The State Duma Committee on International Affairs at a meeting on Thursday approved the draft statement of the Chamber "On the actions of the authorities of the Lithuanian Republic, aimed at the deterioration of Russian-Lithuanian relations," the head of the committee Konstantin Kosachev told Interfax .

The authorities of Mexico and Panama announced that they managed to detect and seize a total of five tons of cocaine. 122 bags with three tons of cocaine was discovered by the Panaman police patrol next to an abandoned boat on the banks of the Petakilla River. Police arrested three suspects of smugglers.

The unified state exam is a continuation of the policy of the post -war “Dulles plan” aimed at destroying the potential of the USSR -Russia, the president of the All -Russian Education Fund , Academician of the RAEN, professor, doctor of pedagogical sciences Sergey Komkov on the Forum.msk portal, announced. 2008 was the last in a series of "experimental" years when a system of a single state examination was introduced into the educational system of Russia.

The leadership of the Italian ALFA Romeo auto company confirmed the information that, along with the basic version of the new MITO hatchback, his “charged” option called GTA will appear. Under the hood of the "hot" novelty there will be a 1.75-liter 4-cylinder gasoline turbo engine, the power of which reaches 230 hp. Thus, Mito GTA promises to be more powerful than its main competitor - the German Mini Cooper S, which is equipped with only a 175 -horsepower engine, reports Autoblog .

Washington’s attempts to isolate Syria and undermine the ruling regime of President Bashar al-Assad “crashed”, the authors of a special report prepared by an influential New York Council on International Relations come to the conclusion.

A resident of the Rostov region Vladimir Zinchenko appealed to the Prosecutor's Office of the Oblivsky district with a complaint. He stated that the “entry is prohibited”, hanging on Kirov Street, was installed illegally. The verification conducted on his initiative established the improper installation of this “brick”, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta .

In the Kemerovo region, police detained spouses who were engaged in catching and eating dogs. The last victim of the flayers was the stolen neighboring shepherd. Employees of the patrol service of the Topkinsky police department of the Kemerovo region detained a 35-year-old local resident who, together with the cohabitant, caught dogs for subsequent eating, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional police department.

A married couple from the American city of Sautington, Ohio, the other day received 19 liters of gasoline back, which in 1974 she lent to one young man, reports the Associated Press . Violet and Harold Goffy said that 34 years ago they helped out a 17-year-old guy, Jeffrey Hardin, in whose car the fuel ended. At that moment, when the tank was empty, the teenager just drove past their house. To help the young driver, Harold Goff gave him five gallons of gasoline.

In connection with the 45th anniversary of the ex-head of the NK Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his former partner Leonid Nevzlin, who is now in Israel, sent an appeal to the leaders of the Big Eight countries with an appeal to demand from the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev the liberation of political prisoners in Russia.

At the first news of the major loss of the Russian team in the Euro-2008 semifinals, the dumb fans who had previously watched football, wrapped in flags, went to the central squares of Moscow. As ITAR-TASS reports, many moved away from the screens after the second goal of the Spaniards against Akinfiev. Some quietly sad, others loudly dismantled the ups and downs of the match. However, in huge Moscow, there were still no incidents without incidents.

On the night of June 22, graduation balls were held throughout Russia. More than 2.2 thousand Russian schools released this year about 74 thousand future specialists. Today, “fresh schoolchildren” is facing the issue of choosing a profession and a university with the further prospect of work, and not always after receiving a diploma, the specialist remains in Russia-the heritage of the economic crisis of the 90s, the “brain leak”, still makes itself felt.

The authorities of Great Britain will force every fourth adult to pass a test for a tendency to sexual crimes against children. Starting next year, an audit of the criminal past will cover 11.3 million British. Only according to the results of this study, they will receive the right to communicate with children under 16 years of age, the newspaper The Telegraph writes. The risk group will be attributed to those who were no longer in the wretches with the law.

In 2008, the airlines rose by almost 42%. Its average price in Russia is 28,705 rubles per ton ($ 1216 with taxes). For comparison: in northwest Europe, the price is $ 1210.7, in the Mediterranean-1281.7. It became cheaper to fly abroad on its fuel: in this case, 18% VAT refund companies, Vedomosti write. With incomplete loading, the commanders take on board an excess of "their" kerosene in order to refuel at the line to a minimum.

On the eve of the press center of the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna, the traditional pre-match press conference of the head coach of the Russian national team Hus Hiddinka was held. Within half an hour, he answered questions from journalists who gathered in the hall a huge number. The transcript of his speech is given by the official website of the RFU. “I see that a lot of journalists gathered in this hall today,” Hiddink said at the beginning of his speech.

A significant part of the time of the head of the state of the world spend in their residences: there they accept guests, hold meetings, sometimes even live with their family. These buildings or entire complexes are very different in terms of luxury, design and accessibility for citizens. The magazine "Power" publishes a list of the most expensive residences of the leaders of the countries of all parts of the world.