The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation refuted on Friday the message on the reduction of funds to finance cinema in 2010 on the eve, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the department of the department Natalia Uvarov. Recall, in the amount published on the eve of the government decree, the amount "849960.9 thousand rubles" was replaced by "766260.9 thousand rubles." According to Uvarova, we are talking about the redistribution of funds within the federal target program.

Today, the story of the search for a person who fired on Thursday on Thursday in the city of Bil (Bien) in the west of Switzerland received a new sequel today. According to ITAR-TASS, at about 3 a.m. (5:00 Moscow time), a 67-year-old man suddenly appeared near the area where his house was located, took several shots towards the police and ran away again. No one is wounded.

The American Ministry of Defense, put under attack in connection with loud leaks on the war in Afghanistan, faced a new problem. This time it is represented by the Afghan memoirs of a former military intelligence officer, where, according to the special services, secret information is contained. The Pentagon is so concerned that he is going to buy up and destroy the entire 10,000th circulation of the book.

The curious incident occurred during the filming of the new reality show “The Amazing Race” (“Amazing Rounds”) of the American CBS channel, writes Starpulse.com . One of its participants, performing the next task, received a watermelon in the face. The video with this episode, laid out on YouTube, collected more than 300 thousand views. The incident occurred with Claire Cooplin from the Home Shopping Network team.

The General Director of Svyazinvest OJSC Evgeny Yurchenko wrote a resignation statement, the Finmarket agency reports with reference to the director of the external communications department of the holding Igor Pshenichnikov. “I am categorically against the management of the state asset to be transferred to one individual, no matter how the great raider of Russia he is,” Kommersant quotes Yurchenko. At the same time, who is talking about, it is not specified.

One person was killed and several more injured on Friday, when the protesters against the plans of the American pastor to burn the Qur'an, tried to attack NATO base in the north of Afghanistan. As Reuters reports with reference to the press secretary of the Governor of the Province of Badakhshan, about 10 thousand people were flooded in the morning of the street of the regional capital Fayzabad after a prayer on the occasion of the festival of ID al-Fiter.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation on Friday prescribed LLC Agrotorg, belonging to the Retail X5, when purchasing the Kopeyka TD, sell stores of this network in seven cities of the Moscow Region, in Chapaevsk (Samara region) and in Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod Region), the RIA Novosti agency with reference to the FAS message. The Executive Director of X5 Lev Hasis said that the company expected such a decision of the FAS.

The intensity of the night bombing of the gas sector is growing. According to the satellite television channel Al-Arabia, the Israeli Air Force subjected to missile strikes the area of ​​underground tunnels on the border of the Gaza and Egypt sector, along which the smuggling of the Hamas Islamic movement continues. Previously, spot strikes from the air through the city of gas and its environs were inflicted.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised not to limit the capabilities of the Internet, as it contributes to the development of democracy in the country. The head of state, as reported by ITAR-TASS, stated this at a meeting with political scientists within the framework of the World Political Forum in Yaroslavl. “The Russian government, unlike some other countries, is not involved in the Internet at all,” he said.

The German group of musicians broke the world record for the duration of street performances at the opening of the Berlin Musical Festival Popkomm. The group under the leadership of the author-performer Samuel Harfst, began playing on September 8, 2010 at 10:55 local time and gave a concert within 24 hours, reports The Local . At the performance of street musicians were constantly attended by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records.

The performance of popular songs and sports hymns is not allowed at the funeral ceremonies performed in the Catholic churches of Australia. The corresponding order was issued by the Archbishop of Melbourne Dennis Hart. Catholic funerals should be a sacred rite, and not a social event, the hierarch directive said.

According to preliminary data, the cause of a powerful fire in the American city of San Brun, located near San Francisco, was an explosion on the gas pipeline. The fire was preceded by a loud explosion. The flame, according to television companies, shot several hundred meters to a height. Pillars of burning and black smoke rise above San Brun. According to the latest data, as a result of the explosion and subsequent fire at least one person died, another 28 were injured.

Relatives of the victims of the plane crash near Smolensk will go on a pilgrimage to the place of the tragedy. With such an initiative on the eve, members of the family of 28 dead performed and asked about support to the wife of Polish President Anna Komorovskaya. The first lady said on Friday that she would take part in the planned trip, ITAR-TASS reports. According to her, the presidential office guaranteed assistance in organizing the entire trip.

Law enforcement agencies are investigating an explosion that the suicide bomber arranged on the eve of the morning in the center of the capital of North Ossetia Vladikavkaz. As a result, 18 people died, another 137 were injured. According to the newspaper Kommersant , militants from the so -called Ekazhevsky Jamaat are suspected of this large terrorist attack. According to investigators, an explosion could become a revenge for a special operation conducted in Ekazhevo in early March this year.

The Federal Financial Market Service (FSFR) decided to cancel the license of the CMD. The order will enter into force on February 1, 2011, the Kommersant newspaper writes. The head of the FSFR Vladimir Milovidov said the day before that he personally had a decision to cancel the license of such a large registrar with a long history "it was difficult." “Personally, I am very sorry, but we had enough grounds for making this difficult decision,” he said.