Arabic-mercenaries who were hiding in a hospital in Kandahar promise to blow up the building if their lives are in danger, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Katar channel Al-Jazira. According to the channel, back in December last year, 11 Arab militants barricaded in the hospital premises. On January 8, one of them, after an unsuccessful attempt to hide, blew himself up with a grenade. Another earlier under similar circumstances was killed by Afghan soldiers. Three more were captured.

As a result of a strong fire, one of the buildings of the boarding house of the President of Russia "Forest Dali" burned out. The three -story building ╧ 1 approximately 30 Lux rooms, three of which are three -room, caught fire on the evening of January 4. At the time of the fire, at least 50 people lived in the building. Many of the guest guests are children. The fire began at about 9 pm in the 12th issue on the second floor. Within two hours, the building almost completely burned out.

As it became known to the Echo of Moscow radio stations, in the morning of January 8, in Moscow, at the 86th year of his life, the Nobel Physics Prize winner Alexander Prokhorov died. He is known as one of the creators of the laser. It was for the creation of Lazer Prokhorov, as well as Russian physics, Nikolai Basov and American Charles Towns and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1964. The scientist overtook the scientist as a result of the fleeting bilateral pneumonia.

After Afghanistan, the anti -terrorism campaign can be continued in countries such as Somalia, Yemen, Indonesia and the Philippines. This was stated by The New York Times, Deputy Minister of Defense of the United States Paul Wolfovitz. Wulfovitz also noted that the Pentagon is developing plans to destroy terrorism along with friendly countries such as the Philippines.

Greenpeace activists turned to McDonald's with a request to change the design of cups for dessert, TV-6 reports. Green believe that these cups became a fatal weapon against hedgehogs. Animals are attracted by the smell of under -domed ice cream. They crawl into cardboard glasses, but they can no longer get out. Ecologists say that hedgehogs die a monstrous and painful death . McDonald's seriously reacted to this request.

The absence of the captain of the Russian vice-champions of Igor Chugainov on a club base in Bakovka on the eve of the departure of railway workers to France was explained by the fact that an experienced player was at that time in the camp of the Elistinsky Uralan, who had returned to the highest division last year. According to the official website of the club, at the end of last year Igor Chugainov ended the current contract with Lokomotiv.

"Vovochka" is the name of a new children's film, the shooting of which will begin on January 10 in the village of Abramtsevo near Moscow. About this RIA "Novosti" was told by the producer of the picture, the head of the Guild of the Actors of the Cinema of Russia Sergey Zhigunov. “This comedy film is intended for family viewing,” Zhigunov emphasized. “The action takes place in a summer village in the New Year holidays.

The heads of the US Department of Defense are disappointed that the American troops still have not been able to catch almost any of the highest leaders of the Taliban and Al -Qaeda - so much so that the military do not want to discuss more, where Osama Ben Laden and Mullah Omar can be located, The Washington Times reports on Tuesday . “Our military has already said several times that we are close to them.

The head of the Palestinian National Administration, Yasir Arafat, announced the beginning of an internal investigation in connection with the accusations of Israel against the leadership of Palestine in an attempt to smuggle a large batch of weapons, RIA Novosti reports. The Palestinian leader announced this after a meeting with the supreme representative of the European Union on foreign policy Havier Solanna in Ramallach.

As expected, President of Pakistan Perevez Musharraf will perform on Tuesday on national radio and TV and will declare a new policy of combating religious extremism. According to RIA Novosti , the newspaper The Frontier Post reported. In the morning, Musharraf holds a joint meeting with a number of leading ministers of his office, members of the National Security Council and senior military leadership.

The spiritual head of the Anglican Church Archbishop, Canterbury George Carey, announced the recovery, reports Ananova. He will leave on October 31 after participating in the celebrations about the 50th anniversary of the stay on the throne of Elizabeth II. 66-year-old George Carey became the 103rd Archbishop of Kenterbury in 1991. According to the rules adopted in the Anglican Church, he can remain in his post until 70 years old.

One of the strongest Bobsleists of the world Latvy Sandis Prusis will not take part in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. It is disqualified by the Bobsleya International Federation (FIBT) due to the fact that its sample for a doping test gave a positive result, reports Sportsnews.lv . According to FIBT Secretary Ermanno Gardello, traces of the nandrolone were discovered in the body of the 37-year-old athlete. Prusis is disqualified for two years.

President George Bush said the US budget deficit will be justified while the country is waging a war with terrorism. Bush recalled that the United States can resort to budget deficit in connection with the war, a national emergency and an economic decline, and the country is now in these three states at once. Obviously, the US president decided to violently defend his economic strategy, which, as it now becomes clear, will become the central topic in the congress campaign this year, BBC notes.

Investors lost almost 60% of Argentina’s debt paper investments in 2001. However, many of them, selling Argentine bonds, "found refuge" in the bonds of Russia and Brazil, experts say. According to Financial Times , investments in Russian bonds brought them an income of 52%, that is, to a large extent compensated for losses in Argentina.

Pavel Struganova is charged with terrorism. According to Valentin Semuchenkov, Deputy Prosecutor General, Prosecutor for the Siberian Federal District, Struganov has already been transferred from a temporary detention center in the regional police department to the pre -trial detention center.