The former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was diagnosed with progressive senile dementia. This was reported by the doctors who examined him. Pinochet suffers from a deficiency of blood supply to the subcortical layers of the brain, which manifests itself in the form of a progressive senile dementia, and partial loss of memory, neuropsychiatrist Jorge Tapia said on Friday evening.

The case of a massive violation of military discipline among US military personnel was recorded in Iraq. According to information that became the property of the American press on Friday, one of the platoon of the 343rd company of the rear support of the US ground forces refused to deliver fuel to a given area, referring to the poor state of its vehicles and the lack of adequate armed support. In total, 17 military personnel refused to fulfill the order.

Forward “Real” Fernando Maryentes does not object to his possible transition to Liverpool. Maryentes, who does not go to the main composition of the "star" team, can be leased to the most titled club in England, it communicates the site rtr-sport.ru . The initiator of Maryentes’s transition to Liverpool was the Spanish coach of the Reds Rafael Benits. Fernando himself is ready to join Liverpool. “It would be a good option. In Liverpool, I can get a game practice that I need so necessary for me.

Almost 700 international observers are accredited to parliamentary elections and a republican referendum that will be held in Belarus on Sunday. 287 represent the OSCE, 254 - the CIS Executive Committee, there will also be 148 independent observers. “Such a large number of international observers are the key that the electoral process will be quite transparent.

The governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko is sure that the murder of a Vietnamese student who occurred in St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening will be disclosed. She stated this on Saturday, answering questions from journalists. "There is an active investigation, I am sure that this crime will be disclosed, this is a matter of time," the city governor said.

Three children and a policeman died as a result of an explosion of a bomb in the East Afghan province of Kunar. This was reported today by representatives of the US Armed Forces. According to ITAR-TASS, the militants of the Taliban movement set fire on Friday evening a truck heading to the American military base. Nearby, local residents gathered, mostly children. After police representatives arrived at the scene, an explosive device with remote control was brought into action.

Today it became known that this week in the Chechen village of New Atagi, large -scale stripping was carried out. According to Interfax, citing Chechen television and the head of the administration of the village of Abdul Datsayev, during the operation for three days the village was blocked, and for three days none of the 8 thousand inhabitants could go to work, students to universities.

Washington assured Moscow that the modernization of the North Atlantic Alliance of military facilities in the Baltic countries was not aimed against the interests of Russia's security. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, widespread on Saturday.

Cosmonauts of the tenth expedition who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:29 Moscow time opened the transition hatches of the Soyuz-TMA-5 ship and switched to the ISS. The Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov entered the ISS first, followed by the NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao and the cosmonaut of the Russian Cosmic Forces Yuri Shargin, who arrived at the station on the Russian piloted ship, Soyuz.

In the basement of the house on Pochininskaya Street in Kyiv, where the office of the public organization "time!" Is located, on Friday evening the Ukrainian police discovered a home -made bomb with an hourly mechanism and additional food elements, the public relations department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported on Saturday.

In the center of Khabarovsk, due to an accident on the networks, a large residential area was left without heat supply. According to RIA Novosti in the control room of the Central District of Khabarovsk, heat does not enter several apartment buildings, in which about three thousand people live. According to tenants, the accident occurred five days ago, but the communal workers are in no hurry to eliminate it.

If Russia is forced to resort to preventive blows to international terrorists, she does not intend to coordinate her actions with anyone. This was announced in an interview with the AL-ARABIA hosted television channel by the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Ivanov. According to the minister, Russia has accumulated "certain information" about the locations of terrorists. "Such information is never subject to and will not be subject to public announcement.

On Friday, the head of the Russian hockey, Alexander Steblin, whose official powers as the President of the Federal -Penechure were operating at least until April next year, assured that the Moscow stage of Eurotour will be held. “The December tournament in Moscow will take place in any weather,” Steblin said. “Yes, the tournament will definitely change the name, because the Baltic company, due to amendments to the“ Advertising Law ”, was forced to interrupt the contract with the FCH.

Former Chairman of Roskom Petri Boris Mironov, who ran for the post of governor of the Novosibirsk region in 2003, was wanted in connection with the investigation of a criminal case on the initiation of national enmity. According to Yuri Lushchenkov, Deputy Prosecutor of the Central District of Novosibirsk, Mironov, was charged under Part 1 of Art.

The famous pilots of the Formula-1 car racing brothers Michael and Ralph Schumacher are shocked by the news of the desecration of the grave of their mother. Recall that the incident occurred on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. The Italian press today leads the words of Michael, who plays for the Italian team "Ferrari": "This is disgusting, I am completely shocked.