In Belgium, during a service, an unknown person threw a cake in the face of Archbishop Andre-José Leonard, reports Reuters . The incident occurred during a service for All Saints' Day on November 1, 2010, but it became known only now. A video of the incident was posted on Youtube. During the service, a man in dark clothing ran up to the archbishop who heads the Catholic Church in Belgium and threw a confectionery product in his face from close range.

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against State Duma deputy Ashot Yeghiazaryan under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale). this on Saturday, November 6 . reported The department's press service As follows from the message, the deputy is suspected of defrauding his friend Mikhail Ananyev for an amount of more than 500 million rubles.

The host of MSNBC's popular "Countdown" show has been removed from the air for donating to three Democratic candidates in recent elections, the Associated Press reported Saturday . Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after Politico published details of the donations. It turned out that the presenter transferred $2.4 thousand to the accounts of politicians from Arizona and Kentucky.

The construction of the world's tallest statue of Jesus Christ has been completed in Poland, reports the Associated Press . On Saturday, in the city of Swiebodzin on the border with Germany, in front of a large crowd of local residents, the last element of the sculpture was installed - the head of Christ with a two-meter crown. According to the creators, the height of the monument, including the pedestal, is 51 meters.

The Party of Regions received 80 of 100 seats in the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. These are the results of the local government elections held on October 31, Interfax reported on Saturday . As the autonomy's election commission clarified, candidates from the Party of Regions won in 48 of the 50 majoritarian constituencies of Crimea, and in the elections according to party lists, regionalists received 32 mandates.

Vivid Entertainment, the largest producer of pornographic videos in the United States, plans to resume filming on Monday, November 8, which was interrupted a month ago, reports Agence France-Presse . The studio's work was interrupted after one of the actors was diagnosed with HIV in October. Vivid CEO Steven Hirsch said the studio conducted thorough tests on all of the actor's partners. Tests did not reveal a single case of HIV infection.

The investigation into the case of the assassination attempt on Kommersant correspondent Oleg Kashin has CCTV recordings that recorded the moment of the attack on the journalist, Interfax reports with reference to the official representative of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office Vladimir Markin . According to him, the cameras recorded that Kashin was attacked by two people.

The death toll from a series of eruptions of Mount Merapi in Indonesia has reached 138 people, reports the Associated Press . About a hundred deaths were previously reported. The number of victims is about 300 people. According to new information, the last eruption, which occurred on the night of November 5, led to the death of 94 people.

A court in Peru on Friday confirmed the early release of American activist Lory Berenson, sentenced to 20 years in prison for collaborating with the terrorist group Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). reports this Agence France-Presse . In May 2010, the same judge, Jessica Leon, already decided to pardon 40-year-old Berenson.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev vetoed amendments to the law on meetings and rallies. According to RIA Novosti , the Kremlin press service reported this on Saturday morning.

A train with radioactive waste traveling from France to Germany crossed the border between the countries despite the actions of environmentalists who blocked certain sections of the railway, reports Agence France-Presse . Activists failed to stop a train carrying 123 tons of nuclear waste as they waited near the French border town of Lauterbourg, while the train was rerouted and crossed the border near Strasbourg.

A fire in a shopping center in the city of Jilin (Girin) in northeastern China killed 17 people, Xinhua reported on Saturday . According to the latest data, one person is missing and 28 were injured. It took firefighters almost half a day to localize the fire, says Agence France-Presse . The cause of the fire has not yet been established and an investigation is ongoing. The chief manager of the shopping complex has been detained for questioning.

On Saturday, Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged the bodies of the dead, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the State Commission of Azerbaijan for Prisoners’ Affairs. An agreement on this was reached on October 27 at a meeting of the presidents of the two countries. Armenia handed over to Azerbaijan the bodies of two soldiers - Mubariz Ibragimov and Farid Akhmedov, who died in clashes on June 18 and September 4, 2010, respectively.

During a search operation in the province of Sancti Spiritus in central Cuba, the “black box” of the ATR 72-212 aircraft that crashed there was discovered, Agence France-Presse reported on Saturday , citing local media. As a representative of the Cuban prosecutor's office noted, after the discovery of the flight recorder, the investigation will have basic material to work with.

portal On Saturday, November 6, the Openspace.ru published an appeal from journalists to President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the beating of Oleg Kashin .