US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned that the American military department could soon end with funds to finance operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US military department can be left without funds for surgery in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gates fears. This week, Congress approved the allocation of $ 70 billion - half of the amount requested by US President George Bush.

The Central Council of the Plenum of the Agrarian Party of Russia supported the candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to the post of President of the Russian Federation. “In the current political situation, it seems advisable to maintain a stable course for the development of the state, so we propose to support the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev.

Ensuring the self -sufficiency of the Afghan army is a key to the success of international forces in this country. This was stated today by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a brief visit to Afghanistan. After meeting with the country's President Hamid Karzai, he spoke to the French military contingent at his base in Kabul. "France, together with its allies, should continue to effort in order to achieve the self-sufficiency of the Afghan armed forces as soon as possible," Sarkozy said.

Since Manchester United and Arsenal have serious debts, and Liverpool is trying to receive bank loans to pay for the construction of a new stadium, the actions of the Russian billionaire mean that at the moment Chelsea is the only Premier League, which is free from external debts. To balance accounts, Abramovich writes off the extensive annual losses of Chelsea by providing an interest -free loan.

By the beginning of winter vacations, the ADAC Autonomous Road Club presented a comparative table of car fuel prices in the ski cities of Europe. So, the most expensive gasoline was in Germany? There, the price per liter of gasoline of the Super (AI-95) brand is on average 1.38 euros, and per liter of diesel? 1.29 euros. On the second line of the table is Italy, where fuel prices are only a few cents behind German.

Two miners died, according to preliminary data, as a result of the emission of methane at the Gukovskaya mine in the city of the Gukovo region, the representative of the Southern Regional Center for the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation told Interfax . "According to preliminary data, the release of methane occurred at 9:40 Moscow time Saturday. According to preliminary information, two miners were killed, the rest managed to bring to the surface.

The organizers of the legendary rally-raid Dakar-2008, which will be held from January 5 to 20, even more complicated the route and the regulation of the race. “The first difficulty is a more complex and long route of the race,” said Semen Yakubov, the head of the KamAZ -Master team. “Its total length has been increased to six thousand kilometers. We haven’t traveled so much already for five years. In addition, the route includes two“ stages -marathons.

In Tajikistan, the Snow avalanche took away the lives of 16 people, people remain under the rubble, they told Interfax on Saturday to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. “At 67 kilometer (north of Dushanbe) on the Dushanbe -Khujand highway on Friday late in the evening, an avalanche occurred, which claimed the lives of 16 people,” the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

The Independent newspaper, according to the results of its own study, called London the capital of the world. The publication came to this conclusion as a result of comparing 60 cities of the world, during which the population, financial markets, tourist attractiveness, transport infrastructure, saturation of sports and cultural life and other aspects were compared. According to the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, the strength of the city is multiculturalism.

According to the latest data, at least 50 people were injured in Pakistan as a result of a terrorist attack in the mosque, and about 100 people were injured, reports the Associated Press. On the eve of the suicide bomber, the explosive device in the mosque located in one of the villages in the Charsadd area, 40 km northeast of Peshavar, during the celebration of the Aide Festival, The mosque was also the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Pakistan Aftab Khan Sherpao, who was not injured.

A resident of the American state Wyoming Misty Johnson stabbed Sean's husband with a knife for the fact that he opened a Christmas gift too early, RIA Novosti reports with reference to local media. The woman was arrested, and her curious spouse was given the necessary medical assistance in the hospital. Johnson charged with aggravating circumstances, beating and domestic violence. Now she is exempted on bail of $ 7.5 thousand.

The Protest of the Communist Party of the Communist Party on the Triumphal Square, authorized by the capital's authorities, ended on Saturday at about 13:00 Moscow time, Interfax reports. The Communists protested against the biased, in their opinion, the results of elections to the State Duma. The demonstrators turned banners and banners and left the rally.

Dutch goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar extended the contract with Manchester United for another season, having finished rumors about his future. And according to the rumors of Van der Sar, after Euro 2008, he was supposed to end his career-the 37-year-old goalkeeper for the next summer was just supposed to end with an old contract with the Manianian club. There were also conversations that Edwin, perhaps, would go to live his football age to his homeland.

The life of two million Iraqi children in danger. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) made a report on the position of children in Iraq for the year. Among the threats of the life and health of Iraqi children in the report, hunger, illness, violence and the inability to receive education are named. In 2007, hundreds of children died in the country.

Russians who want to spend the New Year holidays far from the house should be ready to spend decent money on vacation-the cost of tours for the New Year, according to experts, increased by an average of 15-30%, RIA Novosti reported by the Russian Union of Trade Union (RST) Irina Tyurina. According to her, the main reason for this is to increase the cost of the air transfer as the main component of the cost of the tour.