An incredible case occurred in the Sverdlovsk region in the city of Krasnoturinsk. The editorial office of the local newspaper "Evening Krasnoturinsk" received a message about a girl who knocked out a car near the Breeze cafeteria. The journalists who came running to the scene of the accident saw a taxi and a police car, in which a girl was sitting for 16 years, rubbing her leg bruised when falling. There, the taxi driver testified to traffic inspectors.

On Tuesday, the Pakistani army liberated cadets of a military school, stolen on Monday by militants of the Taliban movement, Reuters reports citing the country's military command. The attack occurred in the tribal region of the North Vaziristan, when the cadets rode in a column on buses. They were accompanied by relatives and teachers, who were also hostage.

The Investigative Committee at the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation charged Mark Mishiev, the general director of the Basmann market, as a result of the collapse of which 68 people were killed in February 2006, Interfax reports.

The share of the United States, Europe and Canada in the world GDP will fall below 50% this year and will be 49.4% due to recession in developed countries and the expansion of China and other developing countries, Bloomberg reports with reference to the study of Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). For a decade - from 1995 to 2004, the share of these countries in the global GDP ranged in a fairly narrow corridor between 60% and 64%.

The United States can be a "example" for the Muslim world. This was announced on the eve of his tour of the Middle East and Europe by President Barack Obama. In an interview with BBC, he expressed the hope that this trip will contribute to the beginning of new relations between the United States and Muslim countries.

Apple has released the updated version of the Quicktime software player, which received the 7.6.2 index, in which, according to the computalent with reference to the manufacturer’s ballot, ten dangerous vulnerabilities were immediately eliminated. “Holes” can theoretically be used by attackers for the purpose of the emergency completion of the player’s work, as well as to perform an arbitrary harmful code on the computer.

The transaction on the acquisition by the structure of businessman Suleiman Kerimov “Nafta-Moscow” of the company “Glavstroy-SPB”, which is part of the construction holding Oleg Deripaska, Glavstroy, is not canceled, Yevgeny Ivanov, Deputy General Director of the Glavstroy Corporation, said at a meeting with journalists. “The deal was suspended, but not canceled,” Ivanov noted.

The residents of Pikalevo, who overwhelmed the federal highway of the New Ladoga - Vologda, on the eve of the visit to this region of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, decided to finish the protest and go home, the chairman of the Committee on the Information and Analytical Support of the Government of the Leningrad Region Vladimir Gruryumov told Interfax . "It was a one -time protest, and, as far as I know, they do not intend to continue it.

In 2008, Russian citizens transferred $ 8.5 billion to their accounts in foreign banks. The accumulation of Russian assets abroad, as in previous years, remained the most part of the cross -border operations of individuals (translations to Russia and from Russia). Such data are given in the materials of the Central Bank. Of the total amount of funds transferred to foreign banks, $ 1.5 billion was transferred to accounts in the banks of the Netherlands.

In Israel, during the exercises of the civil defense forces , the turning point 3 first took part in the entire population of the country. During the exercises, the readiness of the rear, state institutions and special services for war, missile shelling and intifada (attack by Palestinians - NEWSRU.COM ), Newsru Israel reports. On the territory of the Jewish state, missile strikes and attacks of suicide bombers will be simulated, BBC reports.

The unemployment rate in April in 16 countries participating in the eurozone increased to 9.2%, AFP reports. Such data are published by the European Statistical Agency (Eurostat). Previously, 8.9%were unoccupied. In total, 396 thousand Europeans lost their work in April. This is the highest level of unoccupied population over the past ten years. Earlier, analysts predicted the establishment of unemployment in the region of 9.1% of the entire working population.

The salvation of the General Motors auto giant (GM) can become a pyrrhic victory for the US administration. By preserving GM, Barack Obama may lose the highest rating of the reliability of his country, which in turn will even closely close the inevitable default of the States itself in their debts, Kalita-Finance analysts say.

The transition of gas assets from the ownership of Gazprombank to the structures of the entrepreneur, close to Vladimir Putin, Gennady Timchenko, took on the character of a stable trend. 79.6% of the voting shares of Stroytransgaz will be consolidated by companies related to the Volga Resources Foundation.

More than ten thousand people infected the A/H1N1 influenza virus in the United States. According to representatives of the federal centers for the control and prevention of diseases located in Atlanta (Georgia), the diseased flu is identified in all American states and the metropolitan district of Colombia. According to epidemiologists, in the United States from the influenza caused by the A/H1N1 virus, 17 people have already died.

An employee of the real estate agency, which was engaged in the sale of an elite house worth 650 thousand pounds ($ 1 million) in the British county of Surray, made a drunken party in the building with two friends. As a result, the object was damaged in the amount of 5.2 thousand pounds, Prian.ru reports. During the party, several windows were broken in a house with four bedrooms, door jambs were torn off and chairs were broken, The Daily Mail writes.