Rescuers of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation on Tatarstan on Sunday evening began surgery to save 13 fishermen, whose boats died into the ice on the Kuibyshevsky reservoir (Volga River) four kilometers from the shore. The report about the incident was received on the duty officer in the afternoon, the Interfax-Volga region was told in the press service of the ministry.

The Iranian Majlis (Parliament) on Sunday adopted a law on the mandatory procedure of dactyloscopy in relation to US citizens entering the country, RIA Novosti reports. According to Iranian news agencies from 225 deputies present at a meeting, 135 parliamentarians voted for a new bill, 29 spoke out against, 10 abstained.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders of the APEC countries today appeared in the traditional Azai Vietnamese silk costumes at the ceremony of announcing the final “Hanoi Declaration” of the meeting of the leaders of the countries and territories of the Asian-Pacific Cooperation forum (APEC) and the general photograph for memory. Photography in the national clothes of the country of the summit is the tradition of APEC.

The leader of the Radical Shiite Group Hizballah, Sheikh Hassan Nasellla accused today the ruling coalition of inciting the new feud in Lebanon.

The signing of the Russian-American protocol on the accession of Russia to the WTO will be held at the next half hour or an hour. This was reported by ITAR-TASS by a representative of the Russian delegation. The Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation German Gref and the American representative in trade negotiations, Suzan Schwab, continued discussions on the signing of the protocol this morning.

The representative of the Iraq Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed today that as a result of the attack in the city of El Hill, 22 people were killed south of Baghdad. The suicide bomber blew up a car filled with explosives in a crowd of builders who tried to get a job. According to the Iraqi Police, today Judge Mudafar al-Goteidi is stolen in the west of Baghdad. Nothing is known about his fate at the moment. In the same area of ​​the capital, 20 people were captured last week.

The head coach of the England football team Steve McLaren expressed confidence that his team will leave the qualifying group to the 2008 European Championship, despite the fact that while it was in third place after Croatia and Russia. Sky Sports conveys McLaren's words: “There are still a lot of important matches in the group. The match with Israel is the first of them, and we will be ready for him,” the coach said. “I was sure earlier, I’m sure that we will leave the group.

On Sunday, India conducted a successful test of the Middle Radius of Prityvivi, which is able to carry nuclear warheads, AP agency reports. According to the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the country, the launch of the rocket was carried out from the Orissa training ground for the target in Bengal Gulf. This is the second test of the Pruthivi rocket this year. The previous one was in June. The rocket is intended for marine starts, its flight range is 250-300 kilometers.

Swiss Roger Federer achieved a slight victory over James Blake from the USA in the competition final in Shanghai - 6: 0, 6: 3, 6: 4. Roger won the final tournament of the year the third time over the past 4 seasons. Recall that last year the Swiss was a bit of five sets by Argentinean David Nalbandan, but this time Roger did not let him doubt his superiority for a second. Federer won the 92nd fight in the season, and with him the 12th title.

A policeman and two civilians, including one woman, died in Chechnya as a result of an shell committed by unknown armed people. As Interfax was told on Sunday to the law enforcement agencies of the republic, in the district center Kurchal, unknown people fired from the VAZ-2110 vehicles, which was controlled by the policeman of the police police regiment at the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs. There were also a man and a woman in the car.

Near Kutaisi, the central gas supply is restored today, according to which the fuel is supplied to the Western GLSI. The gas cap was withdrawn from the station on the eve of the day in the flood Pesulet - the water of the water in the Pikkkkktitsel PEC rose by 4 meters, the water came out of the begs and reached the gas cap. The pesulet was given the supply of gas of the third of the population.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation German Gref announced on Sunday about the completion of all bilateral negotiations on the entry into the WTO. "Today, an important date is for us: we not only signed a protocol with the United States, with our most important partner, but this is the last protocol finishing bilateral negotiations," he said.

In the south of Lebanon, military specialists of the 100th separate bridge battalion of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation completed the construction of two bridges instead of destroyed during Israeli bombing. “Two bridges in the Aalman region south of the city of Nabaty and Kaakia between the nabatia and the village of Him are collected, verified, ready to accept the load.

The Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov believes that the revival of the guardhouse will increase the law and order in the army, but states that all legal problems cannot be solved with administrative measures.

The prize fund of the international freestyle wrestling tournament, which will be held on November 24 in the village of Levashi Levashinsky district of the Republic of Dagestan, with the participation of the national teams of Russia and the rest of the world will amount to 100 thousand US dollars. About this corr. ITAR-TASS reported in the press service of the Russian wrestling Federation. The Russian team will be headed by the 2004 Olympic champions Mavel Batirov and Hadzhimurad Gatsalov.