Today, November 16, the Iraqi National Olympic Committee disbanded the football federation. Iraqi football faces possible sanctions from FIFA. The reason for the dissolution of the Iraqi National Football Federation is said to be the inability to solve the accumulated financial problems and the decision to postpone the leadership elections, reports Associated Press .

The Noyabrsk City Court (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) sentenced to three years in prison a former police officer at the Noyabrsk station, accused of beating a person. As Kommersant was told in the Ural Transport Prosecutor's Office, the policeman was accused under Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Exceeding official powers”).

The net loss of the banking system in January-October amounted to UAH 23.57 billion, the National Bank reported on Friday. In October, the net loss of all banks increased to UAH 2.63 billion (in September it was UAH 0.44 billion, in August - UAH 2.14 billion, in July - UAH 4.04 billion). Bank income in October decreased by 1.4% compared to September (to UAH 11.67 billion), while expenses increased by 16.4% (to UAH 14.29 billion).

On November 12, Dmitry Medvedev announced his second message to the Federal Assembly. From it it became clear that the third president of the Russian Federation certainly intends to go down in history - either as a great modernizer of a backward country, or, at worst, as a person who made the immortal radio phrase irrelevant: “It’s midnight in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.” DMITRY KAMYSHEV Many Russians were waiting for this message with special interest.

9K 1 min. ... “Black coal miners,” or Apaches—as they are popularly nicknamed for their dusty faces—risk their lives to mine coal in abandoned mines in Kyrgyzstan. Both adult men and 13-15 year old boys descend to a depth of 100 meters, armed only with a pickaxe and a flashlight. The authorities turn a blind eye to illegal miners: there is no other work anyway. And underground, an “Indian” can earn up to $30 a day. Ulugbek Babakulov

Today, November 16, trading in the dollar on the interbank foreign exchange market opened in the range of 8.1245-8.1695 UAH/$. According to the InterBusinessConsulting company, trading in the euro opened in the range of 12.1655-12.2355 UAH/euro, trading in the ruble - 0.2833-0.2848 UAH/ruble. RBC-Ukraine

The decline in mobile operator revenues has slowed On Friday, quarterly reports of mobile operators MTS-Ukraine and Astelit were published. Although companies are still cutting revenue, the decline has slowed. This gives reason to say that the peak of the crisis has already passed. The best dynamics of changes in indicators is demonstrated by the MTS-Ukraine company, experts note. In their opinion, in the long term it can catch up with the market leader Kyivstar.

1K 1 min. ... Every year in the fall, Korean housewives perform a sacred ritual: they prepare a supply of spicy cabbage - kimchi - for the winter. Everyone has their own recipe for this traditional dish, which no Korean family can do without. They are always prepared by hand, but the smell is so strong that your eyes water. The photo from the capital of South Korea, Seoul, precisely reflects the man-made process: two and a half thousand women turn 50 thousand heads of cabbage into kimchi.

The contract price of gas for Belarus in the third quarter of 2009 was $115.25 per thousand cubic meters versus $157.74 in the second quarter. As follows from the report of OJSC Gazprom, in the third quarter of 2009 the contract price for gas for Minsk was $115.25 per thousand cubic meters. The document also states that the global financial crisis has led to complications in the economy of Belarus, as a result of which the solvency of the republic has decreased and debt to Gazprom has arisen.

To comply with drug benefit programs On Friday, the head of the Ministry of Health, Tatyana Golikova, named the parameters of budget allocations for preferential drug coverage. The growth in financing of preferential drug provision, for which 88.4 billion rubles were allocated in 2010, is already lagging behind industry inflation - in physical terms, the provision of drugs in 2010 may turn out to be worse than in the current year.

OJSC Motovilikha Plants (MZ) published a report for the three quarters of this year. The company's revenue during this time amounted to 3.3 billion rubles. This is 29% more than in the same period last year (then the figure was 2.58 billion rubles). The company's net profit remained approximately at the same level (increased by 1.4%), amounting to 339.3 million rubles. According to the results of three quarters, the accounts payable of the Ministry of Health amounted to 3.425 billion rubles.

Reward of the Week On Thursday, in his message to the Federal Assembly, Dmitry Medvedev ( more about the message ) stated that parties that did not enter regional parliaments, but received more than 5% of the votes in the elections, “should receive guarantees of representation in the legislative body of the subject of the federation.” Thus, the president proposed extending to the regions a rule that is already in force at the federal level (in the spring, amendments were made to the election

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OJSC Chusovskoy Metallurgical Plant (part of the United Metallurgical Company) published a report for the three quarters of 2009. Thus, revenue for three quarters decreased almost fourfold - from 13.9 billion rubles. in 2008 to 3.79 billion rubles. in 2009. At the same time, the largest decrease occurred in cast iron – from 3.3 billion rubles. 2008 to 399 million in 2009, and rental - from 5.6 billion rubles. in 2008 to 1.97 billion rubles. in 2009. The net loss amounted to 1.5 billion rubles.

Why the trial of the "night hostess" of Chongqing became news number one for the world media Victoria Sizikova In early November, China sentenced 46-year-old Xie Caiping to 18 years in prison and a fine of one million yuan, a woman to whom the media gave the high-profile title of “godmother of the Chinese mafia.” In China, she was also called the “night hostess” of Chongqing, the third largest city in the Celestial Empire, and the “empress of the Xie clan.” She was charged with organizing