14:20 // 12.01.2006 The Fitch Ratings International rating agency revised the forecast of the long -term rating of Ukraine from a positive to a stable, the agency’s message reported in RIA Novosti. The long -term ratings of the country in foreign and national currency are confirmed at the level of explosives, a short -term rating in foreign currency - at the level of the country "ceiling" - at the level of explosives.

The military refused to leave the Mountain Republic yesterday the leadership of the Ministry of Defense finally buried the hopes of the leaders of the Chechen Republic to the immunity of the federal troops. Last December, the President of Chechnya ALU Alkhanov spoke of a sharp reduction in the number of federal troops located on the territory of Chechnya as a fait there.

The government has amended the current rules for the state technical inspection of vehicles. The corresponding decision was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.

Hugh Thompson became famous as a soldier and a humanist at the age of 62 in Louisian from Cancer, Hugh Thompson, a former helicopter pilot, stopped a massacre arranged by American military personnel in the Vietnamese village of May Lai. Thanks to this feat, as a result of which the lives of dozens of Vietnamese were saved, Thompson became a real “icon” for several subsequent generations of the American military.

10:19 // 12.01.2006 In the near future, in relation to Alexander Koptsev, who burst into the Moscow synagogue the night before and wounded eight with a knife, a psychiatric examination will be carried out. RIA Novosti was reported in the investigative group investigating the circumstances of the incident. "A psychiatric examination will be carried out in the framework of the criminal case against the detainee Kopsev," the agency’s interlocutor said.

09:05 // 12.01.2006 Doctors evaluate the condition of the two victims during the attack on the synagogue as difficult, the lives of the remaining six are out of danger, Timur Kireev, head of the press service of the Russian Jewish Community Federation, told RIA Novosti. "Michael Mishulevin, one of those who neutralized the attacker, was performed. The operation was done. His condition is stable," he said. "In the 1st Gradskaya, Aron Menachen continues to operate.

Yesterday, the news agencies reported that the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MECTR) sent to the government apparatus the projects of the lists of state creditors in the board of directors of the three largest natural monopolies: Gazprom, Rosneft and Transneft. The department of German Gref decided not to change the horses at the crossing. Almost all current state creditors are likely to retain their posts.

The collection "Midnight, XIX century" The modest feast of literary nostalgia continues. Following the anthology of “Noon, XIX century”, which sent his name to Boris Strugatsky’s magazine and combined the chosen texts of the pioneers of Russian fiction under the same cover, a collection was published in the same series, only with the replacement of “noon” for the opposite time of the day.

A simple and reliable way to protect personal information is increasingly used in the USA and Canada: access to computers and other electronics is in a computer chip implanted under the skin. If I were a little younger Not the old Karga, With pleasure under the skin I would sew a chip-two. I would be inherent in a bandana Made a piercing and a tattoo, What would give external data Unearthly beauty.

Taste additives and preservatives will be limited to use in the United States have entered into force new requirements for labeling food. From now on, manufacturers are required to inform consumers about the content of trans fatty acids - synthetic fats used to enhance taste and extend the shelf life of products.

13:44 // 12.01.2006 The Office in Moscow and the Moscow Region of the Rosselkhoznadzor warns that caviar of salmon breeds of fish with high metals salts could get into retail sale. On the night of January 4, from one of the warehouses in Krasnogorsk, which is authorized to store detained foods, unknown abducted more than 16 tons of salmon caviar fish, in which the “overpriced content of heavy metals and the presence of pathogenic flora” was established.

The fresh film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" at the box office of the English book by Jane Austin about five sisters of Provincials and their legible grooms - almost the most favorite reading for girls for giving way around the world.

The American publisher created the world precedent for the first time in the history of the book business, the publishing house Random House (USA) announced his readiness to return money to readers for an unheard of book. Literary critics moved him to this step.

The Americans debunked the myth of the safety of large cars SUVs are dangerous for young passengers of no less cars, reports Associated Press. This follows from the results of a recent study conducted by the children's hospital in Philadelphia and the State Farm insurance company. American pediatricians studied the statistics of traffic accidents (accident) for 2000-2003, in which about 4 thousand children and adolescents suffered. The results were discouraging.

The first victory of the Russian quartet is the performance of a female relay race, played on Wednesday at the Biathlon World Cup in Rupolding, thousands of fans throughout Germany watched. In Mecca of the World Biathlon, Russian girls in the most acute duel grabbed the victory from the hosts of the highway. The price of victory is only half a step. Nevertheless, the head coach of the national team Valery Polkhovsky is darker than the clouds - the victory in Rupolding violated the Olympic plan.