After an 80-year break in England, the continuation of the story of Winnie the Pooh and his friends is going out of the press. The book will go on sale in October this year. The author of the book is the British writer Novelist David Benedictus. The book is already finished and approved. Its name is "staacle forest". The English fund, which has the right to all works by Alan Alexandra Milna, after long reflection, made a decision about 8 years ago to order a continuation of history.

Dear colleagues! We invite you to take part in the Public Lectures Polit.ru project. On Thursday, January 15, the performance of the famous anthropologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Center for Ethnic Anthropology of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor of the educational and scientific center of social anthropology, Marina Butovskaya , will be held.

Over the past few years, officials of the Chinese Southern Province of the Guangdun lost in cards and on bets of more than three million dollars from the state treasury. Chinese media reports that more than 50 officials are under investigation and six have already been arrested or sent sentences. Officials played public money in Casino Macau, on cruise ships off the coast of Hong Kong, and also made bets in bookmakers for the outcome of football matches, reports the Air Force.

The South Korean automobile company Ssangyong has announced bankruptcy. This is the smallest of the South Korean automakers. She produces SUVs that were produced, including in Russia . The company is under the control of Chinese capital. The company, like many other automakers, reduced production due to the global crisis. However, it suffered stronger than competitors. In December last year, the company's sales were reduced by 53%, and in general, last year, it brought some losses.

On the night of Friday to Saturday at the office of the PFC CSKA, Brazilian specialist Ziko signed a three -year contract with a professional football club CSKA. This was reported by the press service of the army club. If you go to the official website of the red-blue, you can see the smiling face of the Brazilian against the backdrop of the abbreviation of the team.

The elected US President Barack Obama named the name of the candidate for the post of director of the CIA. This is 70-year-old Senator Leon Panetta. According to Obama, Panetta is "one of the best civil servants of our time." In the nineties, Panetta was the head of the apparatus of President Bill Clinton. The senator never worked in the special services. Obama noted that he trusts his candidate, and expressed confidence that he would cope with his new duties.

On January 7, the elected US President Barack Obama announced the appointment of Nancy Killefer, who held the position of assistant Minister of Finance in the administration of President Bill Clinton, to the position of inspector of budget spending. There was no such position in the White House - this is the innovation of Obama. The duties of the killefer will include increasing the effectiveness of methods and identifying various malfunctions.

The French film actor Naseri himself, who played the main role in the film “Taxi” was detained by the police on suspicion of attempted murder. Naseri attacked a man with a knife who, during a quarrel, tried to protect the former girl of the actor and her girlfriend. The victim was hospitalized. Currently, the actor is under arrest, in the near future he will be charged, writes Gazeta.ru.

The Israeli command began the third stage of the operation against Hamas in the gas sector This was reported by the British TV channel Sky News with reference to its own sources. In the very near future, the central blocks of Gaza expect the entry of large ground units of the Israeli army and special forces. According to the source of British journalists, the Israelis will comb the house behind the house in search of missiles, weapons and activists of Hamas.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Toporayk brought to a meeting with Russian colleague Vladimir Putin a new draft agreement for monitoring the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. According to Toporek, "now there are four contracts, I have the fifth." What conditions are spelled out in a new contract is not yet clear. The Czech prime minister said that he would like to discuss him with Vladimir Putin without journalists.

Russia and the EU signed a protocol on the control commission for gas supply through Ukraine. This was announced today by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, after negotiations with the head of government, the presiding in the EU Czech Republic, Miroca Topolak. On the Russian side, the document was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller. On the Czech side, he was parafed by the Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Rzhiman, Gazeta.Ru reports.

On January 12-13, 2009, the scientific conference “Young Mathematics of Russia” will be held in Moscow, dedicated to the discussion of a wide range of issues of modern fundamental mathematics. During the forum, the works of young Russian mathematicians united by two contests will be presented: Pierre Delina’s competition , to the end of which the conference is timed to, and the competition of young mathematicians of the Dynasty Foundation.

Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev was unable to buy the British newspaper Evening Standard. Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) denied him this without explanation. This was written by Financial Times with reference to an unnamed source. In Russia, Lebedev, in particular, owns 39% of the shares of Novaya Gazeta. In addition, he is the owner of the National Media Company - the holding, which owed the newspaper Moscow correspondent, "marked" by Vladimir Putin with the gymnast Alina Kabaeva.

In Altai, the search for Gazpromavia missing on the eve of the helicopter was partially suspended This was reported to the Echo of Moskvy radio stations by the head of the information department of the Siberian Regional Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Dmitry Kudryavtsev. According to him, searches from the air will be resumed tomorrow at 5.30 Moscow time.

Five people were injured as a result of shooting near one of the schools in the southern part of Chicago in the United States. Two of them are in critical condition, three in difficult. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred during the match of the school basketball tournament. A truck stopped at the school building, and before the real fire was opened from it, those who were in it first pretended to be shot at schoolchildren.