A Chinese oil tanker with 1,000 tons of diesel fuel on board, four members of its crew went missing off the coast of the South Chinese province of Guangdun on Wednesday. The incident occurred at about two in the morning as a result of a collision of a tanker with a dry cargo, reports Xinhua. The tanker disappeared from the water surface for ten minutes, thirteen members of its crew were overboard.

Three employees of the election commission were captured by militants in Mosul in the north of Iraq. A video with the image of three people sitting on the floor under the muzzle of machine guns was demonstrated on Wednesday. According to RIA Novosti , in the video one of the hostages said that he worked as an administrator at the polling station in Mosul. As the militants said, introducing themselves to the "Mujahides from the province of Nineveh", their task is to destroy all polling stations.

The famous Moscow criminal authority Chiro Shonia, which was on the federal wanted list, was detained on Sakhalin. According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sakhalin Region, during operational-search measures, employees of the Office for Combating Organized Crime found that a 39-year-old thief in law arrived on the island. The detention of Chiro Shonia was carried out near the Astoria restaurant in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Monday.

At least 15 people were killed and about 30 were injured as a result of a terrorist attack committed in the north of Iraq against the headquarters of one of the departments of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (DPP). In front of the building of the DPP in the city of Shinjara exploded a truck managed by a suicide bomber. As a result of the explosion, the building was partially destroyed. Other details of the incident are not reported.

Thanks to the monitoring of changes in the frequency of brain impulses, you can measure human libido, is approved in a new study conducted by Israeli Dr. Jorama Vardi from the hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa. This was written by the New Scientist publication, the translation of the article of which is published by Inopressa . Dr.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, speaking at a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, said that the peace plan of resolving relations with Abkhazia was impossible. “With regard to Abkhazia, the peace plan of settlement is impossible,” Saakashvili said, answering questions from European parliamentarians. "Abkhazia was gone from the negotiating table," said the President of Georgia.

The scandal around the German football referee Robert Hoice, who is accused of manipulating games in order to obtain personal benefits , begins to acquire an international character, ITAR-TASS reports. According to Stern magazine, a judge suspected of dubious bookmaker transactions allegedly maintained regular contacts with the Croatian mafia. This information was confirmed by the head of the public relations department and the press of the German Football Union Harald Shtengler.

American student Andrew Fisher managed to sell an advertising place on his own body. An entrepreneurial young man put his forehead at the ebay auction, on which everyone could place their advertisements for a moderate fee. The original idea of ​​a 20-year-old web designer was a success. He received $ 37375 from a company producing a snoring. Now on the forehead of the young man flaunts the logo of the company Snorestop. This is a temporary tattoo that will pass after a while, reports WFTV.

One of the last Jews remaining in Kabul died, caring for the only active synagogue in the city. Yitzhak Levin, who was about 80 years old, died his death about a week ago in a synagogue in the Afghan capital. This was announced by the 45-year-old Jewish neighbor Zebulon of Siments. They both lived for many years in different ends of the same synagogue. As far as it is known, the only representative of the once flourishing Jewish community is now the only representative.

Midland Group, belonging to a native of Leningrad, Alex Schneider and bought the Jordan Formula-1 team at the beginning of this week, plans to arrange a presentation in Moscow on this subject. According to the plans of the organizers of the action, it should pass on February 25 on Red Square with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As a result of a traffic accident that occurred in the Nazran district of Ingushetia, 1 police officer died, 3 hospitalized, an Interfax agency told a law enforcement source of the Nazranovsky district. "The accident occurred around 17.10 Moscow time at the Caucasus federal highway near the village of Yandyra. The Niva passenger car, which contained 5 police officers of the OMON of the Kursk Region, followed the Vladikavkaz to the Caucasus checkpoint, where they were serving.

The storm of the building of the administration of the municipality "Kholmsky District" ended the planned rally of opponents of the monetization of benefits , which took place on Wednesday in the largest port city of Sakhalin - Holmsk. According to the administration of the municipality, a public event organized by the local Committee of the Communist Party and the city committee of the trade union of education and science was authorized.

The Russian male team won its third victory in three games at the World Handball Championship, which takes place in Tunisia. On Wednesday, Russians who perform in group "B", with a score of 25:21 beat the Czech team. After the first half of the meeting, the score was equal - 12:12, however, in the second half, the wards of Anatoly Drachev were added in speed and in coherence in protective actions and managed to win.

In Moscow on January 26, friends and colleagues spent on the last path of the outstanding Russian film director Julia Karasik. He died in Moscow at the 82nd year of his life after a serious illness. The funeral took place at the Troekurovsky cemetery, where film director Marlene Khutsiev said a farewell word, ITAR-TASS reports. Julius Karasik was born in 1923.

Approximately 40-50 teenagers who pretend to be representatives of the Youth Organization of the Rodina party tried on Wednesday to arrange a picket at the main entrance to the building of the State Duma.