One of the representatives of the Republican Party proposed establishing a 51st state in the United States. The Los Angeles Times writes about this. This initiative was put forward by Californian Republican Jeff Stone. According to his plans, a new state would be formed by dividing California. In particular, 13 counties should separate from the "golden state", namely Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Tulare.

Two Georgian newspapers, Rezonansi and Alia, staged a rally in support of photographers arrested on charges of collaborating with Russian intelligence. reports this Interfax . In photographs published in the July 12 issues of these publications, the faces of President Mikheil Saakashvili and other government officials are covered with black squares.

Raspadskaya shares jumped by nine percent on the evening of July 12. This happened a few minutes after the Interfax news agency reported, citing anonymous sources, that VEB could buy 80 percent of the coal company's authorized capital for $5.3 billion. By the end of the trading session, Raspadskaya shares rose by only 2.88 percent compared to the data at the close of the exchanges on July 11.

In Turkmenistan, women have been seen on public transport loudly praising the president and defending him from possible charges in connection with the recent explosions in Abadan. This was reported by the Chronicle of Turkmenistan . The publication believes that behind this are the authorities who are afraid of popular discontent and are trying to extinguish this discontent.

The council of the city of Launceston, located in the Australian state of Tasmania, will consider the issue regarding the operation of the local clock tower. The fact is that at night the clocks chime too loudly and, according to the owners of nearby hotels, they disturb tourists’ sleep. According to ABC News, the council must decide whether to turn off the chimes at night. The loud chiming of the tower clock in Launceston was talked about a few days ago.

The share of programs aimed at children 4-12 years old has almost halved over the past four years on terrestrial television channels. newspaper writes about this The RBC daily with reference to research data from OMD MD|PHD Group (part of BBDO Russia). As the publication points out, thanks to a decrease in the share of children's programs, TV channels can increase advertising volumes. According to the advertising law, the placement of advertisements in programs for children is limited.

A road accident occurred in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, the culprit of which was considered by the traffic police to be a cat, writes the local edition of the newspaper "In the City" . As the state traffic police told the publication, on the afternoon of July 10, a 55-year-old man (his name was not given) was returning in a VAZ-2109 car from a vacation at sea. Along with the driver, his cat was in the cabin.

In the second quarter of 2011, the number of requests regarding the exchange of secondary housing using a mortgage in Moscow increased by 15 percent compared to the first three months of this year. This is stated in the review of the company "INCOM-Real Estate". Experts explain that many families have put off resolving the housing issue for many years, waiting for the implementation of capital programs for the demolition and reconstruction of uncomfortable housing.

Another megaproject Moscow has grown with new territories The authorities of Moscow and the Moscow region, at the request of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, agreed in record time on the issue of expanding the borders of the Russian capital. As a result, the area of ​​Moscow increased by 2.4 times, and another megaproject appeared in Russia.

crew The ISS went into outer space. This was reported on Space.com. Overboard work began more than half an hour later than planned. It is planned that astronauts Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan will spend about 6.5 hours aboard the station. During this time, astronauts must dismantle the faulty pumping unit and move it to the Atlantis shuttle using the Canadarm2 manipulator.

Deputy of the Lugansk City Council Roman Landik, who is suspected of beating a girl, was expelled from the Party of Regions.

12.07.2011, 17:01:27 version Print | PDA/PDA Darya Dontsova. Photo by RIA Novosti, Mikhail Fomichev Dontsova and Ustinova asked Yandex to stop the pirates A group of Russian writers turned to the management of the Yandex company with a request to assist them in protecting copyrights on the Runet. The corresponding letter, addressed to the general director of the company Arkady Volozh and available to Lenta.ru, was distributed by the Eksmo publishing house.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin allocated six million rubles for the restoration of two sculptures by monumentalist Ivan Shadr, Interfax reports , citing a source in the capital’s administration. The work was ordered by the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage. Five million were allocated to put in order the monument “Cobblestone - the weapon of the proletariat”, installed in 1967 on Krasnopresnenskaya Outpost Square. Another million - for the sculpture "Seasonal Worker" at the Red Gate.

Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergei Stepashin compared the purchase of expensive players by the Anzhi football club from Makhachkala to a feast during the plague. Stepashin recalled that Dagestan is a subsidized region where there are many difficulties with education, medicine and children's sports, reports Soviet Sport .

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1.a launch vehicle with six American Globalstar-2 satellites, scheduled for July 12, has been rescheduled to a reserve date. reports this RIA Novosti . As the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Alexey Kuznetsov, told the agency, a new launch date will be announced later, depending on how the process of eliminating the detected problems goes. Kuznetsov did not name specific reasons that led to the postponement of the start.