“KamAZ” by Russian Vladimir Chagin came out in the first place in the overall standings according to the results of the eighth stage of the Rally “Dakar-2003 telephone.” Chagin’s truck came first to the finish line of the stage, overtaking the Dutchman Gerardus de Roy for 8 minutes 16 seconds, which had previously started a Russian, the Kamaz -Master team said on Thursday at Interfax . The third finished the Dutchman Johannes de Roy, lagging behind Chagin for 13 minutes. 37 sec.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, a special group of hunters tracked down and shot a bear, who had to death the 45-year-old local resident Nikolai Medvedev to death . This was announced on Thursday by the deputy head of the regional department for the protection, control and regulation of the hunting beast Evgeny Moskvin. According to experts, the tragedy occurred on December 28. Two residents of the village of Petrovichi named after Lazo in the morning went to the taiga for cedar cones.

Two aircraft of the Turkish Air Force crashed during a training flight. The accident occurred in a mountainous area in the south-east of the country near the city of Malay. The cause of the crash, according to AFR, was a strong fog. According to the agency, these were RF-4 Phantom fighters. The REUTERS Ministry of Transport confirmed the fact of the incident. The fate of the four pilots remains unknown.

In Formula 1, another revolution is brewing. This time, however, it is not associated with a change in the technical parameters of the car, but with the struggle for the equal rights of the sexes. The Club of British Women leaders expects to achieve the appearance in the "Formula 1" representatives of the weaker sex. According to Helen Bashford Bank, the main problem is that women do not have enough support in promoting to royal races.

The gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation for 2002 increased by 38.5% and amounted to a record amount - $ 47.792 billion on January 1, 2003. Contrary to the fears of the head of the Central Bank, Sergei Ignatiev, in December the bank did not need to spend significant amounts of funds for stabilization of the foreign exchange market, so that over the past month, reserves have decreased only by 0.9%.

New hearings on the issue of extradition to Russia Ahmed Zakayev are scheduled for January 31. Such a decision was made today at a meeting of the Magistral Court on Bow Street in London Judge Timothy Warcman at the request of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs. The British Ministry of Internal Affairs argued this request by the need to study the documents submitted by the Russian side in more detail. The consideration of the issue of extradition lasted several minutes.

The growth potential of the Russian economy is 6-10% per year. At least, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, German Gref, shared such calculations in an interview, published on the official website of the Government of the Russian Federation . Gref said that it is possible to provide such a pace by changing the structure of economic growth. So far, according to him, growth is provided by a favorable foreign economic situation.

In Veliky Novgorod, a soldier of the Russian army is accused of murdering a girl committed with particular cruelty. As reported on Thursday in the military prosecutor's office of the Novgorod garrison, the case of an employee of the Far Eastern Military Institute of the city of Blagoveshchensk of the Amur Region of Lieutenant Vladimir Makarov was sent to the court. Makarov was charged under Article 105, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder with particular cruelty).

The construction of the Orthodox chapel, which will be delivered at the station of Russian polar explorers of Bellingshausen in Antarctica, was completed in the Altai Republic, ITAR-TASS reports. Its construction was started in mid -April last year of one of the local construction companies by order of the Altai diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church .

The Ministry of Justice of South Africa received an official request from the Prosecutor General of Israel for assistance in investigating the circumstances of the transfer of a private loan in the amount of $ 1.5 million to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The request of the Prosecutor General of Israel is considered in the office of the South African Minister of Justice Penuella Maduna. The final decision on it will be made in the coming days, RIA Novosti reports.

The Tunisian ship "Amir-1" requested help from Ukrainian rescuers. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine on Thursday, on January 9 at 05:00 Moscow time, the SOS signal was received in the Odessa Marine Regional Rescue Center. According to the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, the Amir-1 Tunisian ship on January 6 at 14:10 left the Kerch Strait and headed for Bosphorus, RIA Novosti reports.

The leadership of the California prisons prohibits the issuance of fruits to prisoners. It turned out that they drove the moonshine from them, and, "taking on the chest", often arranged fights. The drink made in prison looks at best as a muddy river water and smells equally disgusting. But on its intoxicating effects, it can well be compared with wine. The prisoners called this fluid "Pruno" (from Prune - plum).

On Thursday evening, the office of the first deputy prime minister Vasily Job caught fire in the building of the Moldova Government. According to Interfax, a source in the fire department of Moldova, a signal of fire entered the fire department at 18:25 local time. By the time of the arrival of firefighters from three windows on the fifth floor, severe smoke was falling. The fire covered the fifth floor, where the offices of the Prime Minister and his deputies are located.

Sergey Sereyubin, the former editor -in -chief of the Ulyanovsk Simbirsk, is accused of inciting national growth, in one of the numbers of which a number of materials with anti -Semitic nature are placed, RIA Novosti reports.

The apartment of the popular TV presenter of various talk shows and actress Julia Menshova was robbed the day before. According to the MK-News Agency in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, the incident occurred between 15 and 17 hours. As the investigation managed to establish, the thief through the unlocked door penetrated the apartment of Menshova in the house on Dolgorukovskaya Street and stole 40 thousand rubles. A criminal case has been opened.