It all started when, in January 1927, the visionary Louis Mayer came up with the idea of ​​creating a creative union that would unite American filmmakers. And already in May of the same year, the American Academy of Motion Pictures (Motion Picture Academy), consisting of 36 people, chaired by actor Douglas Fairbanks, received official status.

Syria agreed to transfer the land along the Syrian-Iordan border to Jordan, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Reuters. Prime Minister of Syria Naji al-Otari said that this agreement approves an international recognized border held in 1931. Syria should remove barriers and posts on the site captured by it during the invasions of Jordan.

Vladimir Putin, from the point of view of the emotional effect and scenography, certainly outplayed George Bush in Bratislava, even in discussing democracy: his idea that successful democratic institutions usually rely on the culture and traditions of the country is not quite banal.

Vitaly Leibin Vladimir Putin, from the point of view of the emotional effect and scenography, certainly outplayed George Bush in Bratislava, even in discussing democracy: his idea that successful democratic institutions usually rely on the culture and traditions of the country is not quite banal.

350 military personnel from the Shavnabad battalion of the 11th Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces will serve in Iraq under the auspices of the UN, RIA Novosti reports. Georgian military will protect the UN office in Baghdad and ensure the safety of UN employees. Since November 2004, 300 Georgian peacekeepers of the 11th brigade who have been stationed in US bases in Baakub and Baghdad have been serving in Iraq.

In Japan, the construction of the world's largest terrestrial tunnel has been completed, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to the BBC. The tunnel 27 kilometers long is a continuation of the high -speed railway in Northern Hokkaido. At the ceremony of Singo Mimura, the head of the northern prefecture of Aomori, pressed the button, undermining the last charge of explosives. This explosion made a hole in the last meter of the mountain, which remained until the two ends of the tunnel.

Prime Minister Lebanon Umar Karami said his government resigned, RIA Novosti reports. The prime minister made his statement at a meeting of the Livan Parliament .

According to the latest data, at least 33 people were killed in the city of Hill, 76 were injured. According to doctors, this figure may increase, since many of the victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Among the victims there are women. Today in the city of Hill, located 95 km from Baghdad, a powerful explosion thundered. The suicide bomber in a mined car drove into a crowd of people gathered to receive a medical card necessary for a job, and has driven an explosive device.

The problems of the nuclear programs of Iran, the DPRK and Egypt will become the main topics at the session of the Council of Management of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opening on Monday.

In Crimea, an operation to save the crew of the Russian dry truck Sirius, which was from Yeysk to Turkey with a load of lumber, was completed, the newspaper reports. Ru , citing Interfax. Sirius flew into the cliffs and sat aground 30 meters from the shore south of the Bay of Okereta near Cape Tarkhankut. The ship received holes, flooded the engine room and holds, and it was impossible to conduct a rescue operation from the sea due to a strong storm.

The Board of the RAO "UES of Russia" decided on the appointment of the general director of Lenenergo OJSC Andrei Likhachev for the post of General Director of TGK-1 OJSC and General Director of Tulaenergo, Gennady Kochetkov, to the post of general director of TGK-4 OJSC, said the press service of the energy organization. Andrei Likhachev was born in 1965 in Grozny. In 1987 he graduated from Leningrad State University. A.A. Zhdanova with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In the early 1990s.

The number of those killed as a result of a terrorist attack in the Iraqi city of Hill, according to the latest data, was 105 people, another 130 were injured. Thisinformation was provided by the city health department. Thus, the number of dead increased more than three times compared to the latest messages: earlier it was about 33 dead and 76 wounded.

The director of the Novosibirsk State Circus, Honored Worker of Culture, Nikolai Tarasov, was against the court on charges of extorting money from touring Moscow artists in January 2004, RIA-News reported. “According to the terms of the agreement, which was concluded between the Novosibirsk circus and the Moscow circus program“ White and Red Tigers ”, 65 thousand rubles received for each performance of the cash desk.

According to the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, on Monday at 10.10, about 40 workers, mainly immigrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, gathered on Lychkovskaya Street, demanding payment of wage debts, RIA Novosti reports. According to a representative of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, these people are workers of one of the capital's construction companies.

The old -age labor pension by September 1 will increase by 500 rubles, said the head of the Russian Pension Fund, Gennady Batanov. He recalled that from March 1, the base part of the pension will increase by 240 rubles and amount to 900 rubles on average. Batanov noted that, according to the law, the base part should step by stages approach the cost of living of pensioners, which is currently about two thousand rubles.