According to the latest official data, with the crash of the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger aircraft in the Thai city of Phuket, 88 people were killed, 42 were injured and were hospitalized, Reuters reported with reference to the deputy governor of the Twukete Island Razhsism. It is known that about half of the passengers were on board the airliner. Among them, eight British, two Australians survived, said the representative of the Airport in Bangkok Thaisak Tea-Arkad.

The military motorcade was fired in the area of ​​the village of Troitskoye, the Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia, a source at the headquarters of the United Group of Troops in the North Caucasus told the Interfax agency on Sunday. "At about 3:30 Moscow time, on Sunday, unknown on the highway near the village of Troitskoye fired at a column of cars, in which there were military personnel of internal troops and employees, presumably riot police of St.

Prime Minister of Ukraine, leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych states that the appeal of President Viktor Yushchenko vote for the Blok "Our Ukraine - People's Self -Defense" indicates that laws do not exist for the head of state. "Yesterday, the president once again demonstrated that laws do not exist for him," Yanukovych told reporters on Sunday in Kerch. According to him, the president is guided in his statements by political expediency.

The famous British motorist Colin Makry died tragically during the helicopter crash on Saturday in Scotland. Together with him, his five -year -old son Johnny and his two close friends crashed. It is assumed that the 39-year-old Macray himself was at the helm. The accident occurred near Lanarka. The helicopter caught fire immediately after an emergency landing.

During the many thousands of protest rally near the Capitol building, 160 people were arrested in Washington, RIA Novosti reports. The arrests began after some participants in the rally jumped over the fences before the steps of the Capitol. Many, having overcome the fence, did not resist, however, in at least two cases, the police had to apply chemical aerosols at a time when the law enforcement officers tried to expel the protesters from the steps of the Capitol with the help of shields.

The rain brought by the Scandinavian cyclone to the Moscow region will intensify on Sunday, ITAR-TASS in Roshydromet told. In the morning, the temperature in the capital will not be higher than 7-9, in the suburbs-5-10 degrees of heat. In the afternoon in Moscow 11-13, in the region-9-14 degrees. The western wind will be very noticeable - 5-10 meters per second.

In Chechnya, almost all the leadership of the larger gangs are destroyed - from the so -called brigade generals in Ichkeria, front commanders and below. This was announced to reporters by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic, Major General of the police Ruslan Alkhanov, answering the question of ITAR-TASS. “If the odious leader of the terrorists of Dokarov was in Chechnya, he would be destroyed,” the minister said.

The former head of the Civil Administration of the President of Brazil, Jose Dirsuu, used his influence to provide a fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky Political asylum in the country, is said in a journalistic investigation conducted by the Brazilian magazine Vezha on the basis of the report of the Brazil federal police, RIA Novosti reports.

Russian skaters, Olympic champions Alexei Yagudin and Evgeny Plushenko, who almost suffered due to the fire of the roof of the ice palace in Seoul, already returned home. The organizer of the tour, the American company IMG, did not receive security guarantees, canceled all three shows planned in the capital of South Korea on September 14, 15 and 16. This was announced by Ari Zakaryan, sports agent Evgenia Plushenko, about this to the Sports Information Agency.

When the passenger aircraft crash in the Thai city of Phuket, almost all of the 123 passengers were on board, the British television channel Sky News reports citing local media. The liner crashed during landing. The landing plane slipped from the runway, crashed into the trees and caught fire, falling apart into two parts. According to local authorities, apparently died 90%, or at least 100 people. At the time of the disaster, there were 128 people on board the aircraft.

At the airport of the Thai city of Phuket, a passenger plane of local airlines crashed during the landing, AP agency reports citing local media. It is known that the airliner belongs to the Air Thai Airways airline. He flew from Bangkok OG 269. According to the agency, landing took place in adverse weather conditions - heavy rain poured over the runway. In the accident accident, 60 people died. It is reported by local television.

The federal list with which the Russian Ecological Party "Green" will go to the Duma elections is approved at the Congress of this party in Moscow. The first "three" list included the party chairman Anatoly Panfilov, TV presenter Svetlana Konogen and the leader of the Tolerance movement Vladimir Semenov. In total, the “Green” list includes 285 applicants for deputy mandates, 78 percent of them are members of the party, and the rest are non -partisan. The list "divided" into 92 regional groups.

Strong fires that flared up in the San Bernardino National Park in the south of the American state of California destroyed 18 thousand acres of forest, five thousand people were evacuated, AP said with reference to representatives of the country's fire service. According to preliminary data, no one was injured. The fire service forces forcibly evacuated residents from nearby settlements, said Jim Wilkins, employee of the fire department of San Bernandino.

The US administration intends to continue to make diplomatic and economic efforts to resolve the situation with Iran. This was stated today by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. "I think that the administration is sure that at present the continuation of the resolution of the situation with Iran emanated from Iran with threats and challenges with the help of diplomatic and economic efforts continues to be preferable," he said in an interview with Fox television company.

One Palestinian was killed today, the other was injured as a result of a shootout with Israeli soldiers on the western bank of the Jordan River. According to the Army press service, military personnel were forced to open fire on two armed Palestinians during a raid to search for terrorists in the Balatus refugee camp in the area of ​​the plot. According to Palestinian data, they belonged to the "brigades of the martyrs of al -Axsa" - the military wing of the ruling movement "Fath".