In Thailand, on Wednesday evening, the first elephant was born, conceived by artificial fertilization. The male elephant, 90 cm high, 120 cm long and about 128 cm in the girth of the chest, was born at 21:30 local time and weighed 100 kg at birth, the local newspaper The Nation said on Friday. A group of 20 veterinarians on June 10, 2005 introduced sperm into the elephant with the help of a 120-centimeter tube and after three months it turned out that the elephant was successfully pregnant.

The whole quarter went underground in the Brazilian town of Monte Alto. There was a collapse of the soil: in a huge funnel, about a hundred meters in diameter, ten residential buildings and several cars fell at once. In the rainy season, soil failures in Brazil are commonplace. But in order for a whole quarter to go underground - it happens infrequently. The authorities are more surprised that there were no casualties: by some miracle, people managed to leave at home.

The President of Azerbaijan called on foreign compatriots to "actively participate in political processes and strive to strengthen business positions in the countries of residence." Ilham Aliyev made such a statement on Friday in Baku, speaking at the opening of the first forum of the leaders of the Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations in the world. At the same time, Aliyev emphasized that “Azerbaijanis should not be allowed,” ITAR-TASS notes.

From now on the Israeli businessman Lev Levaeva, the head of the company "Africa-Israel", owns 50% of the rights to one of the most famous buildings of New York-a building called Arthorp, which has an almost 100-year history, Newsru Israel reports with reference to Maariv . A purchase made by Levaev together with a group of American investors cost $ 426 million.

The Russian government on Friday approved the bill on the transition to Russia to a two -level higher education system. Since September 1, 2007, Russia introduces such levels of higher professional education as undergraduate studies with a period of training from three to four years, a magistracy with a period of training for six years or training a specialist with training for five years.

Colonel Alexander Danilov was appointed the new head of the Department for Combating the Economic Crimes of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate in Moscow. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Danilov graduated from the Plekhanov Institute of National Economy in an economic specialty, Interfax reports with reference to the management of information and public relations of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate.

A new snow cyclone is approaching the Primorsky Territory from Northern China and Mongolia, RIA Novosti said on Friday the press secretary of Primorskhidromet Sergey Slobodchikov. According to him, it is predicted that the influence of cyclone will begin to be felt on the territory of the region on the morning of March 10. "In the continental part of the edge, snow is expected, in the south - mainly snow with the rain. The wind force will reach 15-20 meters per second," Slobodchikov said.

In Washington on Friday, hearings begin on the case of fourteen prisoners of an American military prison in Guantanamo, which contains suspects of terrorism. Among the defendants is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , one of the alleged organizers of the attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, as well as an Indonesia citizen, known as Hambali, accused of planning the attack on the Indonesian island of Bali in 2002, as a result of which more than 200 people died, Reuters reported.

BMW has added a new function to the navigation system of its cars, which will be available to the BMW Drive Assist service user - Google Maps cartographic information recognition. It is assumed that the driver will find the necessary address via Google Maps on a personal computer, and then send a link to the card section to the car, which is transmitted through the BMW Drive Assist communication channel.

7-year-old daughter Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis is seriously ill. For a while, the girl was allowed to leave the hospital where she was lying. As previously reported, Lily Rose spent 9 days in a London hospital due to a serious illness. Parents took her to the hotel where they stopped. The representative of Johnny Depp made an official statement, saying that the actor’s daughter feels much better: "I am happy to report that their daughter is better.

Following the Central Bank, tax authorities encroached an audit secret. According to the Kommersant newspaper, in a number of Russian regions, the Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) demanded that audit companies disclose confidential information about their customers under the threat of tax audits. According to market participants, the state continues the campaign to strengthen control over business. The inter-district department of the Federal Tax Service for St.

The shamans of the Mayan people living in Guatemala are preparing to cleanse from evil spirits the sacred city of Ishimchech after the visit of US President George Bush. The American leader will visit this city on Monday, when he arrives in Guatemala as part of his tour of the country's countries.

The Turkish authorities opened access to the YouTube video file exchange website, blocked by the court two days ago due to the clip, which was regarded as an insult to the memory of the founder of the modern Turkish state, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The court on Wednesday announced that he would cancel his verdict immediately after the scandalous video is withdrawn from the site.

The Central Bank of Russia withdrew the license to carry out banking operations in rubles and foreign currency at the Rubin commercial bank from Makhachkala. According to the Department of External and Public Relations of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the bank violated the laws on countering the laundering of criminal proceeds and carried out dubious operations. Only from September to January 2007, Rubin issued 25 billion rubles in cash.

The number of the dead as a result of the powerful tropical cyclone "George", which was falling today on the northwestern coast of Australia, increased to three people. According to meteorologists, the destructive hurricane of the fourth category of danger continues to move into the depths of the continent, but at any time it can change its direction. The speed of wind in the area of ​​the cities of Port-Hedland, Point-Saymon and Dampier exceeded the mark of 275 km per hour.