16:56 // 29.12.2007 The uncontrolled development of the situation in nuclear Pakistan "is fraught with unpredictable consequences for the entire region." This was stated today by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kaminin.

13:16 // 29.12.2007 The upcoming year can be very successful for the head of the CEC of the Russian Federation Vladimir Churov. Since November, an elite thoroughbred rat lives in the rest room in the rest room in a special cage, which was given to him by the employees of the Central Election Commission. ITAR-TASS has become known about this from a source to the CEC, which personally has not once seen this pet.

15:01 // 29.12.2007 A favorable environmental situation will be preserved in Moscow on weekends and at the beginning of next week, as well as on the first day of the new year, a specialist of the Mosecomonitoring State Environmental Institution told RIA Novosti . "The environmental situation on the last working day of this year is favorable. Significant changes are not expected both in the last days of this year and on the first day of the new one," the specialist said.

18:40 // 29.12.2007 Benazir Bhutto was killed by a shot of firearms, the bullet hit her head, a senior employee of the Pakistani people (PPN), who knew Bhutto, Sherry Rechman, told reporters. She denied the official version of the authorities, according to which Bhutto died from a strong hit with her head against one of the details of the car interior during the explosion.

11:53 // 29.12.2007 The Federal Insurance Supervision Service (FSSN) cannot establish the location of the Asko-Frolovo insurance companies, which recently disputed the review of its license in court, the department said in the department. In September, the Moscow Arbitration Court recognized as unlawful the suspension of the License of As--Frolovo, the All-Russian Union of Insurers (VSS) reports, uniting most of the participants in the insurance market.

13:52 // 29.12.2007 The new "old" head coach of the Omsk hockey team "Avangard" was appointed Sergey Gersonsky. This was announced by ITAR-TASS Anatoly Bardin, the ex-president of the club, appointed by the general manager. “I decided to dismiss Valery Belousov and his assistant Evgeny Shastin,” said Bardin.

15:43 // 29.12.2007 After a six -day working week, the Russians begin a long New Year holidays - from December 30 to January 8 inclusive. According to RIA Novosti , the number of weekends in the New Year will be exactly ten days. Doctors urge not to abuse alcohol and not overeat, move more and play sports. During the festive feast, they recommend, if possible, not mix strong drinks with champagne.

14:38 // 29.12.2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin today held a meeting with members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

15:36 // 29.12.2007 The Russian Kamaz-Master team did not receive any warnings from the organizers of the Dakar rally in connection with a possible terrorist threat in Mauritania, said RIA Novosti Vladimir Samoilov, director of information policy, KamAZ OJSC. "So far, there were no official statements or warnings from the organizers of the race. Part of the Kamaz -Master team has already gone to Lisbon, the rest of the participants will go there in the near future," Samoilov said.

14:05 // 29.12.2007 The Supreme Arbitration Court of Tatarstan transferred to January the consideration of the Ministry of Health of the Republic to the NUR-1 LLC on a return to state property of 100% of the shares of Tatarstan Airline OJSC, the press secretary of the Ministry of Land and Property Relations of Nail Khuzina told RIA Novosti . "The defendant did not appear at the preliminary court session.

19:43 // 29.12.2007 About a hundred people were arrested in the town of Balisa, in the north-west of Uganda, ITAR-TASS reports citing the New Vizh Uganda newspaper. According to the sources of the newspaper, the only guilt of the arrested was that they did not build toilets in their homes. Such severe actions of the police are explained by the spread of cholera in the indicated area, where 160 cases of disease with a dozen deaths have already been noted.

11:17 // 29.12.2007 A few days before the New Year, the air temperature in the metropolitan region can again rise above zero. According to Roshydromet, in Moscow today thermometers will be shown from minus 1 to plus 1, in the suburbs - from minus 4 to plus 1 degree. The weather continues to determine the southern periphery of cyclone. In places in the region there will be slight wet snow. The southwestern wind will intensify to 5-10 meters per second, with gusts up to 12-14 meters per second.

16:24 // 29.12.2007 Law enforcement agencies launched an investigation at the request of the parishioner of the church of St. Nicholas in the village of Sidorovskoye Vera Grechina, who claims to be beaten by the abbot, Archpriest Ioann Borisov. "The Odintsovo prosecutor's office granted the complaint to Grechina against the decision of the Golitsyn city branch of the police to refuse to institute criminal proceedings and canceled this decision," said the lawyer of the victim Viktor Kononenko.

14:49 // 29.12.2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is preparing the visit of the head of the Ukrainian government Yulia Tymoshenko to Moscow. This was announced to reporters before the government meeting by the Foreign Minister Vladimir Ogryzko. According to him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now working on "all possible contacts at the highest level." “But when the visit will take place, this question is still open,” Ogryzko added.

12:27 // 29.12.2007 Professor Jan Wilmut, who managed the work at the Roslinsky Institute in Scotland to cloning the Dolly Sheep, is dedicated to knights, RIA Novosti reports. The Professor who became Sir said that he was glad of a reward and shares it with colleagues from the university in Edinburgh and from the University of Rosling. The world's first Cloned Sheep Dolly was born in Scotland in 1996 and died at the age of 6.5 years from pulmonary failure.