Two earthquakes of medium force occurred this morning in the south and west of Iran. According to the University of Tehraran's geophysical center, an earthquake of 4.3 points on Richter’s scale was recorded in the area of ​​the Luristan Field Center in the Province in the west of Iran. The other underground impetus by a force of 3.3 points was felt by the inhabitants of the town of Lamerd in the south of the Iranian province of Fars, located almost off the coast of the Persian Gulf.

“Wolverhampton” knows how to work miracles that the team showed in the match with Manchester United. The outsiders of the Premier League standings not only were given the fight leader of the championship, but also won him a chance of the Roman Abramovich’s team to reduce the lag behind the leader. The final account of this match, held at the Mulinx stadium - 1: 0. Scot Kenny Miller scored his first goal in the English championship in the 67th minute.

One of the ways to popularize women's football, President FIFA Zepp Blatter considers giving this sport more sexuality. So, Blatter proposed introducing for football players a more tight -fitting and emphasizing female charms of a sports uniform. "For example, in volleyball, women play a few different from the masculine form. In this sport, the athletes look very feminine! Nowadays, very pretty girls play football. Excuse me, if I said something shocking," Blatter said.

The Ambassador of Israel to Sweden ZVI Mazel caused damage to the artistic composition in the historical Museum of Stockholm. According to ITAR-TASS, the incident occurred after the opening at the Museum on Friday the exposition dedicated to the international conference against genocide.

Russia at the end of 2004 or in 2005 may become a member of the WTO. This was stated by the Minister of Protection of Consumer Rights, Food and Agriculture of Germany Renate Kunast at the XI agricultural organization "East - West" on Saturday in Berlin. Agroforum is held as part of the international exhibition-fair "Green Week".

Twenty thousand people gathered on Saturday in Paris for a demonstration of protest against the ban on wearing in schools of a Muslim scarf - hijab. The corresponding law will enter into force in France from the beginning of the new school year - in September. Demonstrators, among whom were mainly women wrapped in hijab, require the freedom to wearing Muslim religious attributes and accuse the French authorities of racism.

Moscow "Spartak" took third place in the drawing of the traditional Cup "Ephesus Pilsen", which has been held in Turkey in recent years. In the last match, Spartak won the German Kaiserslautern - 1: 0. The victory of the Russian club 12 minutes before the end of the match was brought by a legionnaire from Serbia and Montenegro Mikhailo Pyanovich.

The shareholders of the NK Yukos Leonid Nevzlin and Vladimir Dubov were not even put on the federal wanted list, Kommersant reports. On the eve of the newspaper, the newspaper asked the police acquaintances to check if the gentlemen Dubov and Nevzlin were in the federal search basis, and received a negative answer. Moreover, the interlocutor of the publication said that the lists in the database are updated daily, so there can be no mistakes.

In Moscow, as a result of two traffic accidents, four people died, two more were seriously injured, Interfax told Saturday sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. According to them, early in the morning on Friday near the house on Porechnaya Street, the owner of the BMW crashed into an empty MAZ parked by the roadway. As a result of the blow, the 19-year-old Muscovite who were in the salon of a foreign car and two other young people died on the spot.

The Department of State Security (DGB) of Lithuania refutes the statements of some politicians and the local press that the DGB allegedly listens to conversations by phone of the president of the country Rolandas Paxas. This was announced on Saturday by Interfax, the head of the press service of the DGB Vitautas Makauskas. "The DGB once again states that the Department complies with Lithuania’s laws and does not apply any operational activity in relation to the president.

In Moscow, a robbery was disclosed in hot pursuit, as a result of which half a million rubles were stolen. This was reported to "Interfax" by sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. According to sources, on January 17, at 7 a.m., the foreman at the construction site in the Khodynsky field, where elite housing is being built, decided to give the workers wages. At the time when he made a list of workers, money (500 thousand rubles) was in his bag.

At least two large transactions are prepared during the European winter transfer window. In particular, the team of Roman Abramovich made a favorable proposal to Barcelona, ​​and Madrid Real Madrid almost agreed on the transition to Francesco Totti. The Brazilian joined Bars at the very beginning of this championship, but at the end of it it could become a Chelsea player. Note that in the race with Manchester United, Barcelona paid the French PSG for a midfielder of 16 million pounds.

The powers of the first vice-speaker of the Federation Council will soon lose Valery Goreglyu. This was reported to "Interfax" on Saturday informed sources in the apparatus of the upper house. According to the source, the issue of changing the Rules of the SF and the liquidation of the post of first vice speaker, Chairman of the Chamber Sergei Mironov, may be submitted to the next meeting on January 28.

The Egyptian and French rescuers managed to extract one of the "black boxes" of the Boeing-737 aircraft, who suffered a catastrophe nearby near the Egyptian resort Gorda Sharm Esh-Sheikh. According to ITAR-TASS, this was stated by the Governor of the province of South Sinai Mustafa Afifi. According to him, the operation was carried out using the French apparatus of Scorpio 2000, which raised an on-board self-record from a depth of 1050 meters. "Black Box" is in good condition.

Arriving today in Kuwait by a commercial flight from Tokyo, an advanced detachment of 30 Japanese troops was located at the US military base of the Camp-Virginia, located about 80 northwest of the capital of the principality, ITAR-TASS reports.