Yesterday in the building of the Tsuma, on a specially rebuilt site for this The presentation of the first book of the famous secular lioness Ksenia took place Sobchak. The book "Stylish things" - a collection of recipes of how to be stylish and Beautiful woman. The author gives a lot of useful tips based on my own experience - in her opinion, to be beautiful, it is necessary Healthy diet, dates with a treadmill five times a week, Careful hands of a masseur, gel mask and order in the closet.

The Route of Olympic Fire Relay in Turin was changed in order to avoid possible clashes with participating in protest shares. According to Gazeta.ru, citing AR, the police proposed a new route for the third time, which did not enter the area next to the Central railway station in Turin. “We had no guarantees that the holiday will be as planned,” said the police representative Roberto Paluyk. According to him, he does not know the names of those who were going to organize protests.

The American company Ugobe has announced the PLEO robot , which outwardly representing a weekly camarasaurus cub ( Camarasaurus ) - a dinosaur of the Jurassic period. The robot reacts to external incentives, is capable of learning and does not require remote control. The lizard is controlled by the operating system ( Life Form Operating System , Life OS ) with the "Organic Variants Code, OVC ) code. Thanks to the latter, the robot can study and acquire individual behaviors.

The Russian team led 2-0 in the meeting of the 1/8 finals of the Davis Cup against the Netherlands team, RIA Novosti reports. In the second match of the day, the first racket of guests Nikolai Davydenko in three sets was outplayed by Melli Van Hemerden - 7: 6 (8: 6), 7: 5, 6: 4. Earlier, Dmitry Tursunov, who had overcome the leader of the Dutch Raymon Sluter in four parties, got a starting victory for domestic tennis players.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: As part of a two -day meeting of the Ministers of Finance of the Great Eight countries, a meeting of the deputy finance of the G8 countries will be held in Moscow. In addition, a meeting of the Minister of Finance of Russia A. Kudrin is planned with the Minister of Finance of the United States J. Znou.

The independent deputy of the State Duma, the deputy chairman of Yabloko Sergey Popov intends to entrust the Duma committees of information policy and security to find out and inform the deputies about why, shortly after the start of the performance of the FSB director Nikolai Patrushev, at the extended meeting of the Russian FSB college, journalists were removed from the hall, at the time of the Public Chamber, Anatoly Kuchena’s lawyer. remained to be present in the hall.

The US Navy ships (Navy) of the United States blocked the Yemen coast as part of the operation to capture especially dangerous terrorists who had previously escaped from the Yemeni prison. As the US military announced, the tasks of ships include the search for escaped militants and suppressing their attempts to leave Yemen Sea.

In the spring of 1995, the so-called “Party of Power” first appeared in the Russian political arena, in the role of which the socio-political movement “Our House-Russia” (NDR) was then acted. However, the purpose of its functioning in the system, where the main center of decision -making is the president, was not quite obvious.

A surplus conflict surge was observed in Russia in 2005. This was stated today by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia German Gref, speaking at a meeting of the Council for competitiveness and entrepreneurship, Prime-Tass reports. According to him, more than 100 companies were involved in corporate conflicts. At the same time, according to the minister, we are talking about public conflicts illuminated in the media.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** President V. Putin , speaking at a meeting on the development of energy sectors of the Russian economy, said that the Russian economy is developing in a pace that can cause a deficiency, especially of electricity. The head of state instructed the government to develop proposals for the modernization of electric power, in particular, to create conditions for attracting both domestic and foreign private capital to this industry.

Today, Israeli politicians and the media reacted to Putin’s interview with Spanish journalists, in which he invited the leaders of the Hamas terrorist group to Russia, reports Associated Press . The Minister of Transport and Enlightenment of Israel, Meir Shitrit, called Putin’s act “blow to the back”, which will undoubtedly cause an international scandal.

At the city stadium Olympico, the official opening ceremony of the XX Winter Olympic Games began. Witnesses of this event were 35 thousand spectators in the stands and more than 2 billion viewers around the world. The organizers of the ceremony are preparing an unforgettable show, which, by scope, should surpass all the previous discoveries of the Olympiads.

The Voice of America radio station may stop broadcasting in Russian since January 2007, said the official representative of the Voice of America, Brian Maybri. "In the US budget proposed on February 6, for 2007, regarding financing international American broadcasting, it is stated about the termination of broadcasting in Russian, Albanian, Bosnia, Macedonian, Serbian and Hindi on January 1, 2007," Maybri told on Thursday by telephone from Washington.

The Russian flagonist at the Olympics in Turin, the skater Dmitry Dorofeev does not experience "special excitement" before going to the stadium, RIA Novosti reports. “We are now looking at the screen how all the teams are held - this is a very beautiful ceremony. There is no particular excitement,” Dorofeev said a few minutes before the appearance of the Russian team at the stadium. “This is a great honor for me, and it will remain in my memory for life. It is very nice,” he added.

The house in which Bob Marley lived was declared a museum and a protected national treasure of Jamaica, reports Associated Press. The official opening ceremony of the museum was held on Tuesday. “Now we have confidence that future generations will see this house the same as it was when Bob Marley lived in it,” says Jacklin Lynch -Stuart, managing museum. Bob Marley, who died at the age of 36 in 1981, became the most famous reggae performer outside the Yamaika.