Hindu clergymen in the north of India decided to marry two frogs in order to cause the well -being of the rain gods in this way. More than 2 thousand guests gathered at the ceremony of the wedding of the animal world in the city of Guvahati. It was, however, not the relatives of the frogs, but the locals, whom the ongoing drought brought to despair.

US President Barack Obama is considering a plan to doubling the number of security services of Afghanistan. According to the head of the White House, an increase in the number of military and police to 400 thousand will help stabilize the situation in the country, Echo Moscow reports with reference to The New York Times . Currently, the number of Afghanistan army is 90 thousand people, and the police are 80 thousand people.

The latest shock nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" with high-range cruise missiles will enter the combat composition of the Navy in 2011. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the deputy chief of the Main Staff of the Navy of the Russian Federation, Vice Admiral Oleg Burtsev. "We plan to adopt Severodvinsk in 2011. Financing the construction of a boat and weapons tests are in full," Burtsev said.

The Pope Benedict XVI today called Cameroon the "bright lighthouse" of Africa in inter -religious cooperation in the name of peace, justice and universal good. Accepting the delegation of Cameroon Muslims in his temporary residence in Jaunda, the pontiff said that this meeting is a manifestation of goodwill to the dialogue between religions, "making an important contribution to our ideas about the culture for the peaceful coexistence of all members of the human family," ITAR-TASS reports.

The protection of the former co -owner of the Euroset Evgeny Chichvarkin, accused of abductions and extortion, turned to the prosecutor general Yuri Chaika with a request to take under personal control the investigation of this case. The request is set out in the complaint received from the lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov, writes the Gzt.ru newspaper . Chichvarkina’s defense is sure that at the investigation stage “egregious violations” were committed.

The dumped journalists of the first channel, who in the morning on Wednesday locked the Ostankino premises , announced a hunger strike and threatened self -immolation, met with the leadership. This was reported by Kasparov.ru with reference to one of the journalists Elkhan Mirzoev. Recall that he and his partner Oleg Ptashkin are protested against illegal dismissal. As Mirzoev said, the meeting was "on emotions" and could not agree on anything.

The Russian Government postponed the consideration of the bankruptcy bill for individuals for an indefinite period, said Ivan Oskolkov, director of the Department of Corporate Department of the Ministry of Economic Development. This means that even those who can no longer pay the loans taken will be required to pay all the debt to the end, without a discount on the crisis, “new news” state.

The head of the Office of Office (USB) of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation Vladimir Maksimenko was resigned on Wednesday. It was considered one of the most influential figures in this department. According to the former head of the Main Investigation Department Dmitry Dovgia, the court of which on charges of receiving a bribe began on Monday, during the creation of the USC, Maksimenko did not hire about 20% of the investigators-“Vitriyaks”.

The deputy of the city council of Simferopol Natalya Lantukh during a meeting in protest defeated four chicken eggs on the head of the mayor of Gennady Babenko. With this action, Lantukh expressed its attitude to the resignation of a party colleague.

On Thursday, at a government meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is going to combine the consideration of the draft budget for 2009 with the consideration of the new version of the anti-crisis program of government actions. The day before, a source in the government said that the Cabinet of Ministers determined the seven priorities of the program. It will be entered in the State Duma along with the budget and is supposed to be put up for a wide public discussion.

The regional budget of the Sverdlovsk region "lost" 49 million 850 thousand rubles. It was this amount that was allocated from the treasury of the region for the purchase of imported furniture for local parliamentarians, RIA "New Region" reports.

In an attempt to prove to whom the car is chasing faster, the "dashing" broke his brand new sports car when he rushed for an opponent’s car. In this “competition”, “hot” Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX and Nissan GT-R took part, Drom.ru reports. Find out who is “cooler”, motorists decided at night on a winding mountain road. On Evo IX there was a video camera that recorded all the actions of the following GT-R.

The major financial difficulties insurance corporation American International Group Inc (AIG) put up for sale its headquarters on Manhattan, as well as a nearby office building, Prian.ru reports. The area of ​​the 66-storey headquarters of the insurer is 72 thousand square meters, the area of ​​a 16-storey office building? 26 thousand square meters.

The construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi will cost 218 billion rubles, Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said to reporters following a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "Today, forecast figures for the construction of Olympic facilities, including access roads, gaskets, heat supply, will cost 218 billion rubles," said Kozak, who oversees preparations for the Olympics.

The Airline "Siberia" (S7) refused to satisfy the claims of a disabled person on the vision of Pavel Landuh, not allowed by her on a flight to Kazan on February 18. Now the case will be considered in court - the lawsuit against Siberia will be filed in the court of the Tula region at the place of registration of the ladies next week. Earlier, Pavel’s lawyer said that he was hoping to resolve the conflict in a pre -trial manner.