In the Volga-Ural region, 106 people died as a result of poisoning with surrogate alcohol. This was announced today in the Volga-Ural Regional Center (PURC) of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, RIA Novosti reports. "According to the data at 06.00 Moscow time, the total number of those who died from poisoning with alcohol surrogates in the region is 106 people," said the Ministry of Emergencies. In total, 1 thousand 819 people were hospitalized with poisoning.

Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiev did not bring to parliament, as expected, the project of the new constitution, RIA Novosti reports. The immediate reform of the Kyrgyzstan Constitution is the main requirement of the opposition in Bishkek planned for Thursday of the mass indiscount rally.

More than 70 Muslims were fired from the Paris Airport of Charles de Gaulle for a potential threat to passengers, BBC reports. According to local authorities, some of the dismissed employees were visited by the training camps of militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and one man is supposed to be a friend of Richard Raid - the British so -called “boot -shaped terrorist”.

Governor of Karelia Sergey Katanandov, who was extremely unsuccessful for a vacation in Portugal, yesterday finally met with President Vladimir Putin. Recall, a week ago, during a “direct line”, Putin throughout the country talked about the fact that he could not get through to Katanandov. As a result, the meeting of Katanandov with Putin, who took place in the presence of journalists, turned out to be extremely unpleasant.

“ Interfax ” is not the first time to refute messages of the daily newspaper “Your Day” (ex- “Life”). According to the agency, native people's actress Nonna Mordyukova completely refute reports of her hospitalization. Information on the hospitalization of Nona Mordyukova transferred a stroke to the Central Design Bureau has spread on the Internet of copywriters with adiabatic speeds.

In Tver, the use of ordinary tap water can cause cancer, write “ New Izvestia ”. These are the shocking conclusions of the examination, which was published by the head of the Volga Interregional Environmental Prosecutor's Office Vera Soldatov. As it turned out, the local Rospotrebnadzor knew about this threat for more than a year. He knew, but was silent.

In Bobruisk, an unusual sculpture was installed - a bronze beaver dressed in a frock coat and hat, the Belorussian edition of Telegraph reports. According to the author, the monument symbolizes the average resident of Bobruisk. The image of the Bobruchin was chosen by the residents of the city from more than 20 projects of Belarusian sculptors proposed by him. Bobruisk Bronze Beaver weighs more than tons, so to install it on the pedestal had to resort to the help of the crane.

Center for Demography and Human Ecology Institute of People's Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences Electronic version of the ballot "Population and society" 117418, Moscow, Nakhimovsky Ave., 47, Inp RAS; Phone (495) 332-4289; Fax (495) 718-9771 At what age were combined in ancient times: the age of marriage in the last hundred years has not changed in Russia: the marriage age against the backdrop of social disasters of the XX century: the transformation of the marriage model

** Themes of the day ** From the federal level news, the central media drew attention to the "Government Hour", who passed the day before in the State Duma , at which the Minister of Natural Resources Y. Trutnev told parliamentarians about measures taken by the Government to implement the provisions of the Water Code. In addition, Yu.Trutnev, the chief opponent of products on the division of products, tried to explain to the deputies his actions regarding the Sakhalin-2 project.

The leadership of the telecommunication company Deutsche Telekom rejected the proposal of the Russian AFK System about the exchange of up to 20% of the shares of this German giant for the systems "system" operating on the Russian telecommunication market, writes The Financial Times . According to reports against the transaction, the German government expressed, which owns 33% of the shares on the capital of DT. The refusal was caused by "political and strategic" considerations.

A three-week scientific expedition as part of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Census ( CReefs ), part of the international Census of Marine Life (COML) project, discovered more than a hundred new species of marine life in northwestern Hawaii, Science Daily reports . Scientists collected and photographed many species of marine animals, including crabs, corals, sea cucumbers, worms, starfish and various mollusks. Many species have not been identified and are believed to be new to science.

From November 2, the law on the procedure for considering citizens' appeals to state authorities comes into force, RIA Novosti reports. According to State Duma deputies, he will make officials more accountable to society. The law determines the procedure for considering citizens' appeals to the authorities of all levels and to officials. Under the new law, officials are obliged to consider the appeals received within 30 days and make the necessary decisions on them.

Irina Samakhova - What kind of women in labor went! They say to her in human language: “Move, a cow!”, And she in the roar and generally stops reacting to the commands. Then, of course, a hubby with claims: “Why did they cessari? Why a child with hypoxia? " Why did you marry a fool? With two higher formations, but does not know how to push! ... The vigorous conversation of the midwives, overheard in one Novosibirsk hospital, made us think about the prospects of state demographic policy.

The Private Banking market in Russia is currently estimated at $ 10-12 billion, further growth is predicted at 30-50 percent. Such data were given at a conferences organized by the Association of Russian Managers. This is reported by news agencies. The conference participants put forward various opinions about the number of potential Private Banking customers in Russia: from 80 to 250 thousand.

By November, the number of sites on the World Internet reached 101,435,253. Such data are contained in the report of Netcraft, which completed the next study of the global network, reports Newsinfo . The sites in the study mean only individual domains containing information. 47–48 million of them are regularly updated. The greatest growth was noted in the USA, Germany, China, South Korea and Japan. In May 2004, the number of sites on the network exceeded the mark of 50 million.