10:44 // 08.01.2008 George Bush begins an eight -day tour of the sixth countries of the Middle East, during which he will make a visit to Israel for the first time in seven years in the White House, and Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt will also visit. Bush used to fly to Israel only once - in 1998, when he was the Governor of Texas. "On Tuesday, I will go aboard the VVS -1 aircraft and will leave for a trip to the Middle East.

11:06 // 08.01.2008 In the early days of the New Year, the UAE police detained six citizens of Uzbekistan, suspected of theft from a warehouse of expensive mobile phones and accessories for a total of more than $ 360 thousand, a representative of the Dubai guards of order told reporters on Tuesday. According to him, the crime was committed on the eve of the New Year holidays.

In the Czech Republic, the Youth Hockey Championship was held in the Russian Hockey Youth Hockey team won bronze at the World Cup in the Czech Republic. Champions for the fourth time in a row were Canadians, who defeated the Swedes in the final.

15:07 // 08/08/2008 Fully functional and constantly connected to the Internet, “Pocket Computers” may appear on sale before the end of this year, such an opinion was expressed on the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas (Nevada) “Captains” of the Electronic Industry. A computer equipped with Internet access, a full -fledged keyboard and a screen up to 4 inches in diameter can soon compete with smartphones - advanced versions of mobile phones.

10:53 // 08/08/2008 The leader of the Fath El Islam militants, Shaker al-Absi, previously considered destroyed, is alive and threatened with new attacks, Reuters reports. On Monday, one of the Islamist websites was posted by his appeal, in which Shaker Al-Absi said that he would continue the attack on the position of the Livan army, despite the defeat in the confrontation with her last year. “It was only the beginning.

In the Ulyanovsk region, three Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were killed by three police officers killed in the Ulyanovsk region for two days. On Sunday, the bodies of the Lieutenants of the Road -Posty Service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Tsilninsky district Ivan Ignatiev and Evgeny Levendeev were discovered, and on Monday - the body of Lieutenant Justice Gulnaz Zayatikhanova.

11:35 // 08/08/2008 The number of victims of a powerful fire in the refrigerated warehouse of the South Korean city of Ichkhon reached 40 people. Ten more workers were injured, of which seven are in serious condition. According to ITAR-TASS , at the time of the fire in the two-story warehouse building there were 57 workers. The exact cause of the fire is still unknown. To combat fire, 214 fire engines, 622 firefighters, two police companies and 75 rescuers were involved.

The film critics made their choice by calling the film "Old Men here not a place" the best 13th ceremony of the Association of Film Critics Association of Broadcasting Companies (BFCA, BFCA) "Choosing Critics" (Critics´ Choice Awards) was held in Los Angeles.

The delays in flights on holidays were a rarity of New Year and Christmas holidays for Russians who wished to meet them abroad almost perfectly. At least by preliminary estimates. A spoon of tar - on the conscience of Krasair airline. For almost a day, the 7B 2409 flight from Goa to Moscow was detained. The aircraft departure was supposed to take place on the morning of January 6. However, due to the malfunction of the vessel (puncture of the chassis) was postponed for the evening of January 7.

22:09 // 08/08/2008 The Taganrog Automobile Plant (Tagaz) began the production of three new car models - Tager, Road Partner and Road Partner P400 (pickup). New cars are the full analogues of Korean SUVs of the Ssangyong - Korando, MUSSO and MUSSO Sports brand, which Tagaz acquired the rights to issue at the end of last year. The production of new cars that the Ssangyong company has discouraged, is carried out in industrial assembly mode and includes welding and coloring of the body.

10:46 // 08/08/2008 In the US state of Utah, a bus was hit by visitors to the ski resort in Colorado, 9 people died in an accident, 20 were injured, RIA Novosti reports with reference to local authorities. According to their information, the bus driver of Arrow Stage Lines lost control on one of the sections of the road, the bus sharply turned off the highway and rolled over several times. In total, there were 51 people on the bus. All victims are hospitalized.

The number will go into the quality of the results of the past 2007 in the Russian stock market simultaneously delight and disturb. They are pleased because he still grew up during this time. And they are disturbed because there was a clear tendency to slow down the rate of this growth compared to past years. For example, the RTS index increase in 2007 amounted to only 19.2% (the indicator rose from a mark of 1922 points to a level of 2290 points).

In Moscow, a newspaper correspondent and the activist of another Russia were beaten on the night of Monday on Tuesday, an unknown beat the correspondent of the Politics and Society of Gazeta Artem Skoropadsky. The attack occurred in the midnight area when he returned home to Zamoskvorechye. Having run up from the back, the unknown dealt to Artem two blows in the face, which is why he fell on the pavement unconscious.

In Las Vegas, the largest electronics exhibition this week in Las Vegas is the largest exhibition of consumer electronics Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Approximately 2.5 thousand companies show their achievements here, which expect about 130 thousand visitors. One of the main intrigues of the exhibition is the war of the Blu -Ray and HD DVD optical discs. Both formats allow you to record on one disc up to several tens of gigabytes of information and reproduce the image of high clarity (HD).

11:33 // 08/08/2008 Amendments to the law on the police in Estonia, expanding the powers of law enforcement agencies when suppressing the riots, caused critical comments from the opposition and human rights defenders, reports Postimees.