At least four people were injured in two explosions that occurred in Bangkok early on Wednesday, AFP reported , citing city police officials. They said both explosions occurred near the former Don Mueang International Airport in the Thai capital, surrounded by opposition supporters. The temporary residence of the Prime Minister of Thailand, Sonchat Wongsawat, whose resignation is being demanded by the opposition, is located on the territory of this airport.

In 2009, Ukrainian troops, in accordance with the plans of the country's General Staff, will be redeployed to strengthen the defense of the southeastern borders. This, as the Delo newspaper writes , was announced at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense. Yuri Yekhanurov, the plans of the General Staff, which still must be approved by the government and the president, can be prepared by the end of the week. Officials are not talking about specific measures.

Lawyer Terry Christensen, who represented the interests of American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, was sentenced to three years in prison, reports Reuters . He was convicted of wiretapping the phone of a billionaire's ex-wife in 2002 during divorce proceedings, when Kirk and Lisa Kerkorian were arguing over the amount of child support. To organize the audition, Christensen hired a private detective. A Los Angeles court convicted the lawyer based on two proven cases of wiretapping.

The blast wave from the planned detonation of decommissioned ammunition, carried out at the Marine Corps training ground of the Pacific Fleet, unexpectedly reached the village of Slavyanka, Primorsky Territory. reported this on Wednesday RIA Novosti . Windows were broken in some buildings in the village, and car alarms went off everywhere. Panic began among the population. However, none of the residents of Slavyanka were injured as a result of the incident.

For three weeks in November this year, online sellers' revenues fell by four percent compared to the same period last year. This decline was the first in the history of the online trading market. This was reported by AFP with reference to a study by comScore. During 23 days of November, users spent $8.2 billion online. Last year, during the same period, $8.5 billion was spent online. Analysts believe that despite this decline, pre-New Year sales will remain at last year's levels.

The head of the Russian Federal Service for Drug Control (FSKN), Viktor Ivanov, acknowledged the existence of “specific relations” between the FSB and the FSKN in the past, but said that at present there is no “special services war.” reports this RIA Novosti . on personnel issues, called the current relations with the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other law enforcement agencies Ivanov, a former assistant to President Vladimir Putin constructive.

26.11.2008, 12:56:00 version Print | PDA/PDA Episode of the match "Zenit" - "Juventus". Photo ©AFP Relegation to the UEFA Cup Zenit finished fighting in the Champions League On November 25, St. Petersburg "Zenith" lost all chances of reaching the 1/8 finals of the Champions League from Group H. The home match with Turin "Juventus", in which the St. Petersburg team only needed a victory, ended in a 0:0 draw.

The traditional Russian Film Festival opened in Honfleur, France. This year, its main theme will be the celebration of the centenary of Russian film production. The competition program includes such films as “Live and Remember” by Alexander Proshkin, “Wild Field” by Mikhail Kalatozishvili, “Prisoner” by Alexei Uchitel, “Ocean” by Mikhail Kosyrev and other films. In addition, a total of about 40 works by Russian directors will be shown in other sections of the film forum.

General Director of the Moscow region football club "Khimki" Andrei Gromov met with the team's head coach Sergei Yuran. At the meeting it was decided that the mentor's contract, ending on November 30, 2008, would not be extended. This was reported by the online publication Sports.ru . Juran took charge of Khimki in May 2008, replacing Serbian Slavoljub Muslin as head coach.

Members of the British band Blur will reunite in the studio in 2009. This was stated by band leader Damon Albarn, as reported by Gigwise. The reunion will feature all members of the band's original line-up, including guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. The musicians will rehearse for a while, remember their old songs, and then make a final decision about the future of the group.

Bethesda Softworks has promised to release the first add-on for Fallout 3 in January 2009, writes GamesIndustry. The episode, called Operation: Anchorage, will tell about the liberation of one of the cities of Alaska from the Chinese communists. Let us remind you that this add-on can only be downloaded by owners of Xbox 360 and PC. Already in February, the developers will release an episode of The Pitt, which will take place in the Pittsburgh area.

Center forward of Kazan "Ak Bars" and the Russian national hockey team, 2008 world champion Sergei Zinoviev wrote a letter addressed to the president of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) Alexander Medvedev. writes about this The newspaper "Sport-Express" . KHL Vice President of Hockey Operations Vladimir Shalaev said he was aware of the existence of the letter, but was not familiar with its contents.

The Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kiev on Wednesday, November 26, authorized the arrest of US citizen Robert Fletcher, Interfax reports . On Sunday, November 23, Kiev police detained him on suspicion of fraud, and a criminal case was opened. Fletcher was the organizer of the training project “How to become a millionaire.” The reason for his detention was statements by six Ukrainian citizens that the American had taken possession of the money they had invested in an investment project.

President of St. Petersburg Zenit Alexander Dyukov said that the club has not yet received a single offer to purchase team leader Andrei Arshavin . Dyukov noted that there can be no talk of the player leaving Zenit for free, since Arshavin has a valid contract with the club, reports the online publication Fontanka.Ru . The Zenit president added that negotiations will be held with clubs that want to acquire the player.

On Wednesday, Roman Eliseev, a minor activist of the Yabloko party, was detained near the Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station in Moscow. agency reports this The Interfax . A young man was detained on the way to a picket against increasing the term of office of the President of the Russian Federation. As Yabloko told reporters, the police stopped Eliseev for allegedly walking with an unfolded poster.