The Dutch authorities have expanded plans to clear the famous Red Lights in Amsterdam. According to representatives of the city authorities, it is planned to close approximately half of the brothels, sex shops and a marijuana cafe, reports the Air Force . According to officials, many such establishments exist only as a cover for criminal activity, which includes laundering money from drug trafficking and transporting women to the country to work in a sex industry.

In connection with the implementation of mourning measures related to the death of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, traffic will be limited in the center of Moscow, Interfax reported the press service of the mayor and the government of Moscow.

The suicide bomber on Saturday undermined himself near the building of the Police Academy in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, one person died, 14 were injured, AP agency reports. The terrorist blew up the bomb early in the morning at the checkpoint of the building of the police academy, where young people who came to sign up for the ranks of law enforcement agencies gathered, the Brighan Tayib brigade police general said. According to him, one of the recruits died.

The strongest female pair of Russia in beach volleyball, occupying 32nd place in the world ranking, European champion-2006 Natalya URYARA and Alexander Shiryaeva broke up. This was reported to the whole sport agency by the coach of the couple, head coach of the club of beach volleyball of the Moscow Region Vladimir Maslov. “I united Natalya Urovava and Alexander Shiryaev four years ago,” Vladimir Maslov recalled.

In Nazran, after a special operation, as a result of which two militants were destroyed, unidentified persons with a hill located near the hill were opened from automatic weapons to employees of the investigative group working at the scene of the incident. “As a result of the shelling, according to preliminary information, four civilians received injuries,” the source said.

Metropolitan of Smolensky and Kaliningrad Kirill (Gundyaev), chosen today by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church by the Locumber of the Patriarchal Thronage, said today that the date of the next local cathedral, on which the 16th Patriarch of Moscow will be elected at a meeting of the Holy Synod immediately after the funeral of Alexy II, which, as already reported , will be held on December 9.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the law on amendments to Article 154 and 164 of the second part of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation regarding the calculation of VAT in the resale of used cars, the Kremlin press service reports on Saturday.

On the basis of a survey, the manufacturer of toys calculated that the average consumption for Christmas gifts of Japanese parents will be about seven thousand yen ($ 70) this year, said the Fuji Sankei Business I newspaper. The survey was conducted among 2 thousand parents with children from 0 to 12 years old.

Blotting a bomb hidden in a car on one of the crowded streets of Peshavara (North-Western Province of Pakistan) led to death 29 people, about 100 people were injured, reports CNN. According to the television company with reference to the data of the local police, the explosion occurred on Friday evening near the famous city bazaar, as a result of which the nearby hotel and Shiite mosque were damaged, and several cars and stores were covered with fire.

With the help of the local population, the Krasnoyarsk police found in the village of Berezovka the eleven -year -old girl missing December 1. According to Tatyana Shkampletova, an employee of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Interfax agency, a resident of the village of Berezovka called at about 23:15 local time on Friday and stated that she had seen the wanted girl and her older brother on one of the streets of the village.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe, where about 600 people died from an epidemic of cholera. He also expressed the hope that the UN Security Council will urgently discuss the humanitarian situation that has developed in this African camp, ITAR-TASS reports. According to Brown, first of all in Zimbabwe, it is necessary to send disinfectants and medicines.

The second power unit of the Balakovo nuclear power plant (BES, Saratov Region) was loaded in accordance with the dispatch schedule after eliminating the malfunction in the system of control of the third main circulation pump, the NPP public information center widespread on Saturday said. "The malfunction in the system of control of the third main circulation pump on the N2 power unit N2 was eliminated on December 6, 2008 at 14:25 Moscow time.

The Indian police detained two suspects of involvement in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai who have claimed the lives of almost 200 people, the AP agency reports on Saturday. It is known that the arrested supplied with SIM cards a group of ten terrorists who arranged a bloody reprisal, a senior officer of Indian police Jave Shahim said. According to him, one of the suspects is from the Indian part of Kashmir, the second - from the state of West Bengal.

The elected US President Barack Obama warned compatriots that the economic situation in the country could worsen. This is stated in the release of the future head of the White House made in Friday. “There are no simple or quick decisions of this crisis that had been brewing for many years, and before the improvement comes, the situation will most likely deteriorate,” Obama said, ITAR -TASS said.

In Moscow, an absolute temperature record for winter has been set. According to the Meteobureto of Moscow and the Moscow Region, on Saturday the air in the capital warmed up to plus 9.4 degrees. The previous record was 9.2 degrees and was set on December 15, 2006, weather forecasters note that during the day the temperature in Moscow may still increase and reach a plus of 10 degrees. As weather forecasters explain, this is 10 degrees higher than normal.