Washington’s intention to sell Taiwani a batch of weapons for $ 6.4 billion was put by the United States and China on the brink of diplomatic conflict . On Friday, the US administration notified the Congress of the intention to put Taiwan a large batch of modern weapons totaling $ 6.4 billion.

In the Moscow village of Rechnik ", the wreckage of the demolished house caught fire. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the law enforcement agencies of the capital. Currently, five fire engines are at the scene, the ambulance teams and police officers are on duty. There are no victims, there is also no threat to the spread of fire.

In 2010, the state budget deficit will amount to approximately 150 billion hryvnias, or about $ 20 billion, said ex-Minister of Finance of Ukraine Viktor Pinzenik. "Given the growing deficit of the Pension Fund, still subsidized gas prices in the domestic market, as well as growing social payments while maintaining the status quo, the deficit of the State Budget-2010 will amount to 150 billion," he said in an interview with the newspaper Delo . “This is the maximum value of independent Ukraine.

In the state of Chiuau in the north of Mexico, unknown criminals calmly shot visitors to the youth party. As a result, the massacre died at least 14 people, including schoolchildren and students. The same number of people was injured. The tragedy broke out on Monday night in the city of Syudad-Huarez, located on the border with the United States, writes El Paso .

On Monday, the male and female national teams of Russia on Biathlon Charter flight go to Canada, where the final fees in front of the winter Olympic Games in Vancouver will be held in the town of Silverstar. According to the senior coach of the men's team, Vladimir Alikin, the heavy atmosphere around the Russian national team, associated with last year’s scandals, remained in the past - everything is gradually entering its rut, and the psychosis around the Russians is no longer observed.

In Los Angeles, the names of the first winners of the Grammy music award are declared. The 52nd presentation ceremony is held in the Staples entertainment center in the center of Los Angeles. Prizes - “gold gramophores” - are considered the musical equivalent of the cinematic “Oscar” and are annually awarded the US National Academy of Substation.

The Executive Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) at his meeting on Monday appointed the new coach of the national team coach of the Kharkov Metalist Miron Markevich. The senior coach of the youth team of Ukraine Yuri Kalitvintsev, who brought his wards to victory at the European Championship in 2009, will help him. Specialists will combine the national team with work in their clubs: Markevich - in the Metallist, and Kalitvintsev in Dynamo -2.

On February 1, Sollers introduced a new version of the Fiat Ducato commercial vehicle. According to the head of the Sollers -Dald East, the head of the department of public relations and communications, the car was created taking into account the operating conditions of cars on the roads of Primorye. The model will be delivered to the Far Eastern market from the second half of 2010, ” RIA Novosti quotes the words of the tester.

At the end of last week, the authorities of St. Petersburg reported the abandonment of the Norman Foster project worth about $ 800 million, who won the investment and archetural competition for the reconstruction of the island of New Holland along with Shalva Chigirinsky. The new concept of more cost-effective buildings of the 18th century monument, by order of the co-owner of the project, Igor Kesaev, developed Mosproekt-2, writes Kommersant .

In the near future, the Government of the Russian Federation will be sent to comprehensive plans for the modernization of 27 single -industry towns , which are selected by the government commission for emergency state. In the first three “rescued”, in addition to the already announced Togliatti , there are also known to the whole country Baikalsk and Pikalavo, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta .

According to preliminary forecasts, to the director of Roman Polanski, who was waiting in Switzerland of extradition in the United States, threatens a two -year prison term, which, as the defense states, has already served Polanski - first in a Swiss prison, from where he was released $ 4.5 million, and then under house arrest, reports Radio Echo of Moscow . In December, the American court refused to stop the persecution of Polanski on charges of more than 30 years ago in intimacy with a minor.

Two policemen immediately died on Monday in Chechnya due to careless handling of weapons. In the regional center of Nozhay-Yurt, a police officer accidentally killed his colleague, a source of Interfax said in law enforcement agencies. The incident occurred on Kadyrov Street, in the protection room of the building of the district prosecutor's office. There, a policeman who was in the service of a random shot from the tested pistol, Makarov, mortally wounded his colleague on vacation.

The international airport in the city of Baranquilla in the north of Columbia was closed on Monday for several hours due to a report of one of the aircraft bombed on board. This was announced by the airport manager Raul Rivier. “We received an anonymous call with a warning that there is an explosive device on board the Aero -Public Aircraft with 99 passengers,” said Riviera.

Halid Sheikh Mohammed, who admits the organization of terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the United States, will be executed if his guilt is proved, the White House believes. Mohammed "will meet his creator," if he is found guilty, said Robert Gibbs spokeswoman for the American administration. “Most likely, he is executed for the monstrous crime committed by him: for organizing the murder of three thousand Americans,” BBC quotes Gibbs.

The Egyptian national football team won the African Nations-2010 Cup, whose competitions ended on Sunday in Angola. In the final of the tournament, the pharaohs with a minimum score replayed “Black Stars” from Ghana. The only ball in this match, which turned out to be victorious, was scored by midfielder Muhammad Geddo in the 85th minute.