The new administrative building of Gazprom OJSC with a total area of ​​53 thousand 600 square meters will appear in Moscow at the address of the scientific passage, Vl. 11a, said a representative of the metropolitan administration.

In the UK, a scandal erupted: a disk with confidential data from the police officers of the British counties of Devon and Cornwall was discovered at the garbage processing center. As the British newspaper The Times reports on Thursday, not only professional information about the police, such as the title and qualification, but also their personal data, including the names, addresses and phone numbers, were recorded on the disk.

The Russian show business, the very presence of which many deny, this year surprised experts with unprecedented stability. They note that it was helped by the almost complete cessation of the access of new artists who helped him (in the sense of product quality). The year 2007 is perhaps the only one when at least one bright debutant cannot be called.

In the spring of next year, in the Kuin City (literally - “Queen City”) (Ohio), the start of the construction of a 40 -story skyscraper is planned, on the roof of which the architectural likeness of the headdress of all royal persons - the diadem will be installed, local media reported.

In the capital, the police detained an drug control officer who is suspected of kidnapping a person and extortion. The suspect holds the post of operator for particularly important cases of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) and has the title of captain. His unemployed acquaintance was detained with him, ITAR-TASS reports citing law enforcement agencies in Moscow. A drug control officer suspected of kidnapping a person and extortion.

The death of the leader of the Pakistani opposition Benazir Bhutto on Thursday evening caused response from almost the whole world: different countries were condemned from the USA to Iran. The UN Security Council is gathering at 20:00 Moscow time for an emergency meeting. So, US President George Bush said that Benazir Bhutto, responsible for the murder, should be involved in court.

A native of Uganda, the black archbishop of Jork John Sentam is called the "Anglican of the Year." The survey was conducted among members of the Synod of the Anglican Church by its printed body.

In Nepal, the bridge broke over the mountain river, about 40 people went missing. The collapse is caused by heavy rains . According to Reuters , at least 16 people died, about 80 were injured. The incident occurred in the village of Chunchu 500 kilometers west of Kathmandu. The remoteness of the area makes it difficult to carry out rescue work. The suspension bridge across the Bheri River fell under the weight of about 400 pilgrims, heading for an Hindu holiday.

Today, the Government Investment Commission, headed by the Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Kozak, will consider the construction project of the Central Ring Road of the Moscow Region (TsKAD) with a length of almost 450 kilometers. According to preliminary information, only at the first stage for the design of this route from the Russian investment fund will be requested 12 billion rubles.

As a result of a collision of an autocrane with a minibus in the suburbs and further fires, six people were killed, eight were injured. The emergency occurred at about 6:20 on the Gorky highway in the Noginsky district, near the turn to Yelnya, the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Moscow Region told RIA Novosti . "The driver of the auto crane, which turned left, ran into a passenger gazelle.

The head of Roscosmos Anatoly Perminov states that the rumors of his possible resignation are inspired, apparently, by commercial structures who want to seize the assets of the Russian missile and space industry. Perminov did not rule out that such messages can be provoked by commercial structures that make business in Russia on GPS receivers, Interfax reports.

The second largest auction house in the world of Sotheby's this year managed to earn 46% more than in the previous one. This is caused by the increased interest of Russian and Asian collectors in the work of such representatives of contemporary art as Francis Bacon and Jeff Kuns, Bloomberg reports. According to data published on the official website of the trading house, in 2007, Sotheby's earned $ 5.33 billion at a auction, which seriously exceeds last year’s indicators - 3.66 billion.

In the Argentinean province of San Louis, on Wednesday, Lokomotiv passed 150 km without a driver. All this time, the railway workers tried to stop him, reports ITAR-TASS. According to eyewitnesses, the unknown, apparently, stole the locomotive, fortunately, without composition, and, dispersing it, jumped at one of the stations. In some sections of the path, the train developed speeds up to 70 km per hour. It has not yet been possible to detain the attacker.

The company "Russian Railways" / Russian Railways / won the international tender for the concession department of the Armenian railway. This was announced here today by the Minister of Transport and Communications of Armenia Andranik Manukyan. Russian Railways was the only participant in the tender , the second company - Indian Raits - refused to participate in the tender, citing business interests in Africa, Manukyan noted.

In 2007, names with a political shade were revived in Russia. So, in Moscow, for the first time, newborns were registered with names such as the Olympics and Russia. And in Khakassia, one family gave her newborn daughter, who was born on the day of the parliamentary elections, December 2, the name of Vlain . Experts believe that this is only the beginning.