Several thousand passengers were blocked at the Beijing airport in anticipation of their flights, which, due to heavy snowfall, are deposited for several hours. Suddenly, the snow that had fallen today set the airfield to the airfield, as it turned out, an impossible task, as a result of which no plane could fly out or land. The situation is complicated by the fact that traditionally on Saturday, the main passenger flow is observed here.

The Portuguese midfielder Luis Fige decided to conclude a contract with the Saudi football club al-theithad. The ceremony of signing the employment contract will be held in Dubai (UAE) today, and on January 3, 2007, an athlete, completing performances in the Milan "Inter", will arrive in Saudi Arabia. The amount of the contract of the famous Portuguese will be 4.5 million euros. Monthly Luis Figes will earn more than a million Saudi Rials.

Iraqi state television showed the body of executed Saddam Hussein, RIA Novosti reports. The body of the former dictator, which was hanged by the court sentence , lies on a stretcher, wrapped in a white canvas. His head is open, traces of blood are visible on his neck. One of those present on the execution informed Reuters that everything happened quickly and Hussein died immediately.

British Airways, which is the largest British air carrier, apologized to 20 thousand passengers, whose baggage she temporarily lost. She also promised to compensate the victims of their losses. The size of the penalty that the airline will have to be paid can be up to 16 million pounds, the Daily Telegraph reports today's newspaper.

The Olympic champion-2004 in the Brass of 100 meters by the Chinese woman Lu Suzzuan is hospitalized in one of the Beijing hospitals with a suspicion of heart disease, which jeopardizes the performance of one of the main "golden" hopes of the Chinese national team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The exact diagnosis has not yet been defined. According to SHINADAILY , 22-year-old Luo experienced health problems for several months, and in November during the training even fainted.

In the Chuguevsky district of the Primorsky Territory, the search for the Mi-2 helicopter, which disappeared on December 26, resumed with dawn. According to Interfax in the regional Ministry of Emergencies, about 75 rescuers participate in the search operation on Earth, and hunters and lumberjacks also help them.

Given the last Pentagon, the losses in Iraq, the current month has become the most bloody for the US Army in this country, AP agency reports. The US military command in Iraq on Saturday reported the death of three more marine infantrymen and two American soldiers. Given these losses in Iraq for December, 108 US troops were killed. Earlier, the highest losses of the Americans were in October, when a new outbreak of violence swept the country: then 105 American soldiers were killed.

The first vice-speaker of the State Duma from the United Russia faction "Slushka Love is afraid that the execution of Saddam Hussein will make the process of growth of tension in the Middle East irreversible. “If someone had to further aggravate the situation in the Middle East, which is already very difficult, then the execution of Saddam Hussein is just the detonator who can make the situation irreversible,” Interfax told Slisk on Saturday.

The Kyrgyz Parliament on Saturday amended the Constitutional Law on the Government under which the ministers will be appointed president at the suggestion of the prime minister, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, each minister underwent the procedure for approval in parliament. The prime minister will be appointed president after the approval of the candidacy of the new head of government in parliament.

The fourth terminal of the Barajas Madrid International Airport is gradually starting to restore the work of all its services. However, chaos still reigns in the "air gate". So, despite all the efforts of transport services, there are not enough buses for transporting passengers back, previously evacuated from the 4th to the 2nd terminal. Meanwhile, the police began the search for a second person who was missing during an explosion of a car stuffed with explosives .

On board the International Space Station (ISS) there is a diverse supply of products for the festive table, the representative of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Agureev told Interfax. "Especially for the New Year's table of the astronauts, our specialists did not prepare anything.

2007 will give sports lovers a lot of wonderful events, but it is unlikely that it will turn out to be more intense of its predecessor - after all, the football championship of the world and the Winter Olympic Games cannot be blocked by any seconds and results. Let us recall together the iconic events of the year of the past! His Majesty Football again proved that he is a number one sports in the world. Who does not agree, let the World Cup in Germany resurrect in memory.

The captain of Liverpool and the midfielder of the England national team Stephen Jerrard became a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Jerrard will receive a reward from the hands of the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II at the ceremony. In addition to Jerrard, 19 athletes became members of the British Empire, including the granddaughter of Queen Zara Fillips, the world of equestrian sport, and boxer Ricky Hatton.

The car stuffed with explosives exploded today in the market in the Iraqi Shiite city of Kuf. According to Arab television channels, there are numerous victims as a result of the attack. Their number is specified. The explosion in the sacred kuf, revered by Shiites, occurred only a few hours after the execution of the former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein.

In 2007, Russia will pay "special attention to the factors of world politics that cause concern," said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ITAR-TASS reports. The minister noted, in particular, a dysfunctional state of affairs in the disarm area. "We will actively try to straighten this situation with diplomatic means.