A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred today at 12:12 local time (06:12 according to Moscow) in the remote province of Papua, which occupies the western part of the island of New Guinea in the east of the Indonesian (Malay) archipelago, ITAR-TASS reports. The fluctuations of the earth's crust caused panic among the local population and led to destruction and fires in a number of coastal fishing villages. There have been no reports of victims and victims.

The two leading political forces of Kosovo - the Democratic Party of Kosovo, led by the former field commander of the liberation army of Kosovo Khashim Tachi and the Democratic Union of Kosovo, which is the leader of Kosovo Fatthmir Seidia, the Coalition Treaty was signed on the formation of a new government, Belgrade media from Protina reported.

Christmas in the metropolitan region this year turned out to be quite frosty. According to the Hydrometer of the Moscow and the Moscow Region , on January 7, the temperature in the capital will be about 13 degrees, from 11 to 16 degrees of frost is expected in the region. The sky will be cloudless. The speed of the southeastern wind will not exceed 3-8 meters per second. Humidity - 78%.

A large group of Russian tourists, stuck for Christmas in the Indian resort of Goa due to the breakdown of the Kras Air charter flight, arrived on Monday evening Moscow. The plane safely landed at the Moscow Domodedovo airport, one of the passengers on Monday evening told Interfax . The flight was supposed to go from the GOA airport on the morning of January 6, but due to the malfunction flew only on January 7 in the afternoon. Thus, the departure delay was more than a day.

Two F-18 fighters of the US Navy crashed on Monday night in the Persian Gulf, CNN reports with reference to the command of the American fleet. Three pilots from the single F-18E and the double F-18F were successfully ejected. They were picked up by the Gary Truman aircraft carrier, to which planes are attributed. The pilots feel good. The crashed fighters supported the air carrier from the air, which is currently located in the Persian Gulf along with the strike group.

Over the past day, three police officers died in the Ulyanovsk region over the past day. The night before, during the detention of the suspects, two patrol traffic police were killed. And in the morning a dead investigator was discovered. The corpses of the traffic police with numerous gunshot wounds were discovered the day before at 23:00 Moscow time in a service car on the Tsivilsk-Sizran highway near the district village of Bolshaya Nogatkino of the Tsilninsky district.

The plane of one of the airlines made a forced landing in Vladivostok. The reason was the refusal of the second passenger interior air conditioning system, Interfax reports. The first system worked as usual. According to the source in the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the incident occurred last Sunday at 19:40 Moscow time. The plane was performed by the flight Seoul - Petropavlovsk -Kamchatsky. The landing was safely, a commission is created to investigate the reasons for what happened.

The confrontation between the Iranian military boats and ships of the US Navy, which almost ended in a clashes, occurred in a strategically important Ormuzian Strait, through which oil produced in the Persian Gulf is transported. The Pentagon called the actions of the Iranians "serious provocation", and Tehran - "a conventional incident." Two American F-18 crashed in the Persian Gulf The conflict that happened on January 6 was reported on Monday, citing the Pentagon, all leading Western media.

Unknown criminals robbed the apartment of a senior employee of the apparatus of the Central Executive Committee of the United Russia party, Interfax reports with reference to law enforcement agencies. The damage, according to the victim, exceeded 2 million rubles. The police conducts the search for stolen things. The victim turned to the police on January 6 and said that the unknown people, having hastily castles, entered his apartment in a house on Leninsky Prospekt.

The Pakistani Expitable militants in a border with Afghanistan of the Yuzhny Vaziristan district killed 8 leaders of local tribes who participated in negotiations with the army about the conditions of the ceasefire, reports AFP . The murder occurred in Vasiristan - the region that borders with Afghanistan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians, all Russian citizens and Christmas , Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the head of state. The congratulation, in particular, says: "For centuries, this holiday brings the light of faith, hopes and love. He turns us to the original spiritual values ​​that unite millions of people.

The famous Russian coach Oleg Romantsev is negotiating with representatives of the Bulgarian Football Union, Cissoccer reports with reference to the Bulgarian media. According to the source, Romantsev conducted conversations with members of the Executive Committee of the Bulgarian Football Union, which leads the search for a coach for the national team of this country. Among other applicants for this post, Terry Ven embess, Winnie Schaefer and the Catanese Sure.

The young Egyptian escaped from the hospital after the doctors made her preliminary diagnosis - "bird flu", the Egyptian media reported on Monday. Currently, her searches are conducted by law enforcement agencies. The 23-year-old housewife from the province of Sukhag Atik Mangan after last week was hospitalized with high temperature to the hospital in the city of Takhta.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II believes that today, 20 years after the celebration of the millennium of the baptism of Russia, it is too early to put an end to the issue of the revival of Christianity in Russia. “It cannot be said that the 20 -year period is finishing the tasks that we have performed.

Senator-Democrat Hillary Clinton, who can become a US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party in the 2008 election, made a sharp criticism of George Bush's foreign policy. According to the former First Lady of the United States, the current president pays too much attention to personal relations, reports Reuters . "The president (George Bush) looked into Putin's eyes and saw a soul mate there, however, I would like to remind you that Putin was an agent of the KGB.