28.11.2006, 19:25:27 version Print | PDA/PDA Collage "Lenta.Ru" Litvinenko succeeded Radioactive polonium is being found all over London. Less than a few days have passed since the death of Alexander Litvinenko, and the number of theories about who could have killed the former FSB officer and why began to increase in alarming progression.

The thickness of the snow cover in some parts of Washington state exceeded 60 centimeters, seriously complicating road traffic, AP reports. The snowstorms left thousands of people without power and also caused school closures in Seattle and Tacoma. The unprecedented snowfall capped a month of torrential rain in Seattle, which fell just millimeters short of the 30-day rainfall record. The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport area recorded nearly 39 centimeters of rainfall over the past month.

For the first time in Russia, the properties of an unscrupulous developer were transferred to a municipal unitary enterprise (MUP). The microdistrict "Western Gates of the Capital" in the Moscow region, the construction of which was not completed by the limited partnership (CT) "Social Initiative", will be completed by the municipal unitary enterprise "Capital Construction Service" of the Odintsovo district, Interfax reports .

According to Al Jazeera television, three US Air Force helicopters crashed in Iraq on Monday. The Qatari satellite TV channel, RIA Novosti reports , on the evening of November 27, citing eyewitnesses of the incident, reported that the helicopters fell in the same area of ​​the country as the F-16 fighter. No details of the incident were reported. The American command in Iraq has not yet confirmed information about the helicopter crash.

President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov dismissed a number of officials for disrupting the sowing and cotton harvest campaign, as well as postscripts that allowed them to hide the state of affairs in their jurisdiction, Turkmenistan.Ru reports .

Negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program are taking place in the Chinese capital, in which senior diplomats from the DPRK, the United States and China are participating, AFP reports . As previously reported by the media, the meeting will be attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan from North Korea, and from the United States by the head of the American delegation to the six-party talks on the DPRK nuclear program, Christopher Hill.

Two Iraqi militant groups have claimed responsibility for the downing of a US Air Force F-16 plane in the vicinity of Baghdad, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing the Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera. A joint statement by the Mujahideen Army and the Mujahideen Shura Council, which appeared on one of the Internet sites, claims that the American fighter was shot down in retaliation for the “killing of dozens of Iraqis by the US Army.” The Pentagon's reaction to this statement is still unknown.

The RTS index on November 24 rose by 0.27 percent to 1,727.33 points. The trading volume on the classic market increased sharply compared to the previous session and reached $122.19 million. The shares of Norilsk Nickel stood out from the rest, which immediately rose in price by 2.26 percent against the backdrop of record nickel prices. The MICEX index rose by 0.05 percent to 1,518.79 points. American indices closed in serious negative territory on November 27.

Images of Santa Claus are officially banned at Christmas markets in Austria and Germany this year, Ananova reports. According to opponents of Santa Claus, this symbol was assigned by the Coca-Cola company and has long been associated not with the holiday of Christmas, but with the products of this company. So, in Vienna, at the Christmas market in front of the city hall, the visitor will not be able to find a single Santa Claus.

The financial corporation Uralsib announced plans to purchase 50 percent of the shares of the Kopeyka retail chain. newspaper reports this The Kommersant . Taking into account the fact that the corporation already owns half of the company's securities, Uralsib will gain full control over the chain of stores. The transaction amount is estimated at half a billion dollars. It is planned to be completed by the end of 2006. Kopeyka is one of the largest supermarket chains in Russia.

Saudi Arabia may refuse to buy Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets due to a corruption scandal, reports BBC News . A major contract to supply 72 Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia has been jeopardized by an investigation by Britain's Serious Financial Crime Squad. The service's attention was drawn to the delivery of Tornado fighter-bombers to Saudi Arabia twenty years ago.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has set a new UK DVD sales record. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 1.5 million discs were sold in a week. As representatives of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, which represents products of the Walt Disney Pictures film company, note, the demand for the DVD version of “Pirates” is so great that it was decided to release another million discs for sale in the UK.

Brazilian Pele, considered the best player in the history of football, said that the reasons for the defeat of his compatriots at the World Cup in Germany should be sought in the field of psychology. According to the king of football, the Brazilian national team suffered from overconfidence and a lack of teamwork. “I think what Brazil lacked most was team play.

The Khamovnichesky Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office of Moscow opened a criminal case into the beating of an employee of the Federal Migration Service at the Luzhniki market, RIA Novosti reports . At the same time, the press service of the prosecutor's office reported that we are talking about beating Viktor Makarov, one of the leaders of the Federal Migration Service in Moscow.

28.11.2006, 19:50:11 version Print | PDA/PDA Aircraft carrier "Akagi", Imperial Japanese Navy. Photo from US Navy archives. Wings over the sea, part 2 The 20-30s became a “time of search” for aircraft carriers. Despite Mitchell's successful experience and the emergence of increasingly advanced aircraft, aircraft carriers were in no hurry to recognize them as weapons of future war.