The first application in Russia for “maternal capital” was submitted in the Primorsky Territory. He was served by a resident of Nakhodka, ITAR-TASS reported in the branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in the Primorsky Territory. So far, this is the only statement, but already in the coming days the influx of visitors expect an influx of visitors: only in Vladivostok 118 babies were born in the first week of the New Year and about half of them became second children in families.

A new video appeared on the Internet, on which the body of the former leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein, executed on December 30, is filmed. The video posted the Internet site of one of the Iraqi news agencies, loyal to the ex-dictator, under the heading "New Video with the last immortal martyr-President Saddam Hussein", AR reports. The video, as obviously, was shot on a mobile phone, immediately after the executed Hussein was removed from the rope and laid on the floor.

The Englishman nailed himself to the toilet table, repeating the trick from the TV show. According to the tabloid factnews , 24-year-old Jonathan Maibury from the city of West Cross in South Wales, while in a state of strong alcohol intoxication, sat visiting a friend and watched on TV a program in the style of "weak?" Recall that participants in this section demonstrate their unique abilities to the audience.

Three members of the Ukrainian crew, who tried to fly out of the city of Bergen, are intoxicated, were sentenced to four weeks of imprisonment. The decision was made by the Norwegian official authorities. This punishment, reports ITAR-TASS, will affect the captain and two technicians. Another crew member was fined 10 thousand Norwegian crowns (about 1.6 thousand dollars).

The details of the tragic event that happened on Christmas night in the village of Neivo-Shaytan Sverdlovsk region are gradually being clarified. According to ITAR-TASS, on January 6 in the evening, two people entered the local church and Paul and asked the abbot of the temple, father of Oleg Stupichkin to talk to them. The priest did not refuse and told his wife that he would return in an hour. After some time, she saw smoke in the church building.

In the south of France, on the night of Monday on Tuesday, during a joint operation of the Spanish and French law enforcement agencies, two suspects were detained in involvement in the Basque separatist organization, RIA Novosti reports. The suspects were detained in the Department of Nizhny Pyreneei, in the village of Asken. The detainees were seized with a weapon. One of the detainees, according to the police, may be involved in the illegal turnover of weapons and ammunition.

The air in New York was cleansed of the unpleasant smell of mysterious gas , which was pretty scared on Monday of the inhabitants of the Big Apple, recalling terrorist attacks on September 11. According to Reuters, it could be methyl -mercaptan - a odorous gas added to the natural in gas networks so that its leak could be installed by smell. Natural gas itself has no smell.

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics held in the Austrian Salzburg a ceremony of awarding the laureates of the past year called World Football Gala 2006 . Laureates were determined in nine nominations. The best football club of statistics was called the owner of the Cup and Super Cup UEFA Spanish Seville, and the strongest championship in the world is Italian, despite the fact that last year the series A shocked the grandiose scandal.

A large traffic accident occurred in the Irkutsk region. As a result of a collision of a minibus with a passenger car, 11 people were injured. According to Tuesday, the press service of the Siberian Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, the accident occurred at about 14:30 Moscow time Monday at the 122nd kilometer of the M-55 highway in the area of ​​the village of Mangutay, Interfax reports. ISTANA minibus and Honda Integra passenger car collided.

The leader of the democratic majority in the US Senate Harry Raid said he would make every effort to stop the US military campaign in Iraq, including by reducing the American military contingent located there, AP reports. On January 10, Bush intends to make an appeal to the nation, which will present a new American strategy regarding Iraq.

The investigation in the case of the vice-president of the Yukos NK Vasily Aleksanyan, the accused of embezzlement of property, washing funds and tax evasion, was completed, the lawyer Aleksanyan Gevorg Dangan told Interfax. "The investigation in the case was completed. We began familiarization with the case file," the lawyer said. After the lawyer and Aleksanyan finish getting to know the case, it will be transferred to the court.

In Vladivostok, a mass fight occurred, as a result of which 6 people were injured, including a child. According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Primorsky Territory, a fight occurred on Davydov Street between young people, during which one of the participants opened shooting from traumatic weapons. As a result, random passers -by suffered.

The Kisinev’s appeal chamber rejected the amnesty, which was defended by the defense of the former Minister of Defense of Moldova Valery Pasat, who is also an adviser to the head of the RAO UES of Russia Anatoly Chubais. Earlier, the court in Chisinau refused to consider the case of Pasat's amnesty on the basis that this issue should be considered in the appeal chamber.

The Russian was detained in Finland while trying to sell alcohol illegally transported across the border. Police, dressed in civilian clothes, patrolled the area of ​​the Tokhmearvi town in the east of the country. Law enforcement officers drew attention to a man calling passers -by from a passenger car. Noticing those dressed in civilian police, the seller began to actively gesticulate them, suggesting that he was dealing with potential customers.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas considers the idea to demand compensation from Russia to the victims and families of those who died during the events in Vilnius in January 1991, when the Soviet military took armed storming of the Vilnius TV Tower, Interfax reports. "Such cases can be decided effectively if a friendly dialogue is underway between both sides.