The unknown bully hit the 33-year-old Prince of Sweden Karl Philippe Edmund Beretil with a fist on the head at the exit from the Baoli night club in Cannes, reports Aftonbladet . The man hit the prince and grabbed his neck. His companion Sofia Hallquist and friends came to the aid of Karl Philip. A fight began, during which the prince managed to hide. The attack occurred at 3 a.m. on Saturday.

The deputy chief of the police of the province of Homs in Syria fled from the country to Jordan, Interfax reports. Details are not specified, only the name and title of a fled security officer is known - the brigade General Ibrahim al -Jabavi. Recall, on August 7, it became known about the escape of the Prime Minister of Syria to Jordan. And more than 40 Syrian troops escaped to Turkey, among whom is the closest ally of Syrian President Bashar al -Assad, General Manaf Tlas.

More than 220 people died as a result of an earthquake in the north-west of Iran in the province of East Azerbaijan, AFP reports. The number of victims exceeds 1.5 thousand people. During the day, seismologists promised repeated shocks. Since the telephone communication was broken, the rescuers teams are forced to communicate on the radio. They drive around the villages and gather the remaining people without beds.

The DPRK claims that the United States and South Korea sent its agents to destroy the statues of communist leaders. Korea sent out the relevant statements to a number of international organizations, KCNA news agency writes. The DPRK declares “organized and thoughtful crimes” committed by the United States and South Korea, and asks the international community to take measures.

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The Russian national team on the last day of the Olympic Games in London won four gold medals at once, increasing the final score to 24 higher awards. This indicator broke the results of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when the team took 23 gold medals. In London, according to the results of Sunday, the Russians earned 82 medals, and in Beijing there are only 73.

In Iran, an operation to search for survivors after earthquakes that occurred on August 11 ended. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Iran Mustafa Najar officially announced the termination of searches, AP reports. The number of victims of the natural disaster is from 250 to 300 people, more than two thousand were injured and injured. As of 15.00 Sunday, it was possible to identify 142 bodies. About 16 thousand Iranians lost their houses.

The Cossack horse campaign in honor of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812 on Sunday, August 12, went to Paris from the Poklonnaya Mountain, RIA Novosti reports. 23 Don horsemen repeat the route of Ataman Matvey Platov, having passed more than three thousand kilometers. Cossacks have to overcome five borders. The campaign will end in late October or early November in the French Fontteblo.

The exposition of Russia received a silver medal at the World Specialized Exhibition Expo 2012. The gold medal was awarded to the German pavilion , and the bronze - the pavilion of Japan . The awards were awarded in the nomination “Best Interpretation of the theme of the exhibition” among large pavilions. Recall that the theme of the EXPO this year was the "Living Ocean and the coastal zone." Today, August 12, 2012, EXPO-2012 completed its work, which began on May 12.

In Bashkiria, as a result of a collision of Mitsubishi minibus with two cars, three people were killed, Interfax reports. The accident occurred today at about 07.00 on 1310 km of the federal highway M-7. According to preliminary data, the driver of the Mazda car lost control and crashed along the tangent with a mitsubishi minibus moving along a counter -strip. After the blow, Mazda overturned on the roadway, and the minibus turned over and crashed into a support on the side of the road.

Unknowns shot the ordinary department of the private security of Huseyn Makasaripov in Khasavyurt, RIA Novosti reports. The policeman was killed at about 17.00 on the exit from the city when he traveled in the direction of the village of Babayurt. According to preliminary data, the criminals fired from the Lada Priora. From the wounds received, the policeman died on the way to the hospital.

The Russians Maria Savinova and Anna Chicherova became the owners of the gold medals of the Olympics, having won 800 m running and high jumps, respectively. In addition to Savinova, the top three of our compatriot - Ekaterina Skstogova, who finished in a race for 800 m third, got into the top three. Between the Russians there was a famous runner from South Africa Caster Semen.

In the Persian Gulf, the American destroyer USS Porter collided with a Japanese oil tanker flying the flag of Panama, Interfax reports . The collision took place near the Strait of Hormuz. No one was injured as a result of the incident. The damage caused to the American ship is being assessed.

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The terrorist attack that occurred in July at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria was carried out by a terrorist with foreign citizenship, RIA Novosti reports. According to the representative of the National Investigative Service of Bulgaria George Iliev, it has already been proven that a foreign citizen has undertaken consciously in order to deprive many people. Now the country's authorities have sent a request for a second interrogation of witnesses to Israel.