American scientists tracked the mechanism of human biological clock to the only gene that launches it, reports the Air Force . Reacting to changes in the environment, the mechanism of biological watches regulates the numerous functions of the body: from sleep to metabolism and even behavior. Scientists warn that violations of this mechanism can cause various severe health consequences, including insomnia, depression, heart disease and even cancer.

Two snow avalanches, which went on the Transkavkaz highway in North Ossetia in the North Portal region, blocked a dozen cars following South Ossetia, Interfax told the Republic of Law enforcement agencies on Saturday. "According to preliminary information, two avalanches were blocked in the northern portal of the Transkavkaz highway of about 10 cars. They have about 60 people," the source said.

The closure of the Zasyadko mine will lead to the accumulation of methane in an explosive concentration near Donetsk, said the chairman of the Council of Lesson of the Mine, People's Deputy of Ukraine Efim Zvyagilsky. “Then Pol -Donetsk - the whole Kiev district - will be simply sitting on a bomb,” Zvyagilsky said in an interview, published on Saturday in the weekly “Mirror of the Week”. "We ensure the safety of fans and conducting safety not only underground.

The bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Athens, judoka Dmitry Nosov expects that the film with his participation and the participation of many other famous Russian athletes will fall into the Guinness Book of Records. “It is called the“ Way. ”This film will be released next year, most likely in the fall. To make a truly good movie, it takes a lot of time. What is interesting for this project? The fact that a huge number of athletes have been shot in it.

Sergey Ovchinnikov moved from the Moscow Lokomotiv to the Kiev Dynamo after Yuri Semin, who on December 8 became the head coach of the Ukrainian team. According to the press service of the blue and white, Semin decided on specialists who will enter his coaching headquarters. Oleg Luzhny, Valery Zuev and Ovchinnikov, who once defended the gates of Loko and the Moscow Dynamo, will help the ex-mentor of the Russian national team and Lokomotiv. Sergey Krakovsky was appointed goalkeeper coach.

The most acute struggle for the yellow T -shirt between Yaroshenko and Bjorndalen continued in Poklika. The sprint race again did not reveal the obvious superiority of one of the athletes - at the finish, Scandinav overtook our biathlete for only 4.9 seconds! Probably, for the first time in his career, Ole Einar changed the tactics of passing the distance. More precisely, he did it a little earlier, at the previous stage in Hochfilzen.

President George Bush once again sharply criticized the US Congress for not still allocating funds for military needs in the fourt8 fourth year, which began in the country on October 1. Speaking with the traditional Saturday radio, the American leader stated that he should approve the expenditure of already approved funds in the amount of $ 507 billion, as well as an additional $ 190 billion for war in Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers must leave for Christmas holidays.

In Moscow, they are disappointed with the results of the last round of negotiations with the United States on the problems of missile defense. “To date, the results of this conversation are disappointing,” said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Kislyak at a press conference in Moscow on Saturday, Interfax reports.

Canadian postal and police officers began the search for an attacker who, on behalf of Santa Claus, sends letters with obscene content to the children, Reuters said with reference to the Canadian media. According to The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, at least ten indecent letters were written by the unknown to small Canadians, who on the eve of Christmas sent Santa Claus to the North Pole with wishes.

Italy arrested in Naples one of the bosses of the Italian mafia, which was on the run for more than seven years and was considered one of the 30 most dangerous fugitives, Reuters reported on Saturday with reference to the Italian police. Edoardo Contini was arrested the night before at the villa in the vicinity of the city, known as the patrimony of Kamorra, the Neapolitan Mafia, which is engaged in drug smuggling and extortion.

The leaders of leading Russian human rights organizations support the State Duma of a new convocation to return to the issue of the final abolition of the death penalty in Russia. “It's time to cancel the death penalty, especially since this is one of our key promises that we made when joining the Council of Europe. We are obliged to do this,” Tatyana Lokshina, head of the Demos human rights center, said on Saturday on Saturday .

A man who opened a fire on a sports club visitors in the Japanese city of Sasebo of Nagasaki Prefecture on Friday evening, presumably committed suicide, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Main Police Department of Japan.

One by one, two explosions thundered on Saturday in the center of Kabul, RIA Novosti reports. The incident occurred at 8:20 local time (6:50 Moscow time) near the Kabul police safety building building. As a result of the explosions, several people are injured, data on the dead are specified. According to preliminary data, a mined machine exploded, and a few minutes later the second explosion followed.

The criminal case under two articles was instituted on the fact of the murder of a policeman, which is part of the personal guard of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, Interfax agency in the law enforcement agencies of the republic told Saturday. "A criminal case was instituted under Articles 317 (providing resistance to law enforcement officers) and 222 (illegal wearing, storage, use of weapons, ammunition and explosives) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

In Naples, the trial of the culprits of the football scandal that erupted in Italy in 2006 began, the Repubblica newspaper said on the Saturday. 37 people are held in this case, including former leaders of the Juventus club Luciano Moji and Antonio Dzhiraudo. According to the publication, no serious decisions will be made at today's court session, since it has already been announced that on January 25, another meeting will be held, which, incidentally, will also not be the last.