The Swiss A-340 Airbus made an emergency landing at Urumkvit Airport in the north-west of China. He operated a regular flight along the Zurich -Hong Kong (Xiangan) route, when a fire alarm worked on board. According to the official representative of SWISS, none of the 228 passengers and crew members were injured. According to preliminary data, the device worked due to smoke in the toilet cabin, ITAR-TASS reports. The ship commander decided to land at the nearest airport.

According to the decision of the Central Bank, the deposit insurance agency transferred 65.9 billion rubles to reorganize problematic banks, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin at a meeting of the Government Presidium. According to Interfax , Kudrin recalled that on November 24, the agency had already transferred 200 billion rubles, and another 65.9 billion rubles were allocated in excess of this amount to reorganize problem banks .

In Buryatia today, an Internet telemarathon to raise funds for the restoration of the Tsolginsky datsan - one of the first Buddhist monasteries of Russia, has started. According to the ITAR-TASS agency in the organizing committee, the temple was built in 1830 for voluntary donations of the laity. In the 19th century, this datsan was considered the center of the spiritual life of Transbaikalia. A parish school, printing house, foundry workshop worked in it.

The captain of the St. Petersburg Zenit Anatoly Tymoshchuk will go to the Munich Bavaria not earlier than the summer of 2009, Sport-Express reports. At the end of last week, Tymoshchuk visited Munich, where he underwent a medical examination. Then the Ukrainian midfielder negotiated with the leaders of Bavaria, led by the Chairman of the Board of Karl-Khinets Rummenigga.

Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex have begun serial production of samples of the Bulava strategic ballistic missile. “Financing is on a regular order,” said Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov at a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation on Monday. Until the end of 2008, another launch of Bulava will be held, and the tests will end in 2009, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Saudi Sirius Star Super Tanker, captured by Somali pirates more than two weeks ago, will be exempted without paying the redemption. This, as ITAR-TASS reports, said on Monday, President Somali Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. "It is not true that the invaders demanded millions of dollars for his release," the president said in an interview with the Saudi newspaper "Decree".

IBM specialists presented the IBM NEXT Five in Five report. In this document, scientists and analysts predicted the development of five achievements that can have a direct impact on how we live, work and have fun. And very soon? Over the next five years, reports 3dnews.ru .

In the UK, in the context of the ongoing financial crisis, sex has become the most popular entertainment that does not require financial costs. Such data were obtained as a result of a survey of two thousand inhabitants of the United Kingdom. The aimless shopping and the exchange of last rumors lags behind sex. According to BBC , the most loving residents of Great Britain live in Scotland. 43% of the residents of Scotland called sex in their favorite way to spend their free time.

The German tuning studio Brabus, known for its work for Mercedes-Benz, has prepared a package of improvements for the all-electric supercar Tesla Roadster. The car debuted at the Autoshow in Essen, WorldCarFans reports. True, Brabus’s improvements did not affect the technical “stuffing” of the car. The main thing that tuners brought to the Tesla electric car? This is a sound synthesizer. It allows the driver to select a song from a list of recordings of real engines.

Three police officers, as well as their colleague from the adjacent law enforcement agency, were detained in the Moscow region. They are suspected of kidnapping a woman and extortion of 30 thousand dollars for her release. Four law enforcement officers were arrested on suspicion of abduction of a person, Interfax reports with reference to the Investigation Department at the Prosecutor General (SCP) of the Moscow Region.

In the UK, terrorist attacks were planned similar to terrorist attacks in Mumbai , representatives of the police from the terrorism department said. In November 2005, police arrested a plumber from East London Kazi Nurur Rahman, who was suspected of preparing an attack and in relations with the Pakistani group "Lashkar-e-Taiba". She is accused of involvement in the attack on the Indian city. Kazi Nurur Rahman was arrested while trying to purchase three Uzi assault rifles.

Real estate prices in the UK in the next two years can fall by 30%, the market of derivatives indicates. If this happens, then from the peak in 2007, residential real estate will become more expensive. This will be a record fall in the entire history of data collection, Vedomosti write. Residential real estate in the UK has already become a 16%, the price index drawn up by the Halifax mortgage (Bank HBOS) indicates.

The government approved the new rates for export of oil and oil products: from December 1, the export duty on Black Gold will be 192.1 dollars per ton (the previous one is $ 287.3). The fee for light petroleum products will decrease from 205.9 to 141.8 dollars per ton, for dark - from 110.9 to 76.4, Interfax reports.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice included at the request of President George Bush India in the schedule of her foreign trip, which she goes on Monday. This was reported by the official representative of the White House Dana Perino. Today, Rice will arrive in London, where he will hold negotiations with the UK Foreign Minister David Miliband.

The novelty from the German company Opel - the Insignia sedan, which became the winner of the competition for the best European car "European car of the year -2009", received his first tuning. The masters from the SteinMetz studio managed to finalize the Insignia, who will present their new project at the exhibition in Essen.