Researchers of the American University of Purdue have created a technology that is radically different from modern tire pressure systems - now the tire itself is a sensor, which in less than a second allows you to accurately determine the problematic place. Such "smart" tires consist of several layers of various materials through which electric systems are transmitted, which allows the system to determine any problems and inform the driver about them.

On the anniversary evening of the famous poet Evgeny Yevtushenko, a scandal with the participation of the police took place in the sports complex of Olympic. The fact is that police officers were forbidden to sell the poet’s new book after the end of the evening. The anniversary was offended by the actions of law enforcement officers.

Russia and Belarus signed an agreement on the State Credit by $ 1.5 billion Russia and Belarus on December 20 at the House of the Government of the Russian Federation in Moscow signed an agreement on the allocation of Belarus of state credit by $ 1.5 billion. On the Russian side, the document was signed by the head of the Ministry of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin, from the Belarusian side - Minister of Finance Nikolai Korbut.

In the Cuban city of Sienfuegos (central part of the country), preparations were completed for the launch of a large oil refinery (refineries), built in the late 1980s with the technical support of the USSR. According to Cuban representatives on Wednesday, a control launch of equipment has already been carried out at the complex, and more than 548 thousand barrels of Venezuelan oil have been flooded in the storage facilities of the refinery.

Russia will consider and “will“ work out ”the possible applications of Tehran for the acquisition of defensive weapons. This was announced today by ITAR-TASS Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriev. "If the Iranian side comes out with the initiative to acquire new weapons, Russia will accept this for consideration and will work out," Dmitriev said.

The 73-year-old surgeon from the American state Michigan is accused of an “ideal” murder of his wife, perfect 39 years ago. The criminal introduced the victim a deadly dose of the drug, having managed to give out its death as natural. The judicial board of the state unanimously decided that the expired time does not interfere with the resuming of the investigation in a long -closed case in order to establish truth and pronounce a fair sentence, reports Associated Press.

In Tynda (Amur Region), by the year of imprisonment, a funeral service worker was conventionally sentenced, who stole jewelry from the body of the deceased person. As Interfax was informed in the regional prosecutor’s office on Thursday, on October 21, 2007, the body of a man who died in a traffic accident, convicted by an official car, was transported by an official car. “On the way, the worker saw on the neck of the deceased a gold chain and a pendant in the form of a cross, which he abducted.

The American concern General Motors will show in Detroit its new Super Model car of the 2009 model year - Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. According to representatives of the company, this supercar is the fastest serial car, ever developed by GM. As the site reports Links on the topic

The German company Alfred Ritter, which produces chocolate under the Ritter Sport brand, does not intend to renew the contract with the Odintsovo confectionery factory for the production of its products. As it became known to RBC Daily , the entire chocolate of Ritter Sport will be imported to Russia from Germany. Market participants suggest that the new owner of the Odintsovo factory, American Wrigley, insisted on the termination of the contract.

The first in the history of Moscow, an open championship among children with disabilities in sports dancing in strollers will be held on December 21 at the Palace of Creativity of Children, Teenagers and Youth "at the Mius." The tournament will be held as part of the program "Year of the Child". To participate in it, 17 children were selected who underwent special training in Belarus or in Russia.

The company "Poster" buys the portal nightparty.ru for $ 1-1.5 million. The acquisition of a specialized resource for club regulars is justified, although Afisha already has a similar section "Clubs" on the Afisha.ru portal. Clabberes are an attractive audience for the advertiser, which is difficult to disrupt from the “raised” resource, the Kommersant newspaper believes. "We are at the final stage of negotiations.

A scandal in Israel: the bored soldiers of one of the Navy bases are caught for dangerous entertainment. They play the computer "shooter" doom without a computer, using real weapons for the game and shooting the gameplay on the mobile phone camera, Newsru Israel reports. Although as a result of this strange occupation, there are no victims, the soldier is waiting for the court.

313 Christmas tree bazaarov were opened in Moscow on Thursday morning, Interfax was told in the press service of the consumer market and the services of the capital. “This year 313 Christmas markets operate in Moscow. This is 15% less than in 2006, then there were 359,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

FSB director Nikolai Patrushev first recognized the mistakes made when capturing the terrorists of the theater center on Dubrovka in Moscow. With this confession, Patrushev first performed in a documentary shown on the first channel, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexei II and the primary hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church by the abroad (ROCZ) Metropolitan of the New York and Eastern American Lavra were awarded the new prize - the Monk Savva Storozhevsky - for the assistance of reuniting the disparate parts of the Russian Church.