In Uzbekistan, veterans of the Great Patriotic War will receive benefits on Victory Day, Fergana news agency reports . The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Republic Islam Karimov . Veterans will receive 300 thousand soums (about $175). The agency notes that the current benefit is significantly more than what was paid last year. Then the amount of payments by May 9 amounted to 200 thousand soums. Benefits on the occasion of Victory Day in Uzbekistan are paid annually.

There have been three attacks on buses in Pakistan in two days. According to Agence France-Presse , the terrorist attacks were carried out on April 25 and 26 in the cities of Sibi (Balochistan province) and Karachi. At least 15 people became victims of the first attack, many of them women and children. According to CNN , the attackers, four unknown men on motorcycles, first fired at the car with automatic weapons and then set it on fire.

Two US residents have filed a lawsuit against Apple , writes Wired . The reason for filing the lawsuit was the fact that Apple devices record the location of users without their knowledge. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida, Vikram Ajampur and William Devito accuse Apple of violating US law and demand unspecified compensation from the company.

Five rockets were fired on the night of Tuesday, April 26, at the eastern part of Tripoli, Agence France-Presse reports, citing residents of the Libyan capital. The missile strikes, they said, were carried out in the Ain Zara area. AFP's interlocutors found it difficult to guess which objects were targeted by NATO aircraft. On the night of Monday, April 25, NATO aircraft attacked the residence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the Bab al-Aziziya military base, located in the south of Tripoli.

The US Air Force base "Little Rock", which is 30 kilometers from the state capital of the same name, was damaged by bad weather in Arkansas. reports this CNN . A tornado that swept through the base damaged 16 buildings; part of the base was de-energized. It is reported that several aircraft were damaged. According to base spokesman Bob Oldham, there were two casualties; they have minor injuries. Material damage from the disaster is being established.

26.04.2011, 17:48:47 version Print | PDA/PDA Hold your horses The Ministry of Finance moderated the future growth of excise taxes on vodka and cigarettes The nightmare of many Russians - a sharp rise in the price of vodka and cigarettes - will not become a reality in the coming years. The Ministry of Finance agreed to increase excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco gradually.

Experts from the Tubar real estate agency, having analyzed the current state of the Moscow housing rental market, came to the conclusion that the portrait of the average metropolitan tenant has recently undergone changes. The study notes that several years ago, housing in the capital was rented mainly by emigrants from neighboring countries and workers sent on long-term assignments. However, now the situation has changed.

Former employee of the control department of medical organizations of the Main Control Directorate of Administrative Affairs of the President of the Russian Federation Igor Erashov, accused of taking a bribe, was released from custody and placed under house arrest, RIA Novosti reported on April 26 . The corresponding decision was made on Tuesday by the Presnensky Court of Moscow. The reason for the change in the preventive measure is not specified.

Australian authorities are planning to tighten immigration laws in response to recent pogroms in migrant camps. reports this ABC . Australian Migration Minister Chris Bowen has announced a proposal to introduce restrictions on immigrants suspected of minor crimes such as arson. Currently, restrictions on obtaining visas apply only to people who have committed crimes with prison terms exceeding 12 months.

26.04.2011, 09:25:33 version Print | PDA/PDA Rebels in Misrata. Photo ©AFP There's a holiday on their street Rebels recaptured Misurata from government forces The regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was never able to cope with its most important task - the capture of the city of Misrata, located between Sirte and Tripoli. Government troops and foreign mercenaries lost the city center, after which they were ordered to retreat. The rebels celebrated their victory.

In Turkey, on April 26, the demolition of the monument to friendship between Armenians and Turks began, Agence France-Presse reports , citing the Anatolia agency. According to eyewitnesses, the 19-ton head of one of the two figures included in the composition was separated from the statue. It is planned that the dismantling of the monument, which is located in Kars, 40 kilometers from the border with Armenia, will take ten days.

Moscow's Presnensky Court on Tuesday authorized the arrest of all five suspects in the kidnapping of Yevgeny Kaspersky's son Ivan, Interfax reports citing its correspondent. The spouses Nikolai and Lyudmila Savelyev, their son Nikolai, as well as Alexey Ustimchuk and Semyon Gromov were taken into custody. They will remain in custody until June 24. Savelyev Sr. took the blame for the kidnapping. He called media reports that the crime was committed because of overdue loans a lie.

In the Rostov region, a criminal case has been opened against the director of a construction company, who is suspected of embezzling 1.183 million rubles during the construction of houses for village residents. This is stated in the message of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Southern Federal District. As the investigation established, the entrepreneur entered into contracts for the construction of 32 houses in the village of Novomirsky.

The New Zealand Ministry of Defense has put up eight Douglas A/TA-4K Skyhawk attack aircraft for sale, reports Flightglobal . The trades are held in the form of an auction, and buyer offers will be accepted until May 16 inclusive. Up for auction are five single-seat A-4K attack aircraft and three two-seat TA-4K combat trainers, as well as 20 spare P&W J52 engines, ground support equipment and tools. The New Zealand Defense Department exhibited the aircraft "as is".

Disaster in an hour What exactly happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant became the largest disaster in the entire history of nuclear energy. Until 2011, when an earthquake and tsunami triggered an accident at the Japanese Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, the Chernobyl disaster remained the only one in history that was assigned a maximum danger level of seven.