The Supreme Court of Ukraine rejected Viktor Yanukovych's complaint against the actions of the Central Election Commission, RIA Novosti reports. Yanukovych's team filed a complaint with the Supreme Court on December 30 with clarified requirements, which were not considered by the CEC on December 30.

Photo CNN Emergency assistance to children in the zones affected by the tsunami has become one of the most important topics of the summit of donor countries in Jakarta . According to preliminary assessment of UNICEF, children make up about a third of the dead, that is, 50,000, more than a million were injured or remained orphans. However, some experts consider this assessment to be underestimated.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow asked Muscovites to help the citizens of this country affected by the tsunami. As the representative of the mission, Mr. Radnaika, specified to Granyam.Ru, his country "is currently in dire need of children's clothing, medicines, warm blankets, canned food and tents." According to Mr. Radnaik, Krasnoyarsk Airlines has pledged to deliver humanitarian aid collected by the embassy twice a week.

A special summit on the aftermath of the Indian Ocean disaster opened in Jakarta on Thursday. According to AP, the summit began with a moment of silence. The total amount of aid promised to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami is approaching $4 billion. Australia allocates the largest amount - 810 million dollars, of which 765 million - Indonesia. In second place in terms of financial assistance is Germany ($674 million). Japan intends to allocate $500 million to affected countries.

Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree authorizing the Federal Highway Agency "to develop pre-project documentation for the construction of Russia's first toll highway Moscow - St. Petersburg, the Central Ring Road of the Moscow Region and the connecting highway from the Moscow Ring Road to the Moscow-Minsk highway." According to ITAR-TASS, the Ministry of Transport clarified that by the same order of the government, the executive authorities of Moscow and St.

Russia on Thursday announced the amount of humanitarian aid to countries affected by the tsunami - $ 2 million. This was announced on the air of Ekho Moskvy by Yuri Brazhnikov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. According to him, Russia uses two sources to provide assistance: a special reserve fund created in case of emergencies both in Russia and in other countries, and additional government funds.

A tsunami of destructive power is also possible in the Mediterranean Sea, says German georesearcher Rainer Kind. According to his report, published on Wednesday in Austria, such a natural disaster as an earthquake followed by a strong tsunami is not excluded in the Mediterranean, RIA Novosti reports. As in Southeast Asia, the countries of the Mediterranean Basin do not have early warning systems in place for an approaching natural disaster, Kind notes.

A fragment of the icon 'Christmas of Christ'. From the site redigio.ru The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Alexy II, congratulated all Orthodox Russians on the upcoming Christmas holiday. According to NTV, the Patriarch remembered all the hardships experienced last year, and wished believers wisdom, joy and hope. The Message of the Patriarch says that the Russian people should draw forces in the centuries -old history of their homeland: it teaches persistence and courage.

A resident of Sri Lanka. In bags - humanitarian aid. Photo AP At an extraordinary summit in Jakarta, the leaders of donor countries promised to allocate about $ 4 billion to help the victims and to combat the consequences of the tsunami. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that 977 million dollars are required immediately. There are fears that the promised amounts will not be paid.

Two more Russians, whose whereabouts were unknown after the tsunami, called the Russian embassy in Thailand, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Irina Borisyuk, press attache of the Russian embassy in Bangkok. Igor Guskov and Viktor Ivanov showed up. It remains to find out where Alexander and Nina Martynov are, who came to rest from the Tver region. The rest of the Russians from the list published by the Foreign Ministry the day before got in touch.

The victims of the tsunami will help communications. Photo AP from the BBC News website At the emergency summit in Jakarta, a decision was made on the deployment of the early warning system about the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Details related to the new grandiose undertaking are not yet quite clear, but most likely one of the existing projects will be taken as the basis. American proposals are not limited to the Indian Ocean.

Rizal Shahputra. Photo AP On Thursday, it became known about the miraculous salvation of the 23-year-old Indonesian Riesal Shahputra, who was worn for eight days in the open sea. On Monday, he was picked up and delivered to the shore of Malaysia a South African cargo ship. According to BBC News, the condition of the risal is satisfactory. Details of the story are reported by RIA Novosti with reference to South China Morning Post.

Epidemics in tsunami-affected countries could be as deadly as a natural disaster, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). "If basic needs are not met by the end of this week, WHO fears that outbreaks of infectious diseases could cause the same number of victims as the direct impact of the tsunami," the organization said in a statement. According to its experts, in the event of an epidemic, the risk group includes 150,000 people.

* Fifteen cubits the water rose above them... And all flesh that moved on the earth, and birds, and cattle, and beasts, and all reptiles that crawled on the earth, and all people, lost their lives; everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils on dry land died.

On Thursday, the Houston court resumed hearings on the suit filed by Yukos, which filed for bankruptcy and challenged the decision to sell Yuganskneftegaz. The hearings began at 19.00 Moscow time, chaired by Judge Letitia Clark, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting is devoted to procedural issues. In particular, it is necessary to set a date for the consideration of the suit by Deutsche Bank, which challenges the jurisdiction of the Houston court.