The Czech biathlete Gabriela Soucalova, not allowing a single miss on four firing borders, became the winner of the persecution race (10 km) at the fifth stage of the World Cup in German Rupolding. The second place was taken by the Norwegian Tour Berger, who lagged from Czech for ten seconds with one shot in "milk". The top three of the winners was closed by Finka Kaisa Myakyaninen with two uncovered targets. The Russians did not get into the top ten.

In the capital of Thailand - Bangkok - the opposition a day ahead of schedule began to implement the blockade plan and block streets in the city center. The authorities introduced tanks ahead of time, but so far the clashes between the demonstrators and the police have not been recorded. Nevertheless, on Monday night, one person was injured. The opposition was shot by an unknown on a motorcycle: previously the acting prime minister expressed a concern about provocations from the "third force" .

The coffin with the body of Ariel Sharon was taken to the Kneset (Israeli Parliament), where the farewell ceremony began. Everyone from 12:00 to 18:00 local time (from 14:00 to 20:00 Moscow time) can be honored to the 11th chapter of the Israeli government, who died on Saturday at the Tel A-shomer clinic in Tel Aviv. Sharon will be buried on Monday, January 13, not far from the Schikmim family ranch, at 14:00. It is expected that thousands of Israelis will come to say goodbye to Sharon.

Moscow "Spartak" and English "Everton" reached an agreement on the transfer of 27-year-old Aiden McGidi to the Liverpool team. The amount of the transfer is not reported, but the media in the media is equal to two million pounds. The contract of the Irish football player is designed for 4.5 years. “I have a great chance to prove myself in a good team with an excellent coach. I can’t be happier.

A resident of the English city of Stock-on-Trent was deprived of a driver’s license for drunken driving a toy car-a miniature van Volkswagen, which the locksmith Rio Birdmore made for his son. In the brutal punishment of a drunken driver, the vehicle of which cannot exceed a speed of 10 km/h, reports Daily Mail . The police stopped the 43-year-old locksmith after he left the local bar and halfway to the house "got behind the wheel" of a toy car.

Almost 800 residents of West Virginia turned to hospitals for help after chemicals got into the local river, ITAR-TASS reports. The state of emergency was announced in the nine districts of the state. According to AR, the locals were left without water for many days. The authorities do not report when the consequences of the leakage are eliminated, but for now, the Americans are closed with disaster, they go to wash and taste hot food into the neighboring districts.

A capital police officer was wounded as a result of an attack by an unknown in New Moscow, Interfax was told in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow. The emergency occurred on the Kiev highway. An employee of the police department in the Bittsevsky forest in his free time in civilian clothes in a personal car rode towards Moscow, the press service said.

The Supreme EU representative for foreign affairs and security policy Katherine Ashton is ready to visit Iran for the first time. This was announced today by ITAR-TASS representative of the press service of the head of European diplomacy. On Saturday, the Iranian news agency Mehr with reference to the words of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Iri Abbas Aragchi reported that Ashton was invited to visit Iran.

The official website of the Georgian Parliament at www.parliament.ge was disconnected for about two days due to the attack of hackers. It was already the second attack over the past two weeks and it turned out to be fatal: the parliamentary press service reported on the complete destruction of the government portal. At the same time, the press service admitted that the site was not protected enough, and the hackers easily managed to hack it.

In the hospital, the eagle died of traumatic brain injuries inflicted by unknowns, an assistant member of the Federation Council Sergei Shcheblygin, 77-year-old Nikolai Boyko. The senator does not discuss the version. As Scheplygin told Interfax , the attack on his assistant was committed in Orel. He did not report details. It is known that Boyko died from traumatic brain injuries in the hospital during the operation.

South Korea agreed to pay more for the American military base on its territory: in the next five years, expenses will increase by an average of 4%. The agreement was reached in the completed bilateral negotiations, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea. To achieve a compromise, it took 10 rounds of negotiations. This year, an intelligence battalion and 12 fighters will be transferred to the base.

Unknowns threw firewood and checkers of the Participants of the All -Ukrainian Forum of Euromaidans (supporters of European integration of Ukraine), held on Sunday in Kharkov. Two hooligans were detained: one - the police, the other - the participants in the action, reports Interfax . The first firecrackers flew to the "Euromaidan" when they unloaded sound amplifying equipment.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, rejected the statements about attempts to change the administrative border between Chechnya and Ingushetia. The verbal skirmish between the leader of Chechnya and the President of Ingushetia Yunus-Buck Evkurov became one of the most serious political conflicts of the spring of 2013.

People in the modern world are most admired by the founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates, as well as US President Barack Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, showed a survey conducted in 13 countries by the Yougov service on order of the British newspaper The Times , and British media presented. 10.1%of those who took part in an international study cast votes for Gates, 9.27%for Obama, 3.84%for Putin, for the fourth line of the Pope - 3.43%.

A private house was blocked in the village of Chontauul of the Kizilyurt district of Dagestan, there may be militants. In the neighboring Kabardino-Balkaria, when checking the car, they found a bomb there, now the bodies took up the driver. Details regarding the special operation in Jontaual are contradictory, says ITAR-TASS. One source said that in the house "Two militants", and negotiations are "with them".