vote received Kerry, in 7-George Bush, reports CNN. These states brought Kerry 77 votes of electors, Bush - 66 votes. In total, 2302945 people voted for Bush, while for Kerry - 1701639.

Grani.ru collage Democrats presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry, called the Republican candidate George Bush and recognized his defeat in the US presidential election. “My congratulations, Mr. President,” Kerry said in a telephone conversation, which, according to AP, lasted less than five minutes. Kerry noted that the country is now too divided, and Bush agreed with this. “We really have to do something about it,” Kerry said.

A fire broke out in the Novosibirsk metro at the Karl Marx Square station at about one in the morning on Wednesday, no one was injured. As Interfax was informed in the city department of civil defense and emergency situations, as a result of the fire, the premises of the Pyshechnaya cafe with a total area of ​​25 square meters were completely burned out. By 2.22 am, 5 fire brigade forces managed to eliminate open fires, and the fire was completely extinguished by 2.58 am.

The eldest son of the former leader of the country, Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan, who died on Tuesday, will be elected as the new president of the United Arab Emirates. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Sheikh Khalifa was born in 1949 in the city of Al Ain, where at that time he was the governor of the Emir Sheikh Zayed. In February 1967, Khalifa was appointed Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In Saudi Arabia and the emirate of Dubai, the succession of power comes from brother to brother.