On January 28, a report from Japan's Ministry of Education and Science was published, according to which approximately 206 kg of plutonium had disappeared from the country's only radioactive fuel reprocessing plant. Since 1977, according to the company's reports, 6,890 kg of plutonium have been separated from spent fuel rods there. However, according to preliminary calculations by experts, it should be 206 kg more.

In the city of Tayuva in southeastern Brazil, 18-year-old Edmar Freitas walked into the Colonel Benedito Ortiz High School and opened fire indiscriminately at students, wounding 7 of them. A school administrator was also wounded. Dramatic events took place in Tayuva, a small town located 370 km north of Sao Paulo. According to information received on January 28, the tragedy occurred the day before at about 2 p.m. local time. Freitas used a .38-caliber pistol.

On January 28, at a press conference in Moscow, the former lawyer of the famous crime boss Alexander Solonik, Valery Karyshev, does not believe in his death. According to him, while participating in the identification of the corpse, he did not find any resemblance to Solonik. According to the MK-Novosti agency, Valery Karyshev said that he saw the corpse of a man posing as Solonik, but, according to him, he did not find any resemblance.

On January 27 in Berlin , German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder gave a speech at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. During his speech, Schroeder criticized the "different approach" of the United States to Iraq and North Korea.

The former prime minister of the Kursk region is suspected of new crimes 53 2 minutes. ... The Department of Internal Affairs of the Kursk region has opened another case of theft of money from the regional budget. The main suspect is the ex-chairman of the Kursk region government Boris Khokhlov, who has been imprisoned for embezzlement for almost two years. For exemplary behavior, he was transferred to a settlement colony and could have been released early. Now everything can change.

More than 40 people died in India as a result of a collision between a passenger bus and a fuel tanker, RIA Novosti reported on January 28. According to police, the tragedy occurred on the highway connecting the eastern states of Orissa and West Bengal. As a result of a collision with a fuel tanker, the bus flew into a ravine and caught fire. 15 passengers managed to escape. All of them were taken to a hospital in Howrah with various injuries.

On January 28, the press service of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia stated that the NPSR does not intend to use Boris Berezovsky's funds to pay for the election campaign to the State Duma . Some media outlets claimed that the businessman agreed to finance the left. “There is no question of this. We have always been opponents of Berezovsky, and we have never needed his money, do not need it and will not need it,” the RIA-Novosti agency quotes a representative of the NPSR press service.

On January 28, it became known about the closure of the world famous Haute Couture House "Thierry Mugler". The last show of the men's clothing collection took place on January 27. According to mignews.com , the final decision, as well as the closing date, will become public after February 26, after all issues with personnel have been resolved. On January 27, the fashion house's last show took place - a men's clothing collection designed by Jean-Luc Testoud.

A Kommersant correspondent got there along the “road of life” 673 3 min. ... anti-globalism Tens of thousands of anti-globalists blocked railways and highways on the Zurich-Davos route. The main slogans: “Immediately close the World Economic Forum!”, “Bush out!”, “Stop the war in Iraq!”, “Down with the gang of thieves and corrupt officials gathered in Davos!” Switzerland brought not only the police, but also the army onto the streets.

Is there any intrigue left in the elections? 40 3 min. ... Alexander Ivanchenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Independent Election Institute: — I really like surprises if they allow us to improve the election system. When I was chairman of the Central Election Commission (1996-1999), the elections were more democratic and there were a lot of surprises. But now more and more negative precedents are emerging in the elections.

On January 28, representatives of the Rosneft and Sibneft companies, which the press called the main contenders for the purchase of 85% of the shares of Severnaya Neft, stated that they were not conducting any negotiations on this matter.

On the night of January 28, in the nearby Gaza suburb of Sheikh Radwan, three people were killed and several wounded as a result of a direct hit on a house by a rocket fired from a helicopter. One of the activists of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas lived in the damaged house. The Israeli General Staff denies reports of a bombing.

The first independent Russian prize for the highest achievements in the field of literature 45 1 min. ... The first independent Russian prize for the highest achievements in literature and art in all genres was established in 1992 by the Triumph Foundation, which is financed by Boris Berezovsky. Every year, five laureates receive $50 thousand and a “Golden Elf” figurine, made according to a sketch by Ernst Neizvestny by the Russian Forest gallery by Felix Komarov.

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In July 1995 , military personnel of the 1st 1K 2 minutes. ... In July 1995, servicemen of the 1st outpost of the South Kuril border detachment of the Pacific border district (Tanfilyev Island), junior sergeant Dmitry Belkov and private Andrei Bogdashin, were sentenced to capital punishment . On March 8, 1994, they killed six and wounded three colleagues, left the unit and shot down an Mi-8 helicopter sent to search for them.