In Tyumen, two people died and five were injured due to the explosion of the gas pipeline. On Tuesday in the Leninsky District, in a two-story building of the electrical substation on the shipbuilders street, the working companies of Horizon-2000 LLC carried out horizontal drilling for laying the cable and damaged the gas pipeline with a diameter of 110 mm. On the fact of a violation of safety rules, a criminal case was instituted, ITAR-TASS with reference to law enforcement agencies.

On Wednesday, the State Duma approved in the second reading amendments to the bill, which determines the legal term "petty theft" in a new way. Now it is supposed to go to prison for theft worth more than a thousand rubles. The new bill suggests that the theft of property up to 1 thousand rubles is qualified by the administrative, and not the Criminal Code, RIA Novosti reports.

{pic_1 l} Employees of the airport customs service in Beijing detained the car of the Japanese company Mazda? Taiki concept, as they suspected that drugs were transported in his salon. Seeing such an unusual appearance of Mazda Taiki, law enforcement officers decided that "this is for a reason" and began to figure out why the car looks so strange. As reports amobil.ru accompanying? Mazda corporation employees tried to explain to customs officers that this is a strange model?

The most titled gymnast of Ukraine, vice-president of the National Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation and head coach of the national team Irina Deryugin by the decision of the International Federation (FIG) was disqualified for the period until 2016. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the official website of the Federation. It was decided to remove the Ms.

The Pentagon officially announced the creation of a new institute of regenerative medicine at the US Department of Defense (AFIRM). The institute will study the technology of using and obtaining stem cells, as well as the creation of complex systems for restoring the skin, muscle and bone tissues. This is stated on the official website of the department , reports Slate.com .

The head of the Samsung group of companies, the largest industrial conglomerate of South Korea, Lee Kun Hi resigned, reports Interfax. "Today I will leave the post of chairman of the board of directors of the company. There are many more things that need to be done, but I am leaving and taking with me all the mistakes of the past," he said on the air of local television. In September, one of the former Samsung Group lawyers publicly announced corporate abuses in the holding.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the famous French writer Maurice Druon on the 90th anniversary, ITAR-TASS reports.

Silvio Berlusconi said that he would leave the post of president of the Italian football club Milan. The reason for leaving is its political career, reports Eurosport . "I have to leave Milan, although this is very difficult. It's time to make a choice between the posts of the prime minister of the country and the president of the team," he said. As you know, recently Berlusconi was elected Prime Minister of Italy, and for the third time.

The fans of the national teams who are defeating at the Euro-2008 will provide psychological assistance to the Austrian priests, the Sport-Express newspaper reports today. A shock detachment presented by the public on local television has already been formed from representatives of the clergy. As the bishop of Salzburg Alois Kotgasser said, the priests will remind their wards that this is just football, and not a tragedy in personal life.

Auto -manufacturers, trying to make cars more comfortable, equip them with an increasing number of options, starting from a huge number of expensive electronics to such trifles as, for example, a retractable cup next to the steering column. But far from all sophisticated devices are really necessary in the car? Some of them, on the contrary, only interfere with the driver. Did the experts of the portal rb.ru conduct a survey among car owners?

The Office of the Rossvyazhkuzcocculture in the Samara Region intends to terminate the agreement on the use of the Choral synagogue building by the Religious Organization "Jewish Society of the City of Samara" in connection with the unsatisfactory state of the building.

NASA experts are concerned about the fact that the landing of the Russian union TMA-11 with the 16th Expedition of the ISS on board went stiff: the capsule went along the ballistic trajectory and landed in the unleasable area of ​​Kazakhstan, writes the American The New York Times . However, the deputy head of the agency is sure that the Russian side will deal with the problem (full text on the website inopress.ru ).

Soon, such exercises in traffic police exams as “parallel parking” and “boxing,” that is, parking perpendicular to the road in reverse, will become irrelevant. At an exhibition in Hannover, Germany, the Volkswagen Group is presenting a fully automatic car parking system called Park Assist Vision. According to Motor Trend , this technology is an evolution of the Park Assist system, which is already used on the Touran, Tiguan and Passat models.

The chairman of the coordination commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jean-Claude Killy expressed confidence that Russia will successfully prepare for the 2014 Olympics. Killy said on Wednesday at a press conference following the results of the first visit of the IOC coordination commission to Sochi, Interfax reports.

Three boys who are found guilty of robbery and murder of a Turkish citizen were convicted in the Republic of Udmurtia. Having selected 500 rubles and a cell phone from the victim, the criminals scored the victim "for prevention." With regard to convicts, the sentence entered into legal force, Susanin reports.