Three more fragments, presumably, fell at the end of December 2011 the Meridian satellite were discovered near Novosibirsk. Thus, the total number of fragments found is 16, on Friday RIA Novosti said the chief specialist in civil and emergency affairs of the Ordynsky district of the Novosibirsk Region Anatoly Ryasnyansky.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev changed the composition of the Council on Combating Corruption and Commission on Personnel Policy in Law enforcement. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Kremlin statement. According to the presidential decree, the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, was appointed chairman of the Presidium of the Council under the Presidential of the Russian Federation to counteract corruption.

The federal postal operator of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Post" warns customers: the delivery of international departments is inevitable. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the operator. However, what is happening is not related to his work: the delays are explained by the late receipt of correspondence to Russia.

In the Penzhinsky district of the Kamchatka Territory in the north of the peninsula at night, the thermometer is lowered to minus 50 degrees. According to weather forecasts, such an abnormally cold weather will last in the region for at least three days, until January 9, the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Kamchatka Territory said on Friday Interfax .

Most of the inhabitants of the Earth last year, despite economic and downs, felt happy, and not unhappy, are evidenced by the data of a sociological study conducted by the international company Win-Gallup International . Its experts interviewed about 53 thousand people in 58 countries of the world, whether they feel happy, unhappy or not one. As a result, 53% of respondents said that they were happy, and only 13%, including Russians, are unhappy.

More than 8.5 thousand employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be involved in the protection of public order during the celebration of Christmas in Moscow. "In ensuring public order and security of citizens on January 6 and 7, more than 8.5 thousand employees of the internal affairs bodies, including military personnel, as well as warriors, will be involved in the capital," the press service said. Reinforced police outfits serve about 282 Orthodox churches and monasteries.

Armed men broke into a church in Nigeria during the service and opened fire on parishioners, at least six people died, ten more were injured, RIA Novosti reports. As Pastor John Jauro told reporters, the attack occurred the day before at 19:30 local time (22:30 in Moscow). Several armed people broke into church and began to shoot. A wave of cruelty swept Nigeria after the presidential elections in April, which Jonathan Goodlak, who professed Christianity, won.

Armenia and the majority of the Armenians of the world celebrate the holy Christmas of Christ . “Christ was born and appeared to us! You and the good news to us!”, - so the residents of the republic and followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church on all continents welcome each other today. Christmas and Epiphany are the main holiday of this church. Both events of gospel history are celebrated on one day.

American photojournalist Eva Arnold, author of the famous portraits of Marilyn Monroe, died in the UK at the 100th year of her life. This was reported by Magnum's photo agency in which she worked. The famous female photographer passed away in the London House for the elderly, in which she lived in recent years, ITAR-TASS reports. Eva Arnold was born in Philadelphia in April 1912 in a family of immigrants from Russia.

In Tunisia, an unemployed man committed an act of self -immolation. This was reported by local media. The incident occurred in the city of Gafsa, the administrative center of the province of the same name, 350 km southeast of the capital of the country.

A powerful explosion thundered in the center of the capital of Syria on Friday morning. According to preliminary data, the explosive device at a lively intersection of Damascus has acted as a suicide bomber. According to the satellite television channel Al Jazeera , 10 people were killed, among them - both police officers and civilians. At the same time, Al Arabiya reports 25 killed. The explosion occurred shortly before the midday prayer in the Midan area, near the elementary school.

The husband of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Alexander Tymoshenko received a political asylum in the Czech Republic. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the representative of the Czech Ministry of Internal Affairs Pavel Novak. The first that Alexander Tymoshenko is seeking asylum in Prague, the same Reuters reported earlier on Friday with reference to government sources.

Los Angeles named applicants for the awards of the American guild of scriptwriters according to the results of 2011. This prestigious award is awarded in 26 nominations covering cinema, television, radio and animation graphics. The guild, founded in 1954, unites more than 19 thousand writers and scriptwriters of the United States in its ranks, whose opinion serves as a guide to forecasting the outcome of the struggle between the Presidential Scriptwriters on Oscars.

The news of the birth of the Savior flashes over Russia. The arrival of the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ will be announced today in all temples of the Russian Church.

The Israeli and American military will soon have a large -scale exercises of their air defense and pro troops. The Ministry of Defense of Israel assures that the exercises have been planned for a long time and are not related to the aggravation of the situation in the Middle East, in particular, in the relations of Iran with the world community, reports Newsru Israel .