The first lady of the United States Laura Bush does not agree with the opinions of those who consider the eight -year -old presidency of her husband George Bush. “I know that this is not so, and I do not consider it necessary to answer those people who adhere to the opposite point of view,” said Laura Bush in an interview with Fox television company.

28 years after the death of a participant in the famous Beatles group, John Lennon, an advertising video with his participation goes on the air of American television. The legendary musician urges everyone to support the charitable campaign of the laptop for each child, reports Reuters.

In Iraq, a new lawsuit began on the two high -ranking associates of Saddam Hussein - former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Tarik Aziz and the “right hand” of the executed president Ali Hassan Majid . Former Iraqi leaders are accused of pursuing opponents of the regime during the reign of Saddam Hussein.

The personality is a symbol of the nation in the framework of the Name of Russia project, the Old Russian prince Alexander Nevsky was declared, who won historical victories over the Swedish and Teutonic knights in the first half of the XIII century. The second place went to Peter Stolypin, who occupied the post of prime minister in 1906-1911. The first three was closed by the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

The African Union, which includes 53 states of the continent, announced on December 29 to suspend Guinea's membership in the organization. Recall that a few hours after the death of the president of the country on December 22, a military coup began in the country. It was reported that the country's authorities were arrested. Then the Prime Minister and members of the Government of Guinea swore allegiance to the couples, led by Musa Dadi Kamara.

The Grand Prix of the "Golden Swan" of the Moscow International Film Festival for Children and Youth is awarded to the game painting "Twelfth Summer". It was set by Russian director Pavel Fattahutdinov. Such a decision announced an international jury at an evening held on Sunday at the House of Cinema the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Ingodinsky District Court of Chita partially satisfied the complaint of the lawyers of Platon Lebedev about the illegal initiation of the case on the episode with the Open Russia Foundation. In particular, the court recognized the non -authorization for several years Lebedev of procedural documents, however, the allocation of the criminal case was recognized as legal and reasonable. The court ordered investigators to eliminate violations.

In law enforcement agencies, Moscow summed up the results of the outgoing year. Against the backdrop of anxiety talk about the first signs of a sharp increase in crime associated with the economic crisis covering the country, the prosecutor’s office continues to note a decrease in the number of registered crimes. According to the results of 11 months, the number of crimes as a whole in Moscow decreased by 9% - from 212,722 in 2007 to 193,655 in the current.

Love for an expensive watch and elite tobacco cost the Chinese official of the reputation and chairs in the government of the city of Nanjin, the province of Jiangsu.

The oldest resident of the country died in the USA - George Francis. He died last Saturday in a private sanatorium in Sacramento from acute heart failure, reports AP. Heron-Gontologist Stephen Coles from the University of California Los Angeles said that Francis lived 112 years and 204 days. “He lived for four years in the 19th century, 100 years in the XX century, and 8 years in the XXI century. We call him a man of three centuries,” said his 81-year-old son Anthony Francis-Jr..

During the New Year holidays, the Moscow traffic police will take citizens in all areas of official activities only 4 days out of 10. The chief Sergei Kazantsev informed Interfax about the changes in the work schedule of the state traffic inspectorate. According to him, on January 5, 6, and 9, it will be possible to get to the adoptors to admit to traffic inspectors in ordinary working hours from 9:00 to 18:00. Lunch break these days are planned from 14:00 to 15:00 hours.

The richest citizens of Great Britain lost more than half of their condition during the financial crisis. The total amount of their losses is already more than 200 billion pounds ($ 291.5 billion), writes The Sunday Times . The publication conducted a study full of results - 2009 Sunday Times Rich List - will be published in the spring of 2009.

The American publishing house Berkley Books canceled the publication of the book of memoirs of one of the victims of the Holocaust after the experts came to the conclusion that most of the book is a fiction. The work "Angel at the fence" was supposed to appear on the shelves in February 2009, BBC reports. The fabricated memoirs of Herman Rosenblata tell his love story with a girl who, as he claims, threw apples and bread through the gates of the camp.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia sent the next criminal case related to the Yukos case , this time with respect to the former head of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees in the city of Trekhgorenaya (Chelyabinsk Region) Mikhail Mikhailov. He is accused of excess of official powers with causing grave consequences.

On Monday, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov on Monday for more than an hour on the air of local television answered questions from residents of the republic. The head of the republic was addressed to questions of various topics: from socio-political and criminogenic to refugee problems. In total, about a thousand inhabitants called on TV, ITAR-TASS reports.