Six Frenchmen, previously sentenced in the child to hard labor , will return to their homeland on Friday, Reuters reports. Employees of the non -governmental organization Zoe Ark two months ago tried to take out 103 children from the country in order, in their own words, to save them from the civil war in neighboring Sudan. Foreigners were released thanks to an agreement between the governments of the two countries, the Ministry of Justice of Chad said.

From January 1, 2008, new models will appear on the Russian market in the Mercedes-Benz C-class line-Cars in the station wagon.

Against the new chairman of the ruling in the South Africa of the African National Congress (ANC) Jacob Zuma on Friday, a number of official accusations were put forward. The beginning of the hearing was scheduled for August 14, 2008, his lawyer Michael Hally said in a common communique. According to the lawyer, in particular, Zuma is accused of a racket, money laundering, corruption and fraud, Interfax reports. Zuma was elected the new chairman of the ANC ten days ago.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko did not support the initiative to give the Russian language the status of the second state in the country. Such a statement, as Interfax reports, he made at a press conference on Thursday in Kiev.

Tax control in the capital is tightened: the tax authorities this year will collect at least a third of taxes more than in the past. This is evidenced by the taxation statistics published on the official website of the Moscow Federal Tax Service. Moscow, like any capital, lives at the expense of taxes of the largest corporations registered on its territory and trading enterprises, writes "News Time" .

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko believes that the Ukrainian language should be the only state language in the country. “I believe that in Ukraine there should be one state language - Ukrainian,” Tymoshenko said. She noted that changes in language policy in the country can lead to a situation where a "wall to the wall" will go in Ukraine. At the same time, Yulia Tymoshenko spoke out to simplify the use of other languages ​​in the country, reports Newsru.ua .

The Belarusian blogger Yevgeny Lipkovich forced the government of the country to give an order that the release of a low -fat kefir, the production of which is resumed in Minsk, was resumed. The problem is resolved at the level of Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, reports TUT.BY. The "Battle of Kefir" began in October, at a time when the range of dairy products sharply decreased in the retail network.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia approved the indictment in one of the most high -profile criminal cases of recent years - on the smuggling of furniture for the Grand and Three Whale shopping centers.

The launch of the Atlantis shuttle, which was transferred several times due to a malfunction of the fuel system sensors, was postponed indefinitely due to the delayed repair work, the NASA press service said. “It will take an additional time to correctly perform repair work and certification of changes before the flight.

Today, the Japanese Corporation Mitsubishi signed an agreement with Russia on the conditions of industrial assembly of cars in our country. According to the company representative, they will tell you about detailed production plans immediately how they will be approved. The signed agreement fixes a number of benefits for Mitsubishi - in particular, introduces reduced customs duties on the spare parts for cars supplied in industrial assembly.

Honda Executive Director Takeo Fukui admitted that the release of Civic sedan with a hybrid engine was a mistake. Business is that due to marketing and production miscalculations, the development of this model was unprofitable. According to him, the first mistake was the design of the model? He was exactly the same as that of the gasoline version.

The government of the Indian state of Oriss today has been ordered to conduct a judicial investigation of a series of anti -Christian pogroms and arson , which covered the Kandhamal district from Monday. The decision was made after the chief minister of state visited the day before in the area of ​​riots, ITAR-TASS reports.

Oleg Zhukovsky, the main version of the death of the managing director for work with large clients of Vneshotorgbank, was the household. This was written on December 28 by the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper with reference to sources in the investigation. The preliminary audit lasted 10 days, and then the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Odintsovo District opened a criminal case under the article "Murder".

More than half of Russians consider the outgoing year successful. This was announced yesterday by the general director of the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) Valery Fedorov. Another third of the respondents evaluate the year difficult, but they emphasize that it has become so for them personally. Russians as a positive trend noted the rise in the economy and stabilization of the ruble.

The Bell Capital children's hockey championship begins today in Ottawa. This is the largest sporting event listed in the Guinness Book of Records in the Canadian capital for the eighth time. At 32 ice venues are measured by a total of 509 teams of boys and girls from around the world. According to ITAR-TASS, on the first day of the championship, the Russian team "Young Stars" will meet with the American Long Island Rebels team.