Russians today celebrate the Day of the Constitution of Russia for the ninth time. Exactly nine years ago, on December 12, 1993, the basic law according to which more than 140 million Russians live today, was approved following the results of a popular referendum. And on September 14, 1994, the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, who was then in power, signed a decree on the announcement of the Russian Constitution on December 12, Interfax reports.

China forms a special unit of security forces, the task of which will be the protection of law and order and the prevention of terrorist attacks on board aircraft of national airlines. Air police will begin to accompany flights from the beginning of next year.

The emissar Aslan Maskhadova Ahmed Zakaev gave an interview with the British television and radio company Air Force, in which he said that he was hoping that the British court would refuse the Russian authorities to extradite it. “If the British authorities decide to extradite me to Russia, then they will be in solidarity with the politics and actions of the Russian authorities in Chechnya,” Zakaev said.

The DPRK twice delivered to Yemen missiles of the Scud type and fuel components for them last year. This was reported today by Kyodo with reference to informed Japanese and American sources. According to the agency, the sending of DPRK ships with parties of missiles and fuel tanks, as well as their mooring in the Yemensky port, was recorded by American intelligence satellites. Sources say that this happened before the attacks of September 11.

The world record for the duration of the mini-football match was set by players from the city of Kamensk-Uralsky of the Sverdlovsk region. Today at 8:23 Moscow time they beat the record, entered earlier in the Guinness Book of Records. The previous achievement belonged to the Australian athletes who lasted on the site for 106 hours. However, after the time of the game exceeded 106 hours, the fight was not stopped.

The aircraft of the Air Force of the Philippines crashed today into the rear assembly factories. According to police, both pilots died. One person went missing, nine hospitalized, reports ITAR-TASS. The incident occurred in the industrial center of the Batangas province 55 km south of Manila. The representative of law enforcement agencies said that the plane crashed into the enterprise management room, where there were 10 employees.

Valery Bure, playing in the NHL regular championship for Florida, in the match, which his club spent a day ago against Filadelphia, was injured. Bure Jr. has a fracture of the brush of the right hand. Moreover, doctors could not determine the severity of the damage for a long time, and the examination was delayed for more than 24 hours.

The Indonesian police received information indicating the contacts of the group responsible for the attack on the island of Bali on October 12, with the organizers of the recent explosions in the capital of the South Sulawesi - MacAssar province. This was announced on Thursday by the metropolitan newspaper "Jakarta Post".

During the survey provided by the Agency for Regional Political Studies (Arp), Russian citizens were asked whether you are allowed to deviate from the current laws of representatives of the executive branch (President of the Russian Federation, Government of the Russian Federation) in case of emergency? ' More than half of all survey participants (52%) gave a positive answer to the question.

Brazilian striker Ronaldo is called the best football player in the 2002 planet British magazine 'World Soccer' . An authoritative football publication annually conducts a sociological survey among its readers who choose the best football player, coach and team.

According to the Ukrainian examination, journalist Georgy Gongadze was killed 40-60 minutes after the disappearance, Viktor Shokin, deputy general of the prosecutor of Ukraine, told reporters in Kyiv on Thursday. Shokin also announced numerous violations of the prosecutor's office of the Tarashchansky district, Sergei Belinsky and prosecutor Sergei Obzuzov, which led to the delays of the investigation about the murder of a journalist.

In Moscow and the Moscow Region, starting from the northern regions, from 18.00 on Wednesday until 9.00 Thursday, snowfall is expected, strengthening the western wind. Separate impulses can reach 12-15 m/s, a blizzard, ice on the roads. As reported in the Moscow meteorus, the snow of various intensities will continue for the night on December 12. In Moscow, snow, a blizzard and wind strengthening to 12-15 m/s are expected on Wednesday at about 19.00-20.00.

In the areas of the map of the ZAREAT and Takhta Paul, in the suburbs of Mazari-Sharif in the presence of representatives of international organizations, several mass burials of civilians were discovered. This was announced on Thursday by the representative of General Abdulrashid Dustum, who is the chairman of the leading council of the north of Afghanistan, Fayzulla Zaki. According to him, hundreds of corpses of peaceful people were found in the graves.

Pope John Paul II accepted on Thursday the President of Israel Moshe Katsava, who is on an official visit to Italy. According to RIA Novosti , this is the first meeting of the head of the Vatican with the head of Israel. Like all private audiences, it took place in the library and lasted 15 minutes. It was about the dramatic situation in the Middle East, as well as Jerusalem, which dad, according to him, would like to see the city of three largest world religions.

On Thursday morning, the body of 79-year-old Sharifov, the father of the vice president of Lukoil, was discovered in Tetri-Zarai district. Sadi Sharifov was stolen two weeks ago. According to RIA Novosti in the press service of the President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze is informed about what happened. The President of Georgia expressed his condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased.