The island of Urup (Kuril ridge, Sakhalin Region) as a result of the earthquake that occurred there on November 15, 2006, moved 6 cm to Sakhalin, the director of the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics (IMGIG) of the Russian Federation Boris Levin told Interfax. According to him, these data became known according to the results of the first stage of the Kurila-2007 expedition, organized by IMGIG of the Far Eastern Railways.

North Korea wants to get reactors on light water as a reward for the final dismantling of his nuclear program, the head of the DPRK delegation in six -way negotiations Kim Ga Gwan said on Saturday. This requirement may become a new obstacle in further negotiations on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Interfax reports. To ensure “final dismantling (nuclear facilities), atomic reactors working on light water should be provided by the DPRK, Kim Gwan told reporters before leaving Beijing.

The first Deputy Prime Ministers of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev believe that they will soon be able to give an answer on the question of the presidential race. Meeting on Saturday with the youth movement "Our" on Seliger, Ivanov and Medvedev, in particular, explained their position to representatives of the youth movement on this issue. One of the young people asked whose election headquarters it makes sense for him to join.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation has published a book on elections intended for children. “The book, entitled“ I know what the CEC will distribute through elections through election commissions of the regions, ”Antonina Sozykin, head of the Russian Center for the Russian Center for Learning (RTSOT), told Interfax to the Russian Center for Learning. The book is written in an exciting form.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko introduced the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of June 15 "On the state of implementation of measures to remove the Chernobyl nuclear power plant from the operation and the transformation of the" shelter "object into an environmentally friendly system. The presidential decree was signed on July 20, his press service reports on Saturday.

The army of Great Britain is experiencing chronic unfinished lecture due to excessive distraction of units to participate in operations abroad, primarily in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Taliban announced the execution of one of the citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany captured. This was stated by Kari Mohammad Yusuf, speaking on behalf of the "Leading Council" Taliban, ITAR-TASS reports. Two Germans and five Afghans accompanying them, including the driver and translator, were stolen on Wednesday 100 km from Kabul in the Province of Vardak. Foreigners were busy in construction projects in the central part of Afghanistan.

Livni and thunderstorms that fell on the UK on Friday practically paralyzed life in the country, violating a ground message, interrupting the broadcast of television and delaying the match between England and India on the Criticum. At the London HEATHROW airport, 141 flights were canceled, 25 metro stations did not function due to flooding. Railway companies advise passengers to refrain from traveling.

In the north of the capital, 15 balconies burned in a residential building and several apartments were injured from the fire. According to RIA Novosti on Saturday, a representative of the fire service of the capital, the total fire area in a residential nine -story building on the Sailor of Zheleznyak Street was almost 100 square meters. There are no victims. According to him, the fire is currently localized, firefighters are spilling individual foci.

On Friday, the American court allowed lawyers of Guantanamo prisoners to access to almost all the evidence available to the government, including those used to establish the status of the defendant as an "illegal fighter of the enemy." In addition, the court allowed the newly appointed lawyers twice to meet his clients on the territory of the camp. The government insisted that one eight -hour date would have enough.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko decided to resign the head of government Sergei Sidorsky, the Kommersant newspaper writes. According to the publication, the decree on the resignation of Sidorsky with the wording "In connection with the transition to another work" Lukashenko was signed last week. “The paper is ready. It lies on the president’s table and can be published from day to day,” the Kommersant quotes the informed source in the Belarusian leadership on Saturday.

The execution of the cousin of the former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan El-Majad, better known to the nickname “Chemical Ali,” and two other members of the former Iraqi regime will be held in Baghdad, according to the Iraqi newspaper As-Sabakh, said the representative of the Iraqi government Ali Dabbag.

Prince Tomohito, the cousin of the current emperor Akihito and one of the potential applicants for the Japanese throne - completed the course of treatment for alcoholism. This was announced today by the Office of the Imperial Court, reports ITAR-TASS. The 61-year-old prince was provided with medical assistance in a closed palace hospital, where he was placed on June 19.

Two militants were detained in Chechnya, a few more came to law enforcement agencies voluntarily, Interfax was told on Saturday to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. "During the operational -search measures in Grozny and Naursky districts last night, two former participants in the NVF were detained. One of them was a security officer of the so -called Ichkeria, and the second was a member of the Bandgrape of a certain Boguraev," the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted.

Forty -seven minutes took the six -time speeding champion Ann Jones in order to read Joan Rowling’s book Harry Potter and Fatal Remes, which was sold in the UK at 00:00 (03:00 Moscow time) Saturday, reported by the British newspaper Sun, which published a review of Jones.