Bomb experts have defused bombs from the Second World War discovered in the German city of Koblenz, BBC News reports. The bomb disposal took about three hours and was the largest operation of its kind carried out in Germany since 1945. An aerial bomb weighing 1.8 tons, dropped on Koblenz by British aircraft during World War II, was discovered at the end of November in the bed of the Rhine River, which had become very shallow due to drought. A smaller American bomb was found nearby.

An organization to support journalists, The Journalism Foundation, was opened in London, created with the assistance of Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev and his newspaper, The Independent. This is reported on the organization's website . The organization's goal is to support independent journalists and demonstrate the positive impact journalism can have on people's lives.

Former grievous bodily harm trial juror Theodora Dallas will appear at the High Court in London charged with violating a ban on searching the internet for information about the case. The New York Times reports this. Dallas, who works as a university lecturer, was a juror at Luton Crown Court in July. Two men were defendants in the case, and Dallas looked up information about one of them on the Internet. She later told the rest of the jury about the man.

Greenpeace activists entered the French nuclear power plant in Nogent-sur-Seine on the morning of December 5, according to the organization’s website. According to Agence France-Presse, citing the French gendarmerie, eight people were able to enter the power plant. Several of them climbed onto the dome of the nuclear reactor and unfurled a banner with the slogan “There is no safe nuclear energy.” The police, according to The Wall Street Journal, detained four activists.

A British citizen died after a fight with a bartender at the Moscow Cosmos Hotel, RIA Novosti reports . According to the agency's source in law enforcement agencies, the incident in "Cosmos" occurred on the night of December 4. A conflict arose between the bartender and the British man, during which a hotel employee pushed the foreigner. He fell, hit his head and died before the ambulance arrived. An investigation into the incident is underway.

Pop singer Adele's 21 has been named the best-selling music album of the 21st century in the UK. According to BBC News, the disc, released in January 2011, has now sold 3.4 million copies, thus surpassing the previous record holder - "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse . Winehouse's album, released in 2006, has sold 3.3 million copies. Adele's second solo album is also the best-selling album of 2011.

The duo The Chemical Brothers made a concert film called "Don't Think." The premiere of the film will take place on January 26, 2012 in 20 cities around the world, reports NME. In particular, shows will take place in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Manchester, Milan, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney. It is expected that the full release of the film will begin in February 2012.

Tens of thousands of young people who rioted on the streets of British cities last summer were motivated by dissatisfaction with the work of the police. The Guardian writes about this on December 5, citing data from a study conducted jointly with the London School of Economics (LSE). During the study, newspaper journalists and experts from LSE spoke with 270 participants in the August events from London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester and Salford.

About 45 tons of radioactive water leaked at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan. This was reported by the Associated Press with reference to a statement by Tepco, which operates this nuclear power plant. The leak occurred last weekend, December 3-4, from the tanks in which water is purified. According to The Guardian, water leaked through a hole in the concrete wall.

The German rock band Scorpions will visit Russia again as part of their farewell tour. The "Final Sting" tour planned for 2012, in addition to shows in France, Germany and Belgium, will include concerts in six Russian cities. This was reported in a press release received by Lenta.ru from the concert agency TCI, which organizes the performances. The Scorpions, founded in 1965, announced their retirement and announced a farewell tour back in January 2010.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a package of amendments to a number of laws, also called the “third antimonopoly package.” reports this Interfax . Amendments have been adopted to the laws “On the Protection of Competition”, “On Natural Monopolies”, “On the Privatization of State and Municipal Property” and a number of others. The amendments were prepared by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and adopted by the Russian government in June 2011.

A native of the village of Effin in Ireland was unable to register the name of her native village on Facebook . According to Anne Marie Kennedy, when she tried to enter the name of the village into her profile, the social network issued a warning that the name Effin was offensive and could not be registered, The Daily Mail writes. The reason Facebook abandoned the word "Effin" was its modern usage.

The Russian Gold group intends to sell the Mitinsky Radio Market and is currently searching for buyers for the facility. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this with reference to its own sources. According to the publication, the main contenders for the asset are the owners of the Complex Investments company, Yuri and Alexey Khotin.

A new head of the State Committee for National Security has been appointed in Kyrgyzstan, reports 24.kg news agency. This post was taken by Shamil Atakhanov. The decree on his appointment was signed by the recently elected president of the republic Almaz Atambayev . Shamil Atakhanov, according to the agency, graduated from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Bazelevs" will make the third film in the "Yolki" series, RIA Novosti reports . Producer Iva Stromilova, who took part in the work on the two previous films of the franchise, as well as in the creation of the films “Freaks” and “Black Lightning,” spoke about the plans of the film studio. The first episode of "Christmas Trees" was released in December 2010. The sequel is scheduled for release on December 15, 2011.