In Germany, on Tuesday at the age of 76, the legendary Austrian jazz trumpeter Oscar Klein died. As the sister of the musician said, Oscar Klein was not sick. Therefore, his death was for everyone a sad surprise. In January, he was going to celebrate his 77th birthday with a large concert in the Austrian Innsbruck. Oscar Klein was born in 1930 in the city of Graz in the south of Austria, in a Jewish family.

In Iran, elections are held in the Council of Experts - the body responsible for the election of the spiritual leader and the head of the country. The Iranians have to elect 86 deputies from 164 candidates of the Council. At the same time, in the country they choose members in municipal councils, 113 thousand places in which 247 thousand candidates claim, the Iranian television channel Alalam reports. Voting points opened at 9:00 local time and close at 19:00.

Next week, the State Duma will consider in the first reading amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses, radically tightening the punishment for violation of the rules of the road. A drunk driver is proposed to be sent to prison for 15 days. For travel to the red traffic light, you can lose their rights for a year and a half. Some innovations are clearly aimed at strengthening the powers of the traffic police, which will inevitably lead to an increase in bribes, RBC Daily notes.

For 11 months of 2006, sales of foreign cars in Russia increased by 63%, and in November foreign cars were sold by 79% more than in the same month last year, such data were cited by the Committee of Automobile Products of the European Business Association in the Russian Federation, the New Izvestia newspaper writes.

The Kyrgyz Parliament ordered the government to “consider the appropriateness” of the further stay of the US Air Force airbase in connection with the tragic incident at the Bishkek Manas International Airport, where on December 6 , Zakiri Hetfield shot the Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivanov. The corresponding resolution, developed by the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security, was adopted on Friday by a majority vote.

The State Duma in Pyatins adopted in the second reading a bill on the creation of four gambling zones in Russia. The bill was adopted unanimously - for "425 deputies voted with the required 226 votes. According to the document, only four gambling zones can be created in Russia. Amendments to the second reading determine the location of such zones - Kaliningrad region, Altai Territory, Primorsky Territory, as well as the territory on the border of the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory.

To prevent fires in the psychiatric hospitals of Russia, it is necessary to introduce a video surveillance system and conduct special training of personnel, said Tatyana Dmitrieva, chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, director of the State Scientific Center for Social and Judicial Psychiatry. "Today it is dangerous to be in Russian hospitals - there is an acute problem of fires.

The leaders of the European Union, which gathered for a two-day summit in Brussels, approved the decision of the Foreign Ministers of the Foreign Ministry of the 25th Member countries of this regional organization partially "freeze" negotiations on Turkey's entry into the EU, RIA Novosti reports.

The bailiffs are evicted from the service apartment of the former deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Anatoly Koltunov. As Interfax was told in the press service of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia, the enforcement eviction of the ex-parting of the court is made by court decision. "Koltunov was repeatedly warned of the need to execute a court decision on the release of the occupied office housing.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine is currently not known who has committed the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, said Prosecutor General Alexander Medvedko. Thus, he actually denied the words of the President of Ukraine, who stated the day before that evidence in the case of his poisoning was enough to detain the suspects. The General Prosecutor General commented at a press conference on Friday in Donetsk.

The head of the opposition United Civil Front, the ex-champion of the Harry Kasparov chess world, said that he and his supporters will reach the "marsh of disagreements", which will be held on December 16 in Moscow. As expected, about three thousand people will take part in the event. Kasparov criticizes the authorities attempts to intimidate him, achieving the abolition of the planned action.

Hanouled candles will be lit today with the onset of twilight of Judea around the world. Hanuka , symbolizing the unity of the Jews, is considered the most fun holiday - and even in the synagogues, national songs are performed after prayers. Hanukkah in translation means the consecration of the temple. The holiday was included in the Jewish calendar in 165 BC, when worship was resumed in the Jerusalem Church, captured and selected from the Jews in 170 BC. Greek-Syrian king Antiochus IV Epifan.

Scientists still have a step closer to the final understanding of the structure and properties of the matter surrounding us. Experimenters from the International Dzero Group, which includes representatives of 90 different institutions from 20 countries, including Russia, for the first time, managed to observe free "upper" quarks (top quarks), the Enko Fermi press release in Batavia (Illinois) reported, ITAR-TASS reports.

On Friday, at the headquarters of the European Football Union in Nyon, a draw was the draw of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. Among the teams that were among the 16 elect were the nine-time Club Champion of Europe “Real”, the six-time champion “Milan” and “Liverpool”, which in May 2005 won the Champions Cup for the fifth time. And Barcelona, ​​Inter and Port was won twice in the most prestigious European club tournament.

The Russian-British TNK-BP, like Shell, is ready to share her best Russian deposits with Gazprom. According to the Kommersant newspaper, TNK-BP confirmed that it was negotiating with Gazprom on the division of control over the Kovyktinsky deposit and the Achimovo Zaples of the Urengoy field. According to experts, foreigners want to insure themselves with problems with Rosprirodnadzor - all the more so since, mastering gas deposits in Russia, it is still not possible to cooperate with Gazprom.