In Kyrgyzstan, the parliamentary for defense, security and judicial reform considered on Wednesday the amendments to the Law "On Weapons", which provide for the possibility of deputies of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan of the Kyrgyzstan to ensure their own safety. These proposals were prepared by deputies of the past convocation, reports Interfax .

The Tokyo Exchange, which fell for several days in a row, responded significant growth to emergency measures to stimulate the economy in the United States . The main indicator of Japan's economic well -being - Nickei index in the first 15 minutes of trading rose by 3.4% or 430.56 points to 13003.61. Also, more than the dollar rose on Iena, reaching 107.1 yen, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Human Rights Watch international human rights organization is concerned about the judicial persecution of the Beslan Voice organization, in the materials of which the Ingushetia prosecutor's office saw extremist documents. “This is another story related to the Voice of Beslan. The first thing that comes to mind is the organization is pressure on political reasons,” Alexander Petrov, deputy head of the Moscow branch of Human Rights Watch, told reporters on Wednesday.

The weighted average of the dollar at a single trading session “for tomorrow” on the morning of January 23 decreased by 25.92 kopecks and amounted to 24.6325 rubles per dollar. The weighted average euro course following the results of the ETS calculations of "Today" grew by 13.43 kopecks and amounted to 35.9932 rubles per euro. Recall that on January 22, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) decided to lower the refinancing rate on federal funds by 75 basic points to 3.5%.

According to experts of the residential real estate market of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, this year the greatest price increase was recorded in the country's suburban market. For three quarters of 2007, the cost of land in the vicinity of St. Petersburg increased by 168%, and the cost of cottages by 63%. According to forecasts, the observed price increase will continue until mid -2008. Currently, in the suburbs of St.

The coastal guard of Abkhazia was forced to shoot at two warships of the Georgian Navy, which entered the territorial waters of the unrecognized republic, the country's authorities say. However, Georgia does not confirm the fact of this incident. According to RIA Novosti, citing the official representative of the President of Abkhazia in the media Christian Bzhania, the ships were discovered 4 miles from the village of Gagid Gali district.

The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Luis Maria de Puch does not exclude that Russia may be pressure to make the state a decision of the European Court in relation to the former vice president of the NK Yukos, Vasily Aleksanyan, who is dying in prison .

In the Neapolitan subway, in the very center of the city, an explosive device was found from the Second World War. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to representatives of the municipality of the city. According to experts, a shell, the affected area of ​​which may exceed 300 meters, is equipped with a slow -action device and, probably, the clock mechanism was put into effect at the time of its detection.

More than half a million inhabitants of the country have already received their Soviet deposits in the Oschadbank institutions of Ukraine. Recall that the maximum compensation promised by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is about $ 200. "From January 8 to January 21, 2.3 million Ukrainians were included in the register of savings depositors. As of January 22, in 2008, more than 500 thousand depositors received compensation funds," RIA Novosti quoted the Bank’s press service.

The lower house of the Italian parliament expressed on Wednesday the Votum of trust in the government Romano Prodi. “For” 326 deputies voted, “Against” - 275 with the required 301 voices. 601 deputy participated in the vote, ITAR-TASS reports. The issuance of the issue of trust in the government is due to the fact that the leader of the Party of the Union of Democrats for Europe, Clemental Mastell, brought his party from the ruling coalition.

On Wednesday at 12:15 PM than local time, an earthquake of 6.2 points on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Indonesia. The epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km west of the Nias Island, located near the island of Sumatra at a depth of 10 km. As a result of a natural disaster, one person died and five were injured, there are destruction, AP reports with reference to the country's geophysical agency. Following the shocks on the island, panic began. The threat of tsunami is not reported.

The Moscow government approved a list of objects in the use of religious organizations, which from the funds of the capital’s budget will be provided with financial assistance in conducting repair and restoration work in 2008, the Interfax agency in the city administration told today. According to the interlocutor of the agency, 120 million rubles will be allocated from the Moscow budget for these purposes.

The royal family and the Saudi Arabian government, under pressure from the public, agreed in the near future to cancel the law prohibiting the women of this state to drive a car. Such a conservative law was adopted back in 1932, and over the years, the female part of the population of Saudi Arabia tried to no avail to influence its cancellation: politicians threatened and said that to allow a woman to drive a car was to take on a sin.

On January 23, the Central Election Commission gave official explanations about violations found in the signature sheets of presidential candidate Mikhail Kasyanov. The main claims, as can be seen from the data on the CEC website , are two: a large number of corrections in the data provided by collectors, as well as the incorrect paperwork.

Industrial production in Russia for 2007, compared with 2006, increased by 6.3%. In December 2007, compared with December 2006, growth was 6.5%, and compared to November 2007 increased by 6.8%. Such data are reported by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) of the Russian Federation. According to the results of 2007, processing production made the greatest contribution to the growth of industrial production, which increased by 9.3% compared to the indicators for 2006.