Eight builders from China, captured in Iraq a few days ago and later released, were transferred to the Chinese authorities, RBC reports. This was reported by the Chinese news agency Xinhua. The agency refers to a source at the PRC Embassy in Baghdad, according to which all eight former hostages will soon return to their homeland. Eight Chinese citizens were stolen in Iraq on January 18, some time later the PRC authorities confirmed reports of their release.

One of the Chinese, looking for Boston’s terrorist threat, was arrested two months ago and is still in custody, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Reuters . Mai Dong is located in San Diego, California. It turned out that this is not a man, as reported in this orientation on Wednesday, but a woman. She was detained in November for illegal immigration through Mexico. It has no connection with terrorist organizations.

At the end of January, construction of the Russian Disneyland - Children's Wonderland Park - will begin in Moscow. announced this on Sunday on the Ekho Moskvy President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli radio station. According to him, the park will not be a repetition of the American Disneyland, as was done in France and Japan. “We have our own heroes, our own fairy tales, our own wealth, and a different ideology,” Tsereteli emphasized.

About 10 thousand people have already gathered on independence in Kiev to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the inauguration of the newly elected President Viktor Yushchenko, which will begin at 13:00 Moscow time with a solemn meeting of the parliament, RBC reports.

Composer Consuelo Velazquez, author of the song "Besame Mucho" died at the age of 84, reports Gazeta.ru with reference to Reuters . Complications after a heart attack became fatal. Velazquez, who began to play piano at the age of 4, composed "Besame Mucho" in 1941. It was performed by such singers as Sammy Davis-Ml., Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, The Beatles.

The Ukrainian government today has developed its powers to President Viktor Yushchenko, who has entered its post today, RBC reports. This was announced at the solemn meeting of the parliament. Premiere Nikolai Azarov. Yushchenko said after this that he issued a decree that he instructed the current composition of the government to work before the appointment of a new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The first phase of the humanitarian operation in the Indonesian province of Achech, which suffered greatly from the tsunami at the end of December last year, was completed, the Indonesia government reported today, RBC reports. According to the Cabinet of Ministers of Alvi Shihab, in particular, transport communication with remote areas of the province has been restored. However, the local population is still in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

In Moscow, in the Manege of CSKA for the 14th time, the international athletics tournament "Russian Winter" will be held . Valery Kulichenko, head coach of the national teams of Russian athletics, said that the strongest Russian athletes will act in the Russian Winter. Among them, Yuri Borzakovsky, Anna Chicherova, Olesya Krasnomovets, Julia Pechenkina, Anna Five, Daniil Burkenya.

Former presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych is now outside the country, the Echo of Moscow radio station reports. This was announced today by the leadership of the parliamentary faction "Regions of Ukraine" to reporters. They explained that Yanukovych went on short -term leave. Where exactly he is now, is not reported. It is only known that the invitation to the inauguration of Viktor Yushchenko came to his name only late in the evening on Saturday.

The magazine "Expert" published an article by Alexander Volkov and Alexander Privalov, which marks the line in centuries -old discussions about the fate of Russia - "Apology of statehood" Not much worries the Russians so much, so nourishes confusion and pessimism in society, so annoying the active minority as the inability to explain to itself rushing In the eyes of the contradictions between the words and actions of the supreme power.

The State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin opens the exhibition from the Assembly of the Odessa State Museum of Western and Eastern art on January 23. The exposition has two paintings by the great master of the 17th century painting by France Hals, who went down in the history of art as a brilliant portraitist and author of peculiar portrait-jeanre images. These works of Hals from his series "Evangelists": "Evangelist Luke" and "Evangelist Matthew".

The Swedish authorities refuted the statements of Iraqi militants who said that they killed Sweden citizen, RBC reports with reference to the Associated Press. Information about the murder of the stolen Swede was posted on one of the Islamist Internet sites. The responsibility for the abduction was taken by the group "Army Ansar al-Sunna." The representative of the Swedish diplomatic department said that Stockholm does not have information about the death of Sweden citizens in Iraq.

The thousands of protests against the abolition of benefits to veterans of labor took place on Sunday in Murmansk, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. Its organizers - local leaders of the Communist Party, parties of pensioners and a number of other public and political organizations - managed to collect the record of the protest campaign over the past ten years. The rally adopted a resolution that contains the requirement to cancel the law on monetization of benefits.

In the Netherlands, Auschwitz victims are remembered in connection with the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the fascist death camps performed on January 27, RIA Novosti reports. In Auschwitz, six million people were killed and tortured. A commemorative ceremony was opened at the Dutch theater in Amsterdam as a burgomaster of the capital of the Netherlands. The names of the dead in Auschwitz began to read out the writer Ida Fos, who put forward the idea of ​​this action.

In Dagestan, during anti-terrorism search and preventive measures in border areas with Chechnya, another base base was eliminated, RIA Novosti reports. On the eve of law enforcement officers, together with military personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in a forest on Mount Amirkort in the Kazbekovsky district, they discovered and destroyed the base of militants, on which food and life support objects were stored. There was also an weapon caches with ammunition.