The organizers of the Miss strong physique contest, which ended the day before in the West African state of Burkina-Faso, decided to break the criteria of female beauty in the West. They are confident that the main advantage of female representatives should be considered to be burden, not thinness and thin waist, ITAR-TASS reports. The honorary title disputed 13 applicants weighing from 75 to 130 kg and from the ages of 22 to 32 years.

Madrid “Real” in a weakened composition perfectly played against the club Dmitry Alenichev - “Porto” - 1: 1. Recall that both teams have already secured a place in the playoffs of the Champions League, and “Real” gave his leaders to rest. In the second match of the day, the Dmitry Sychev club - "Olympic" - won a pass to the UEFA Cup. "Real" - "port" - 1: 1 In this match, the struggle went for first place in the group, which the Portuguese could achieve by defeating Real.

According to the published survey results, about every fourth Frenchman supports the ideas of the National Front party, which opens against immigration, and its leader Jean-Mari Le Pen, while only 42 percent of the respondents believe that the party’s policy is unacceptable. A survey conducted by TNS/Sofress that is engaged in the study of public opinion was published in the Le Monde newspaper.

In the Kostroma region on the Krasnoselskaya highway, the Volkswagen Bora car shot down at a great speed. As a result of the incident, two people were killed. In addition, another 12-year-old boy suffered. Nothing threatens his life, reports Kostroma GTRK . The accident occurred the day before at about 22 hours. Volkswagen moved from Kostroma to Krasnoye Selo. There was a young family in the car. On the 22 kilometer of the highway, an elk came out on the road.

The German cinema festival will be held in Moscow from December 10 to 14. The organizers of the film forum were the company "Cinema without Borders" and the Union of Exporters of German films with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the German Embassy in Moscow. The creative director of the company "Cinema without borders" Anton Mazurov said that there are 13 films in the festival program.

Do not forget about honey, cranberries, and in general everything that contains vitamins C, and E, in order to avoid the flu, is advised by the leading researcher at the Research Institute of Influenza of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Lyudmila Karpova. And to vaccinate if the epidemic has begun, it is too late and even "very risky." "When the epidemic begins, it is too late to vaccinate: if they already have a virus in the human body, they can cause very serious complications.

At least 7 people died and another 40 people were injured in varying severity as a result of a large car accident that occurred on Wednesday in Egypt. In the morning on Wednesday, 17 vehicles collided on a high -speed highway connecting Cairo with Alexandria. With serious injuries and injuries, 23 people were delivered to local hospitals, the rest was provided with medical assistance at the scene, RIA Novosti reports.

Washington Post publishes an analytical article on the results of the elections in Russia. The publication focuses on the fact that Vladimir Zhirinovsky again entered the Russian political fashion with his ultra -nationalist speeches and insulting manners. The newspaper recalls that over the past 10 years he had lost three quarters of his voters, but during the Sunday parliamentary elections, the party has doubled his support.

New Year's illumination in the capital this year will shine not until one in the morning, as before, but until the morning. Such an order was given on Wednesday by the head of the Moscow City Complex of Moscow Peter Aksenov. In the center of the capital, 40 large fir trees and another 300 small ones have already been installed on the outskirts of the city. In addition, 7-meter spruce will be installed on the central streets in the near future, which will play festive melodies.

In the center of Tbilisi, a strong explosion thundered near the office of the Magti cellular company. According to Interfax on Wednesday in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, this happened at about 6:00 in the morning Moscow time. According to preliminary data, there are no victims and victims. At the same time, glass is knocked out in the office of the company’s office.

The Supreme Court of Zambia began consideration of the case on charges of the former president of this African country Frederick Chiluba in the plusment of the state treasury during his ten -year government from 1991 to 2001. Chilub was charged with 169 corruption, exceeding power, bribery and theft of more than $ 30 million from Zambians. The cost of living in this African country is less than the dollar per day.

The BP again fell into an awkward position because of the TNC, its Russian partner, after the CIA documents accused of giving the bribes of the former president of TNC Semyon Kukesa were devoted. The publication of documents is also struck by the largest Russian oil company Yukos, whose general director of which, after the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was appointed Cukens, writes the British The Guardian , the article published by Inopressa .

The December terrorist attacks in Moscow and Essentuki were committed by terrorists from a group of suicide bombers, prepared by Islamic fundamentalists outside of Russia. “This is one of the main and obvious versions, which has serious grounds under it,” said Colonel Sergei Ignatchenko, head of the Center for Public Relations (COP) of the FSB of the Russian Federation.

Almost 3 years will have to spend behind the bars to the American from Portland (Oregon) to Brian Hutu, who knocked out and led the teenage gang of neo-Nazis there, ITAR-TASS reports. The local court found him guilty of desecrating in 2001 of the Jewish cemetery and the Korean Church and sentenced him to 33 months of imprisonment. In the cemetery and in the church, images of the swastika were painted.

On Wednesday, the Mosoblisbirk summed up the final results of the governor's elections in the Moscow region. According to the voting results, Boris Gromov, who received 83.04% of votes, was elected the governor. The second place was taken by Alexei Mitrofanov, who scored 4.14% of the votes. In third place was Arkady Schwartzer, for whom 0.87% of voters gave the voices. Closes the four candidates Mikhail Amirbeshvili, who, as a result of the vote, received 0.46% of the vote.