American airstrikes in Somalia , inflicted in the last three days, have expanded the "anti -terrorist operation zone", which is conducted since September 2001. In the latter case, the goal of the American military was one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda , involved in the explosions of 1998 in American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

For a long time, existing problems with the appeal of military persons in the ranks of the Russian army force officials to look for more and more tricks. In the future, a voluntary appearance can replace the agenda in the military registration and enlistment office. At least, the State Duma will consider the bill on this during the spring session, Viktor Zavarzin, head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, said on Tuesday.

Christians, Muslims and Jews gathered in London under the walls of parliament in protest against the discussion in the House of Lords of the New Law regarding the rights of homosexuals, Sedmitsa.Ru reports with reference to Invictory.org and Christian Today . Before that, Christian activists prepared a petition addressed to Queen Elizabeth II, in protest against the new rules, which, in their opinion, promote homosexual relations.

Rostekhnadzor gave a positive conclusion from the environmental examination for the construction of the Moscow-Sank-Petersburg highway. The head of Rostekhnadzor Konstantin Pulikovsky approved the conclusion of the expert commission of the state environmental examination of the project of the construction of the Moscow-Sank-Petersburg high-speed highway on the site 58-684 kilometers, RIA Novosti reports.

The promoter of the mandatory contender for the WBC heavyweight title of Samuel Peter Dino Duva believes that the WBC champion Oleg Maskaeva Dannis Rappander should immediately begin negotiations on mandatory protection and conduct this duel as soon as possible. Peter won the position of a mandatory applicant for the Maskaev title, winning James Tony last weekend. “In my letter addressed to WBC, I asked them to immediately start negotiations from representatives of the boxers.

Japan and Germany will jointly achieve the entry into the Club of Permanent Councils of the UN Security Council. Such an agreement was reached on Wednesday in Berlin at a meeting of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chancellor of Germany Angels Merkel, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Japanese official sources. Both countries have already tried to get permanent membership in the UN Security Council with Brazil and India in 2005.

A group of inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Iran on January 9 to conduct scheduled inspections at Iranian nuclear facilities. Currently, two IAE specialists are checking in the nuclear center for converting uranium ore in Isfagan, the Iranian news agency "FARS . Inspectors will stay in Iran until January 16, RIA Novosti will survive. Iran insists on his right to possess a full nuclear fuel cycle, including the enrichment of Uranus.

So far, no one has addressed the official proposal to acquire Alexei Smertin to the metropolitan "Dynamo" . “Negotiations are underway. But there were no official papers with a proposal to buy Simmin to the club,” Ilya Kuzenkin said on Wednesday in an interview with RIA Novosti, Press Attash. Dynamo midfielder is associated with the club of a three -year contract. However, the team’s leadership is ready to part with Death and will not repair him obstacles with the transition to another club.

Two children aged 11-12 were seriously injured as a result of a homemade explosive explosion in the city of Tynda of the Amur Region. One boy born in 1994 lost his vision, lost his fingers, received his face burns and wound in his stomach. His classmate is hospitalized with multiple wounds of the face and eyes, reports ITAR-TASS. First aid was provided to the victims, but they need complex operations of ophthalmologists.

On the air of Russian television channels this week, an advertisement for chewing gum "Orbit" with a melody of the Chinese anthem appeared.

On New Year's holidays, Kievans fried kebabs on a radioactive coal of Chernobyl forests - it was he who was sold in supermarkets of the capital of Ukraine, packaged in bags weighing 10 to 25 kilograms. Police officers covered the scam, reports ITAR-TASS with reference to the Center for Public Relations of the Kyiv Regional Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The audit showed that the radioactive background of bags with wood carbon exceeded the permissible norm by four times.

On Wednesday, Iraqi President Dzhalyal Talabani called on the government to postpone the execution of two closest associates of Saddam Hussein, the former chief of Iraqi intelligence, Barzan Ibragim Auskriti and former chairman of the Iraq Avad Hamid al-Bandar revolutionary tribunal. According to Talabani, before setting the exact date of execution, it is necessary to “carefully study the situation,” reports Newsru Israel .

New shocking details of the loss of four divers in Egypt (including two Russians) refute the official version of the incident. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, on January 6, three tourists from Russia, relaxing in the diving lovers of the Egypt Mars Alalam, went to the Elphinstone Reef for immersion. Late in the evening of the same day of one of the young people, they found on the shore, 15 km from the camping in which tourists settled - Beachsafari.

The British publication claims that Bush visited this decision following the results of consultations of his advisers with representatives of Saudi Arabia. The details of this plan are known only to the narrow circle of the White House officials, the intelligence representatives and members of the Congress, but the newspaper managed to get them at their disposal.

The transfer of additional units to Iraq will begin until the end of the current month, provides for a new plan of George Bush. This was announced on Tuesday by the representative of the Pentagon, who wished to remain unnamed, as the president has not yet announced a new approach to the Iraqi war. He intends to do this on Wednesday during the television show to the nation at 21:00 local time (05:00 Thursday in Moscow).