21:43 // 12.04.2009 A group of Egyptian archaeologists discovered Necropolis with dozens of well -preserved mummies south of Cairo, the age of some reaches four thousand years, said the head of the Higher Council for the Antiquities of Egypt Zahi Havas, RIA Novosti reports. "In the area of the Tayum oasis, not far from the pyramid in Lahun, 53 tombs carved in the stone with well -preserved mummies were found," Havas said.

17:00 // 12.04.2009 The leaders of the opposition in Tbilisi gather their supporters from the parliament for a "rally of silence", the former chairman of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burjanadze said, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the organizers of the action gathered on Palm Sunday, out of respect for the feelings of believers, to cancel the shares for one day, but at night they changed plans. “We apologize to believers, but we have no other choice,” Burdzhanadze said.

Hundreds of names of hazardous drugs are sold at the end of last week, the Federal Service for Supervision of Health and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor) held a meeting with the participation of representatives of more than 120 pharmaceutical enterprises, presenting the results of supervisory activities for 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. The most obvious result of the work of the department is the black list of manufacturers of low -quality drugs.

17:54 // 12.04.2009 The Government of Spain will allocate funds to restore the ancient Spanish castle in the Italian city of Akvil, which suffered from a strong earthquake, according to a commander widespread by the press service of the Spanish Foreign Ministry, RIA Novosti reports. The decision was made in response to the request received from the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi.

Miriam Anisimov presented the novel-biography “Romain Gary. Hameleon ”Roman Kasev, known to the world as writer Romain Gary, is a legend, whose history is extremely confusing. The writer, mystifier, military pilot and diplomat, he himself gave rise to many contradictory rumors. He generously brought the confusion to everything that was known about him, mystified everyone around and in every possible way distorted any facts.

15:15 // 12.04.2009 Activists of the Partnership of the Initiative Citizens of Russia (Tiger) held a rally in Novosibirsk against raising customs duties on foreign cars, a possible ban on importing imported cars with the right steering wheel, an increase in tariffs for heat, electricity and high prices for gasoline, RIA Novosti reports. About 50 people, according to the police, gathered in the central square of the city - Lenin Square.

In Moscow, a congress of the Russian Writers Union was held in business and to the best of the creative atmosphere on April 8-9 held his next, 13th Congress of the Russian Union of Writers. As often happens in the case of organizational sessions of creative associations, the most specific and unambiguous results of the congress belong to the structure and composition of the Union and the regulation of its internal activity.

16:36 // 12.04.2009 More than 20 militants of the Taliban radical movement were destroyed the day before late in the county of Shinkai of the South Afghan province of Zabol, the representative of the local police said RIA Novosti . According to him, the convoy of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and international security assistance in Afghanistan (ISAF) was ambushed, after which the military called aircraft.

The 2x2 TV channel will show another ambiguous animated series tonight on the 2x2 channel starting the animated series on the American satirical comic book The Boondocks. Get the name “ghetto” in the Russian translation, he talks about the life of one of the black quarters of New York.

14:39 // 12.04.2009 The Chinese helicopter crashed near the city of Shanghai, three people were saved, the search for one crew member continues, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Sinhua agency. In the afternoon, a helicopter belonging to the Chinese research vessel "Snow Dragon" ("Xuelun") fell into the East Chinese Sea in the area of the confluence of the Yangtze River near Shanghai. According to Sinhua, three crew members were saved and hospitalized.

The week of the Russian business starts today by the RSPP Policy and structural restructuring conference in Moscow will start a week of Russian business, during which representatives of the state and the business community will discuss the development of the economy at several venues from April 13 to 17. Today, the annual conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) “Tax Policy and structural restructuring of the economy” will be held.

13:27 // 12.04.2009 The junior Russian team in hockey won the day before the first victory at the World Cup, which takes place in the United States. In the match of the second round with a score of 7: 2, a team of Slovakia was defeated. Thus, the Russians completely rehabilitated after the defeat from the Finns in the starting match (4: 7), ITAR-TASS reports.

The nationalist cut off the veins in the temporary detentional insulator, 29-year-old Maxim Bazylev, accused of a series of murders committed based on national growth, committed suicide in the chamber of the capital's temporary detentional insulator on Petrovka 38. This happened on the night of March 27, but it became known only the other day.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, President of Ingushetia, in an interview with Gazeta, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, for five months as the President of the Republic, confirmed his openness and accessibility for public figures and ordinary citizens. From the very first days of his appointment to this post, Yevkurov began a dialogue with the opposition, they, in turn, provide support, including personnel.

The State Duma introduces the “commandant hour” for the punishment of dangerous criminals who have served dangerous recidivists will establish three -year supervision after their release from prisons. The draft relevant law in the first reading on Friday was approved in the lower house. The document “On Administrative Supervision of Persons released from places of imprisonment” was prepared by a group of members from the Security Committee.