On February 4, 2008, in Moscow, an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Collective Security Treaty (CSTO) was an extraordinary summit. Unlike previous events of this level, the current forum was noted not good wishes for the need to “deepen and develop”, but a specific solution. CSTO participants came to an agreement on the creation of collective forces of operational response (Q.), which should be aimed at ensuring security in Eurasia.

The Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko considers the reorientation of applicants to the specialty in demand by the economy of the specialty. The minister said this in the Duma today, our correspondent Lev Finberg reports. Fursenko told the deputies that 7.5 million students were studying in Russia, of which 1.8 million are future economists and managers, almost 800 thousand - lawyers, 650 thousand are teachers. “We simply do not have work for them.

One hundred thousand employees - 76% of the total staff of the Sinhu technopark in Taiwan were sent to unpaid vacations against the background of the crisis and the crushing fall of Taiwanese export, reports Chinanews. The Sinhu Scientific and Technical Park is considered the “Taiwan Silicone Valley”, where companies that produce traveling vanits and other high-tech products are based. Her exports have always been the driving force of the Taiwanese economy.

France President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday arrived on an unexpected visit to Baghdad. This is the first visit of the French leader to Iraq. The visit was not announced in advance for security reasons. The president is accompanied by Foreign Minister Bernard Kushner, Vesti reports. It is expected that during this visit, Sarczya will negotiate with President Iraq Jalyal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri Al-Malika. From Iraq, a high -ranking French delegation will go to Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.

On February 9, the Ministry of Defense was held at the exit meeting of the four relevant State Duma committees - on defense, security, budget and taxes. The main topic is the course of the formation of a new appearance of the armed forces. The meeting was held closed.

In Israel, polling stations closed. According to Reuters , according to Exit-Polls in the parliamentary elections, the ruling centrist party "Cadima", headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cipi Livni, leads. “Kadima” can get 30 seats in parliament, and the party of ex -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “Likud”, considered the favorite, is 28 seats. The extreme right party "Our House of Israel", according to preliminary data, received 14 mandates.

On February 10, Moscow was detained by a member of the Presidium of the United Democratic Movement “Solidarity” at the Sheremetyevo-1 airport at the Sheremetyevo-1 airport, Ivan Starikov, who was returning from Kyiv. According to Starikov, he was detained to verify documents. After more than three hours, he was released, but without explanation.

Today, at about 22.40 Moscow time, an explosion occurred in Nalchik, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to a source in the law enforcement agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, "the unidentified explosive device worked in the area of ​​the central market of Nalchik on Akhokhol Street near the Sultan store.

Gazprom OJSC will be left without a significant part of export income and will be forced to reduce the production of raw materials due to a decrease in energy demand, writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to the experts and deputy chairman of the GZPROM Board of Alexander Medvedev (Pol. Translation to Inopressa.ru ).

The 16th symposium of the “Way of Russia” ended, on which disputes about Max webere were unexpectedly relevant, or rather, about whether politics and science can coexist in the life of a scientist.

The Moscow City Duma proposes to tighten the punishment for illegal migration, increasing the term of imprisonment for violators to six years. To do this, the deputies of the Moscow City Duma want to offer the State Duma to correct part 2 of Article 322-1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of illegal migration).

OPEC will be forced to reduce production if the cost of oil remains less than $ 40 per barrel. This was stated by the Minister of Oil Algeria and the former President of Cartel Shakib Helil at a press conference in Washington, Finmarket reports citing Bloomberg. According to Helil, the decline in oil demand will end soon.

A serious scandal is erupting in the relationship between Moscow and Minsk. The Mid Mid of Belarus made with a sharp rebuke of the RF Suborders in Minsk Alexander Surikov regarding his statement about the participation of Belarusian military personnel in the collective forces of the organization of collective security organization (CSTO). It turned out that Minsk was not ready to quickly send his military contingent to where they would need it most.

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On Monday, the Iraq military command in Baghdad reported that the Iraqis, who were officers during the power of Saddam Hussein, could return to new Iraqi troops or retire, Sinhua reports. The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Iraq Muhammad al-Askari that day told the media that low-repaid officers from the time of Saddam could return to the troops, but those who, by law, cannot occupy public positions in the new government, must retire.