The former deputy Minister of Defense of Iran Ali Reza Asgary, who disappeared about a month ago, was leaving about a month ago during a visit to Turkey, he left the country and is currently cooperating with Western special services, a high -ranking source in the United States said. According to him, Asgary already shared information about the Hizballlah group and her connections with Tehran.

Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev expressed concern about the intentions of the government of Tony Blair to replace the nuclear arsenal of Great Britain with a new generation of nuclear weapons. This decision was made by London in conditions when the process of nuclear disarmament actually stopped, the last Soviet leader in the article for the British The Times (full text is on the website inopressa.ru ).

The International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) decided to freeze two dozen programs of interaction with Iran in the nuclear region. Such a decision was made at the Council of Managers of the IAEA, who is now taking place in Vienna. According to the plan, the participation of the IAEA specialists in 23 out of 55 projects to Iran’s assistance is frozen or limited, Echo Moscow reports.

In Sochi on Thursday evening, the results of the international beauty contest "Mrs. World - 2007" were summed up. The first beauty of the world among married women was Diana Tucker from the USA. The American was awarded a crown made of white gold, strewn with diamonds. Muscovite Maria Gufronova was awarded the title "Mrs. Fitness". In the nomination, Mrs. France became the best suit, and Mrs. Canada won goodwill. The crown of the winner, worth $ 50 thousand, was presented by Mrs.

In the city of Obninsk, the Kaluga Region, a Tajik citizen raped a veranda of her own house. The man met her in the area of ​​Moskovskaya Street when she was returning home, and offered to have sex with him. When the woman refused, the rapist grabbed her, threatening the murder and physical reprisal, dragged his victim to the veranda and raped him there, reports Regions.ru with reference to the local newspaper.

The Provisional Electoral Commission of the Krasnoyarsk Territory on Tuesday convicted the Prochrevskaya United Russia in violation of the copyright of Vladimir Putin, since the party did not have a corresponding consent from the President of Russia to use his words and portraits.

In the relationship between Israel and the Palestinian leadership, another crisis is brewing. The Israeli authorities announced the “misuse” of the use of $ 100 million, which the Ehud Olmert government transferred in January to the leadership of the Palestinian autonomy from tax fees frozen since March 2006.

The new commander in chief of the United States in Iraq, General David Petreus, said that the military would not be able to put an end to violence raging in Iraq. According to him, a political dialogue is extremely necessary to resolve the crisis, including some militants' groups. According to the Russian Air Force , the general said that interfaith clashes in Baghdad can be reduced, despite the fact that the operation to ensure security in the Iraqi capital is experiencing serious difficulties.

The first vice-speaker of the State Duma from the United Russia faction "Slisk Love calls for Russian men not to interfere with women who seek to engage in politics. “After the December elections, the ratio of men and women in our parliament would be 50 to 50 or at least 60 to 40 - albeit in their favor. Then they would see that women are capable of much more serious things than those that they chose for us,” Interfax said on Thursday.

At the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, rented by Russia, small spacecraft from Saudi Arabia, which are planned to be launched into space, have already been delivered. Satellites in one container were brought to the cosmodrome and delivered to the site number 31 of the cosmodrome, where they will prepare for launch in the installation and test building, a source on Baikonur told Interfax.

The Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko believes that Tatyana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin should be punished for refusing at the last moment from participating in his show "Golden Ice Stradivari". Plushenko in the near future may file a lawsuit against skaters. “They simply moved to another person and have not yet explained their act.

The legendary Argentine football player Diego Maradon is suspected of tax evasion and money laundering. In accordance with the decision of the court on Wednesday, the Central Bank of Argentina ordered the country's financial institutions to provide the competent authorities with complete information about the state of bank accounts of Maradona and all its financial transactions since 2005, ITAR-TASS reports. The former captain of the Argentinean team already had troubles with justice.

The world -world expedition "Expedition Around the World" started from Vladivostok. Two SUVs of the expedition were raised by helicopters and on an external suspension went through the ocean to Alaska, where the North American stage of travel will be launched. It will pass along the coast of the Pacific Ocean through Canada, USA, to Mexico City. The travel organizer was the Expedition club, known for its trophi raids in Russia in 2005 and 2006.

The authorities of North Ossetia decided to stop the traffic along the Transcavkazi highway. "The Transkavkazhe Magistrael has been closed from 01:00 Moscow time due to abundant snowfall, which has not stopped for a day, recommendations for the adoption of a government order (on the closure of the road) were given anti-vanities and road services," the Novosti press service of the Ministry of Emergencies in the republic told RIA .

The head of the DPRK delegation at negotiations in the framework of the Japanese-Sever Korean working group to normalize diplomatic relations, Song Il, said that Japan is responsible for the early termination of negotiations. In his opinion, the position of Tokyo "contradicts the spirit of the Pyongayan Declaration and the agreement of participants in six -sided negotiations." On Thursday on the second day of negotiations, the meeting was interrupted 45 minutes after its beginning.