About 300 thousand policemen will meet 2007 at a combat post, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. According to the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Alexander Chekalin, in the period from December 30 to January 9, the number of outfits on the streets will increase by a third.

The Federation Council approved a new procedure for providing temporary disability benefits, pregnancy and childbirth, RIA Novosti reports. The document provides for the payment from January 1, 2007 250 thousand rubles to women who gave birth or adopt the second and subsequent children. This amount will be reviewed annually taking into account the growth rate of inflation. Maternity capital will be provided upon reaching a child three years or after three years from the date of its adoption.

During the earthquake in the Kochkorsky district of the Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan, about 600 buildings were damaged, RIA Novosti reports. 10 residential buildings are completely destroyed. Another 518 residential buildings were partially destroyed. Administrative buildings, several cultural houses, feldsher-obstetric centers, schools and kindergartens were less damaged to a lesser extent.

** Themes of the day ** From the federal level, the central media commented on the past tenth (and last this year) meeting of the State Council of Russia . The press notes that it was devoted to state support for traditional folk culture.

Former US President Gerald Rudolph Ford has died, Reuters reports . Gerald Ford became president in 1974, taking over after Richard Nixon resigned due to the Watergate scandal. With the death of Ronald Reagan in 2004, Ford became the oldest living former US president. Ford was hospitalized in a California hospital in the fall. He was 93 years old.

According to LiveESCIENSE , citing PNAS magazine, led by Dr. Sonja Wedmann from the Institute of Paleontology in Bonnne ( Institut Fur Palantologie ) for the first time discovered the ancient fossils of the insect, which mimicated under plant leaves. The age of the fossils found in the region of German Hesse, which received the species name Ephyllium Messelensis , dates from 47 million years.

More than 1.5 million rubles were stolen as a result of an attack on collectors in the center of Moscow, the Rossiya TV channel reports , citing ITAR-TASS. The crime was committed around 17:25 Moscow time near house 46 on Pereyaslavskaya Street. “According to preliminary data, unknown persons in a black Audi attacked the collectors and stole a bag with money,” the agency’s interlocutor noted. In the ensuing fight, one of the collectors was stabbed.

Veronica Chernysheva Rockers are changing, changing and rock. The fact of alternative music is, why on the last “invasion” not everyone has enough sausages, about music in general, and about the “factory of stars” in particular, Veronika Chernysheva was told by the general director of “Our Radio” Mikhail Zotov . What are your personal musical preferences and how do they affect the air? They are very different and affect the air quite strongly.

The new Internet search engine from the creators of Wikipedia should seriously compete with such “dicks” search on the network as Google and Yahoo . This was stated by the founder of the world famous online encyclopedia Jimmy Wayls, reports Times . The name of the new project - Wikiasari - is compiled from the Yamaisky “Wiki” (fast) and Japanese “ASARI” (thorough search). The launch is scheduled for the beginning of 2007.

115228 American dollars and 82 cents were paid by an anonymous buyer for covering the BEATLAS record with autographs of musicians at the ItsonlyrockRoll.com online auction, AR reports. According to the owner of the auction, Mark Zakarin, this is the highest price ever paid for such a lot. The initial rate was $ 25 thousand. In the sold envelope, a record called "Meet the Beatles" was the first release of the British group in the USA.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In the Federation Council The Federation Council will hold the last meeting this year at which about 50 issues will consider, including the move of the Constitutional Court to St. Petersburg. Launch from Baikonur A modernized Soyuz-2 launch vehicle starts from Baikonur, which will bring into space the French spacecraft short, designed to search for planets similar to the Earth outside the solar system.

The head of Roscosmos Anatoly Perminov yesterday confirmed that the test launch of the nuclear nuclear strategic missile "Bulava" was abolotically. According to Kommersant , because of the malfunctions in the third stage, the Bulava could not reach Kamchatka and did not hit the set target at the Kur training ground. Two special commissions will have to understand the incident: one will study the causes of the accident, the other - the ways of leakage of information about this in the press.

In an electronic letter signed by Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader calls for compatriots not to eat hatred for the invaders of their country. One of the lawyers of the former Iraqi leader - ISAM Gazaui - confirmed the authenticity of the letter published on the BAAS party website, Gazeta.Ru reports. “I urge you not to eat hatred, since hatred does not allow a person to be honest, it will blind you and will not make it possible to think,” writes Hussein.

A mined car was blown up in Baghdad, reports Reuters . According to representatives of the local police, the explosion occurred near the restaurant on a busy trading street. As a result, at least 8 people were killed, another 10 were injured. All dead are civilians.

In Ashgabat, a constitutional law has been published on amendments and additions to the Constitution of Turkmenistan, RIA Novosti reports. The change in the second part of Article 60 states that if the president for one reason or another cannot fulfill his duties, until the election of the new president is temporarily and temporarily and. O. The President of Turkmenistan is appointed deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.