From the American city of St. Louis (Missouri), where about 500 thousand houses were left without electricity, residents are evacuated. The Governor of the state Missouri Matt Blant announced a state of emergency in the distress zone and directed 250 fighters of the National Guard to evacuate the inhabitants and clearing the rubble. During the storm, which swept through the Middle West of the United States, more than 30 people were injured in St.

The famous British actor Daniel Craig, who starred in the 21st Bondiana film, Casino Royal, will play in the 22nd film about James Bond agent 007, Reuters reports. As the producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli reported on Thursday, Craig has already signed a contract for participation in the next film. Craig became the sixth James Bond, taking the baton at Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Lezenby and Sean Connery.

The state this year shows unprecedented generosity to taxpayers. For five months, the budget returned to companies over 65% of their value added tax (VAT), the Vedomosti newspaper reports. Compared to 2005, the amount of VAT reimbursement increased by 70%, and its fees - only by 9%. VAT is included in the price of the goods sold or the service provided. VAT is actually paid by the buyer, this tax is included in the price of all goods and services.

Following Moscow, North Ossetia said that she was considering South Ossetia as an independent state. North Ossetia has long been working with South Ossetia as an “almost independent state,” the head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov said on Friday.

The Bishop of Rashko-Prosrensky Artemy expressed anxiety by increasing the tendency towards Islamization of Kosovo and Metohiya. During the recent meeting with the assistant to the deputy Secretary of State Rosemary, Dee Carlo, who oversees the American policy in relation to the region, Bishop Artemy cited data testifying to the growth of radical Islamic elements in Kosovo and the destruction of its millennium Christian culture.

The head of the Israeli General Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Halutz confirmed in Pyatin at the night at a press conference that the Israeli army "would have to carry out limited ground operations in Lebanon." According to him, Israel has an intention to conduct a "limited land surgery in Lebanon in order to strike a terror." “The terrorists were seriously mistaken, believing that we would again show restraint and will not answer,” he emphasized.

In Moscow, when trying to extort, five participants in the interregional organized criminal group, including two residents of Chechnya, were detained. According to Interfax in the law enforcement agencies of the capital, the suspects were detained by criminal police officers on Thursday evening on Academician Pavlov Street.

The demolition program of five-story buildings in the North-East Administrative District will be completed by 2009, Irina Raber, Irina Raber, said last Thursday at a meeting with residents of the North Medvedkovo district. “The terms of execution of this program will not be postponed. If they are transferred, then only towards the reduction,” she said.

This year, the volume of sales of mobile phones around the world will exceed a mark of one billion tubes, Japanese experts predict. According to Nokia, in the first half of 2006, 450 million cell phones were sold, which is 26% more sales for the first 6 months of the previous year. According to experts, the boom in the industry will continue at least until 2008, when the number of mobile phones in the world, according to forecasts, will reach 3 billion people.

On Friday in Togliatti, AvtoVAZ celebrated two events at once. A 25 million car that has come down from the assembly line and laying a new engine of engines. True, both of these events did not occur. The car was not entirely 25 millionth, and the plant project is not quite ready. However, now the future of AvtoVAZ itself is also unclear. According to the chairman of the board of directors, the plant will not merge with the French Renault.

In Moscow, they express surprise to the motivation for the refusal of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to arrive in the capital of Russia for an informal CIS summit, a source in the Kremlin told Interfax on Friday. “We regretfully learned about his decision not to come, but it is surprising that this decision is linked with the impossibility of a personal meeting with President Putin,” the source said.

Ukraine and Russia plan to launch a number of high -speed trains between the two countries in 2007. This was stated by reporters on Friday in Kharkov, Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine Viktor Bondar. According to him, negotiations are currently underway between Ukrzaliznytsia and the Russian Railways to connect Moscow and St. Petersburg with high -speed railway communications with Kiev, Kharkov, as well as the tourist regions of Ukraine - Crimea, Transcarpathia and Podarparp.

The United States intends to put Pakistan 36 F-16 multi-purpose fighters. The contract for the supply of fighters is estimated at $ 3 billion. The representative of the US State Department John Hill, speaking in Congress, said that the fighter party is necessary to combat terrorism, according to Friday Radio Liberty . “Aviation needs Pakistan to effectively combat terrorism,” said US Secretary of State John Hillen.

On Friday, the radical Shiite Group of Hizballah rejected the settlement plan proposed on the eve of the UN Secretary General of Cofi Annan. This plan implies, in particular, the immediate cessation of the confrontation between Israel and the Hizballah militants and the liberation of the captured Israeli soldiers. “The only thing we can go for is the unconditional ceasefire and the beginning of negotiations on the exchange of captives through third parties,” said Hussein Hajj representative.

The Ostankino court of Moscow terminated the criminal case against Muscovite Lidia Popova, who was accused of attacking police officers in the protection of homeless dogs. “The court terminated the case due to the fact that the prosecutor refused on Friday the charges,” Yevgeny Chernousov, lawyer Popova, told Interfax.