The Western press on Tuesday comments on the Tour of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev through the countries of Latin America and the preparing joint military exercises of the Russian Navy and Venezuela off the coast of the United States. The tonality of articles from the newspaper to the newspaper is the same - Moscow decided to create a counterweight to Washington in the region, thereby weakening its influence and strengthening its own positions.

A significant rise occurred at the leading stock venues in the United States. To close the trading on the New York Exchange, the Dow Jones index - a leading indicator of business activity in the country - grew by 396.97 points (4.93%) and reached 8443.39 points. Moreover, at the last hour, before closing the Exchange, Dow Jones "rushed" by more than 500 points.

The Ukrainian state holding "Naftogaz" should pay off the debt for gas supply in September and partly on October 2008 until December 1, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of Gazprom. This became known based on the results of the meeting of the Russian company Alexei Miller with the head of Naftogaz, Oleg Dubina.

The Dutch police arrested the Italian mafiosi, who is suspected of organizing a massacre in the German city of Duysburg in 2007. Then the killers calmly shot 6 people from the competing clan of the Kalabrian Mafia of Ndrandet. In Amsterdam, the leader of the Kalabrian mafia, involved in the massacre in Duisburg, was arrested, AFP reports.

In Ukraine, the police detained a US citizen who is suspected of fraud by creating a financial pyramid. At the same time, the swindler raised more than 10 million dollars from gullible citizens to his project "How to become a millionaire." Employees of the Goloseevsky District Police Department of Kyiv detained the organizer of the project "How to become a millionaire", US citizen Robert Fletcher.

Near the building of the Church of Scientology in Hollywood (California), the guard shot a man who waving two samurai swords, Interfax reports with reference to information widespread on the eve of Fox News. Last Sunday, the unknown went to three guards at the parking lot at the Center for Scientology, said the assistant chief of the police chief Los Angeles Terry S. Hara. The man came "close enough for bodily harm," and then one of the guards shot him, said T.S. Hara.

In Israel, a man disgraced his wife in a divorce proceedings, trying to prove her negligent attitude to married duty. After demonstrating the video Uuliki, the woman had to agree to divorce. The unprecedented divorce proceedings ended in the city of Haifa. A man who sought a rupture of relations convicted his "second soul mate" in unwillingness to fulfill marital duties.

According to the analytical agency, Auto Statts , the park of foreign cars in Russia is growing rapidly. If only five years ago in our country there were 4.5 million foreign cars, then by mid -2008 their number has already exceeded 11.3 million - that is, 2.5 times more. At the same time, 20%, approximately 2.3 million cars registered in the Russian traffic police, have the right location of the steering wheel. That is, every fifth foreign car in Russia - with the right wheel.

39-year-old Peter Orshag may take the post of head of the American administrative-budget management (Abu). His candidacy was nominated on Tuesday by the elected president of the United States Barack Obama. Now the Senate should approve her.

In February, Barcelona is expected to show the Microsoft phone built on the NVIDIA TEGRA platform, reports CNews.ru with reference to The Inquirer. For the first time, a rumor about a mobile phone developed by Microsoft appeared simultaneously with information about the ambulance of Apple iPhone. Later, anonymous sources in the company predicted its exit to the middle and end of 2007. According to The Inquirer, the device will be based on the Nvidia Tegra chipset designed for mobile devices.

In Nizhny Novgorod from the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, an ark is stolen with the relics of the Holy Great Martyrs. According to ITAR-TASS agency in the regional department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the theft occurred on November 22. "The relics of the great martyr Barbara, the saints of Innocent and Filaret, Metropolitan Metropolitans, who were mainly in the temple premises were stolen," said the representative of the department.

The snowfall that began in the capital complicated the already tense situation on city highways. According to ITAR-TASS with reference to the metropolitan traffic control center, transport traffic jams are observed on almost all central streets. In addition, the third transport ring is clogged with cars, the Moscow Ring Road is observed, and the main flight highways are observed.

On Tuesday morning, as a result of an attempt, the chairman of the Samara Regional Court Lyubov Drozdova was injured in the stomach. Lyubov Drozdov was fired at when she got into the official car. Drozdov was taken to the hospital, the investigation of the case took control of the UPP. The main version is the professional activity of Drozdova, the jurisdiction of which was a lot of "political" affairs.

The Canadian company invented a device to extract moisture from the air and turn it into clean drinking water, reports inopressa.ru with reference to The Guardian . The invention called Watermill works on electricity and uses about the same amount of energy as three electric bulbs. The device was demonstrated this weekend on Manhattan at the annual exhibition of Wired magazine, where the latest technical inventions are exhibited, which, according to the editorial office, could change the world.

In the central house of the artist on the Crimean Val, X International Fair of the Intellectual Book - Non/Fiction - the most interesting and most unpredictable book forum of the year is opened. This year, the fair takes place from November 26 to 30, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta .