Why what happened to six girls who voluntarily drink on a bottle of free vodka is called poisoning and is the news of Stavropol and the country? Because they undressed for the title of the best girl of the bar? Or because a new government campaign begins? Or maybe someone was struck by the parents of girls who did not fail, but intend to sue the bar?

19:28 // 12/16/2007 In Poland, there was a leak of petroleum products from the pipeline, a giant spot moves along the Visla river towards the Baltic Sea, the press secretary of the chief commandant of the fire guards Pavel Frantchak told reporters. According to him, a huge spot made of fuel oil is located between Vloclavkem and Chekhochinem in the Kuyav-Popurian Voivodeship of Poland. "The leakage of oil products occurred on Sunday from the reserve Pipe Plotsk - NO NAVE ONE VELKA.

Macroeconomic indicators affected the stability of the American currency last week the dollar behaved unbalanced, then falling into depression paired with the euro, then again casting doubt on the reliability of the European currency. As always, important macroeconomic indicators turned out to be the fault of this.

10:25 // 12/16/2007 The main Christmas tree of the country will hit the road from the forest near Moscow to the Moscow Kremlin. According to ITAR-TASS, the press secretary of the manager of the administration of the President of the Russian Federation Viktor Khrekov, "the spruce, which will be installed on Cathedral Square, was chosen in the forest in the Istra district of the Moscow region.

15:43 // 12/16/2007 The Czech tennis player Radek Stepapanek, who recently met with the ex-first racket of the world Martina Hingis, will soon marry the 18-year-old compatriot Nicole Vidishova, who takes 12th place in the WTA ranking, RIA Novosti reports. On December 10, Czech athletes applied for a relationship. Vidishova, living in Braudenton (USA), finished in the 12th place in the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (BTA) last season.

13:33 // 12/16/2007 The main Christmas tree of the country, which will be installed on the Kremlin Cathedral Square, is solemnly felled in the suburbs on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports. “There is a centuries -old spruce behind me, and this is a gift from the Moscow Region to all our fellow citizens.

22:03 // 12/16/2007 In OJSC Gazprom, they are concerned about the statements of Ukrainian politicians about the possibility of reviewing agreements with Russia in the field of gas supply and do not exclude the occurrence of certain difficulties in this regard. “Now Ukraine may become the only possible place of tension if a new government is elected, which will somehow try to change the already signed agreements and already signed contracts.

19:27 // 12/16/2007 The Spartak and metropolitan CSKA have won the next victories in the Russian Basketball Championship among women's teams of the Super League, RIA Novosti reports. The only two teams that did not know the defeats in the current season held their meetings on the road. The current champions confidently outplayed the Moscow Dynamo - 103: 79, CSKA in a more stubborn struggle broke the resistance of the Yekaterinburg UMMC - 74:65.

The Russian women's team won a ticket to the Beijing Olympics last night in Paris in Paris in the final of the Women's World Handball Championship beat the Norway team - 29:24. And a day earlier, the wards of Evgenia Trefilova won the right to participate in the Beijing Olympiad. In the last weeks of the Olympics, trips to the Olympics were played in different sports (for example, as part of the Volleyball World Cup).

16:06 // 12/16/2007 In Tver (earlier, Kalinin) celebrate the 66th anniversary of the liberation from German-fascist invaders. The day began with the laying of wreaths and flowers to fraternal burials and the obelisk of victory. Then a parade of troops of the Tver garrison and a solemn rally took place, in which war veterans, representatives of public organizations and youth took part.

Market participants no longer count on state assistance at the end of last week, European financial indices again swayed down in the wake of disappointment in financial institutions and pessimistic moods regarding their speedy recovery.

Kyrgyzstan chose a new parliament almost two months after the dissolution of parliament in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, early elections took place. They were called upon, according to the plan of the authorities, to contribute to the resolution of the domestic political crisis. For the first time in the history of the republic, the elections were held according to the lists of 12 parties. For passing the legislative body, it is necessary to gain at least 5% of the vote.

11:37 // 12/16/2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the composer, People's Artist of the USSR, Lenin Prize laureate, USSR State Prizes Rodion Shchedrin with the 75th anniversary, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the Kremlin’s press service, the congratulatory message, in particular, states: “You are rightfully considered an outstanding composer of our time, one of the recognized patriarchs of domestic and world culture.

15:08 // 12/16/2007 The second division, armed with a new generation of the new generation "Topol-M" with three launchers with three launches, took up combat duty in the Teikovsky missile unit (Ivanovo region). "In the Teikovsky missile unit (Ivanovo region), on December 16, the second missile division, armed with the latest, has no analogues in the world with a mobile ground remote complex" Topol -M "as part of three launchers," Vovk said.

There is no one to transfer the construction of the builders, the construction licensing should be, in accordance with the law, can be canceled from July 1, 2008. On Friday, the leaders of the Ministry of Regional Development and the Rosstroy subordinate to him spoke on the replacement of licensing with market self -control. The opinions of departments were directly opposite.