US law enforcement agencies distributed a photo of the second suspect in involvement in the attempt on a member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Gabriel Giffords, the British television channel Sky News reports on Sunday. The 40-year-old Congresswomen was seriously wounded on Saturday for about noon during a meeting with voters of her hometown of Tuson (Arizona), her condition is evaluated by doctors as critical.

The tragedy turned out to be the stage of the European Cup on ski jumping from the springboard, which is held in the West German city of Seans. According to Vesti , during the competition, one of the most promising Italian flying skiers, seventeen -year -old Simone Senoer, suddenly died. She was found in an unconscious state in her hotel room and delivered by helicopter to the university clinic of Freiburg, where her death was noted. The local police have already confirmed this tragic incident.

The manager of the swimmer Dave Flaskas told the agency AR that the torus has already begun training in the pool, and although before the 2012 Olympiad he has to go a long way, the torus again enjoys swimming and does not exclude his performances at the games in London, while the old shoulder injury does not bother him anymore.

At least 12 Maoist militants were destroyed on Sunday in East of India during clashes with police, AP reports citing representatives of law enforcement agencies. Nine militants were killed in the area of ​​the Orissa Ragada. The police stumbled upon them during the patrol raid after receiving a message that Maoists could hide in one of the forest forests. Three more militants were destroyed in the Bocaro district in the Jarkhand neighboring state.

On Sunday, snowfall is expected in the metropolitan region. According to Roshydromet, it will be cloudy this afternoon, the thermometer columns will be shown in Moscow minus 2 - 0 degrees, in the region - minus 4, plus 1. The upcoming night will also take a small snowfall, the air temperature in the capital will be from minus 2 to minus 4, in the region - from 3 to 8 below zero.

Nikolai Davydenko failed to protect the championship title in the tournament in Doha . In the final match, the Russian, now holding the 22nd line of the ATP rating, met with his peer Swiss Roger Federer. Earlier, athletes in official matches played 16 times, and with an overwhelming advantage ahead in this confrontation was Federer - 14: 2. This time, Roger achieved victory with the account - 6: 3, 6: 4 and further increased his gap from Davydenko, Gotennis.ru notes.

Sochi Alexander Askerov, a 15-year-old pupil of a local sailing school, became a bronze medalist of the international regatta, which took place from January 1 to 5, 2011 in the Spanish Cadiz, the press service of the Sochi sailing Federation reports. According to the Sochi Federation, the regatta gathered 80 participants from nine countries. 11 athletes represented Russia.

The Colombian Alejandro Falya stopped the fight in the third set of the match of the second circle of the tournament in Chennai against Kei Nishikori because of the judicial mistake. In the first game of the third batch, Flyalia served with a score of 15: 0, Nishikori hit out, but the judge announced the score 15:15. The error remained unnoticed before the score was “smooth” - at that moment, according to the calculations of the Falka, he won the game.

The activist of the unregistered party "Other Russia" Kirill Manulin, detained on December 31, together with the opposition Eduard Limonov, was released after 8 days of arrest. According to Interfax on Sunday, a representative of another Russia Alexander Averin, Manulin was released from the insulator the day before.

The Belarusian opposition created the National Coordination Council. The decision on this was made today at a meeting of representatives of most leading opposition parties and organizations of the country, ITAR-TASS reports. The first document of the Council was the declaration in which the closest goals and objectives of the opposition were proclaimed.

The French rescuers express more and more anxiety about the fate of the three Ukrainian skiers blocked from last Thursday in the Monblen massif in French alps at an altitude of 4303 meters. These fears are explained by a significant strengthening of the wind, which makes any operation to save tourists practically impossible. Ukrainians went on a ski campaign on Brenva's pass in Upper Savoy, but turned out to be blocked at this height.

The Ministry of Defense of France confirmed the death of two Frenchmen stolen in Niger, the British Air Force Corporation reports. It was reported that they were killed during the operation to save them. From the statement of the Minister of Defense of France Alan Zhup, it follows that two Frenchmen were found on the border between Niger and Mali after the clash of militants with the Niger security forces. The whereabouts and identities of criminals are unknown.

According to Sovsport.ru , until the end of this month, the midfielder of the Moscow Lokomotiv and the Ukrainian national team Alexander Aliyev will go to Dynamo (Kiev). The clubs practically agreed on the amount of the compensation for the transition of a 25-year-old player, who, in turn, was pleased with the terms of his personal contract proposed to him in Dynamo.

The armed criminal opened firing on Saturday, January 8, in the American city of Tuson (Arizona), where a public event was held with the participation of 40-year-old Congresswomen Gabriel Giffordes. Six people were killed. About 12 more people were injured, three of them were employees of the headquarters of Giffords. The criminal was detained. According to Fox TV channel, the politician herself received a bullet wound in the head.

The biathletes of the Russian national team once again were left without awards at the World Cup. Norwegian Ann-Kristin Flutland won the sprint race in the German Oberhof, missing only once and finishing with a result of 23 minutes 29.5 seconds. For 5.7 seconds, the Olympic champion of Vancouver Nemka Magdalena Neuner, who made two mistakes, lagged behind her, and her compatriot Andrea Henkel was in third place, who made only one misfire, but lost the winner of 15 seconds.