The Russian Ford plant can dismiss employees who are not agreeing with the transition to a new, four -day schedule of the enterprise, Ekaterina Kulinenko, director of public relations between Ford Russia, told Interfax . According to her, the protest of the transition was expressed, according to preliminary data, 127 employees. Disagreement with a new schedule should be written in writing, which is expected before the end of Tuesday day, she said.

The powerful Typhoon "Melor" is approaching from the south to the coast of Japan. On Wednesday evening, he will reach the southern island of Okinawa, and on Thursday will hit a number of areas on the Pacific coast of the Honsey Island, including Tokyo. There, "Melor" will become the first typhoon over the past eight years. According to the national meteorological administration, the typhoon moves at a speed of 25 km per hour.

Life in a modern house is comfortable, but not always safe. The American Association of Pulmonary Diseases disseminates information among US residents about what threat to their health can cause living in their own home, writes Washington Profile . The threat is dust and soot. Their sources are gas burning products, wooden details of the house, furniture, heaters, tobacco smoke. Dust accumulates in the house and causes irritation of the eyes, runny nose, respiratory infections and bronchitis.

The criminal case under the article “slander” was instituted against the former prosecutor of Dagestan, and now one of the main applicants for the post of head of the city of Derbent Imam Yaraliev. As the Gazeta.Ru was informed in the Investigative Department of the SCP for Dagestan, on October 1, 2009, they received a statement by the officer of the Federal Security Service of Russia for Dagestan Dmitry Karamzin about the slander of his address from Yaraliev and citizen Murad Babaev.

The deputies and human rights activists were interested in the article of the Criminal Code, which allows the culprit of an accident with a fatal outcome to evade responsibility, namely, to pay money with the relatives of the deceased. This state of affairs, in their opinion, is unfair.

The American star Madonna sued compensation among the British newspaper Mail On Sunday, which published several private pictures from the singer’s wedding. Pop-Koroleva intends to transfer all the money to her charity society "Raising Malawi", writes RIA Novosti . The photographs in the center of the trial were taken during the wedding ceremony of the singer with the British film director Gay Richie in 2000.

Ukrainian police officers detained four young people who are suspected of double murder. Some of them classify themselves to the neo -Nazi flow of skinheads. The identities of the unemployed and previously inconsistent suspects were established during operational investigative measures, the Crimean Information Agency reports with reference to the public relations department of the Main Directorate of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Finally, Ireland adopted the Lisbon Treaty and now the European Union can move on, according to its plan for establishing world domination, writes Inopressa.ru with reference to The Financial Times . Over the next few months, the EU, most likely, will have the president and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Tony Blair claims the highest post, and candidates from Sweden, Holland and Belgium will compete for the role of the head of the foreign policy.

Russians do not receive complete information about the spread of the flu A/H1N1 in the country, and the number of sick people much exceeds official data. About this, according to RIA Novosti , said on Tuesday by the director of the Ivanovo Academician Dmitry Lvov, the director of the Ivanovo virology Research Institute.

In the next few years, China plans to invest billions of dollars in the development of media and entertainment companies that, as they hope in the country's government, will be able to compete with global giants, Bfm.ru business portal writes. The ambitious plan prepared by the Chinese State Council provides for the creation of companies in the field of media and entertainment, marketably oriented and with a smaller share of state support.

The Czech authorities took the last step allowing foreign citizens to legally acquire real estate in the country. On Monday, the Czech government finally approved the amendments to the currency law, which technically brought it into line with European law, writes the journal about foreign real estate Zagranhouse . This was announced at a press conference after the government meeting by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Fisher.

In the Republic of Mari El, a man handed over the extortionist to the police, who threatened to "share money" from him. Before that, the victim of the janitor himself threw himself to the whole district about what he found 300 thousand rubles in a garbage container. At the moment, a criminal case has been opened against the failed extortionist and an investigation is underway, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda writes with reference to the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Gazprom announced the resumption of Turkmen gas procurement in October-November, but so far does not have a clear forecast for 2010, purchases can be 10-30 billion cubic meters, Kommersant writes. One of the managers of the monopoly told the publication that the head of Gazprom Export Alexander Medvedev held negotiations with Turkmengaz and a fundamental agreement on the resumption of deliveries has been reached.

A bill is introduced into the State Duma, which is designed to equate beer with alcohol. If the law is accepted, it will be necessary to receive licenses for the production and sale of beer, on television and radio will ban its advertising, it will not be sold in stalls, explains RIA Novosti . In addition, excise taxes will grow, and beer with a strength of more than 9% will have to be supplied with excise stamps.

On Tuesday in the Gildhall - ceremonial town hall of the London district of City - the ceremony of the announcement of the laureate of the Buker Prize - 2009 will be held for the prestigious prize, which is annually awarded to the English -speaking authors, Ireland and the Complete countries, Six authors will fight, news reports. Among the finalists are twice laureate of Boker, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2003) John Maxwell Kutzeee.