The new performance of the head of Al-Qaeda is another confirmation of the importance of the problem that American troops solve in Iraq. Such a statement was made by the official representative of the White House Tony Fratto. According to him, the record of Bin Laden’s performance, posted on Saturday on the Internet, again convinces that the goal of al-Qaeda in Iraq is to block the development of democracy in this country.

Syrian President Bashar Assad promised to free the arrested activists of the democratic opposition. This was reported after negotiations in Damascus American congressmen Patrick Kennedy and Arlen Specter. Seven activists of the opposition "National Council of the Damascus Declaration" were detained by the authorities in December after they announced the revival of the organization.

Elena Fanailova: I’m not sure that I would be interested in the work of Dmitry Lekukh, who wrote the dilogy about the hard life of the fans of Spartak (“We will come to you” and “Angel behind the right shoulder”), to which the story of the “Hardcore of the White Minority” was added, if not for a personal acquaintance with one of the possible heroes of the writer.

Alexey Kuznetsov: Today we will talk about, frankly, not very New Year, but very relevant. We will talk about the reaction of the blogger community to the verdict sent this week to officers Evgeny Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev. A little later, we will remind our listeners in more detail, but for now we will introduce the guest. Our journalist and blogger Igor Khrekin. In short, the topic is such.

The chairman of the People’s Party of Pakistan, which was headed by Benazir Bhutto, who was killed last Thursday, was appointed her son - 19 -year -old Bilaval. The co -chair became the husband of Bhutto - Azif Ali Zardari, information agencies report. The question of the new leader and participation of the party in the parliamentary elections on January 8 is discussed today at a meeting in the city of Naudero - the Motherland Benazir Bhutto.

In Yakutsk, 25 houses in the Markh microdistrict are left without heat. This was reported to the Interfax by local authorities. The heat supply of about 60 houses of the microdistrict was broken on Friday, when the KAMAZ truck hit the trunk heating main with a trailer. The air temperature in the city this morning is minus 37 degrees.

Seven days a week at exactly 12 o’clock - about what happened today and what else should happen. The day is in full swing, we follow the events.

In Dagestan, a soldier was wounded. According to Interfax, this happened during the shelling of a checkpoint in the village of Gimra, the Untsukulsky district. The soldier is hospitalized. The searches of the attackers are underway.

Today is a year since the execution of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was hanged by the verdict of the Iraqi special tribunal, who found the dictator guilty of crimes against humanity. The execution of Saddam caused an ambiguous reaction in the world - especially after her video recording appeared in the media. Saddam Hussein is buried in his native village of Al-Avja near Tikrit.

In Oberstdorf (Germany), the first stage of the traditional New Year's jumping jumps "Tourine of the Four Ski", also included in the World Cup: 1. Thomas Morgenstern (Austria), 2. Gregor Schlirenitsauer (Austria), 3. Yanne Achonen (Finland). Thus, the world leader Morgenstern strengthened his position and, in addition, created a certain caulk in the struggle for the victory in the “tour of the four fences”, because from the second medalist he broke into an impressive sum of points.

Frank Sinatra • Generique DS: It is impossible to leave December without waving a hand in December to the light of Frank Sinatra who was born! In addition, on our cheerful ball, so many new years have passed and passes under his songs! The microphone of New Year's freedom has your ds and weekly "nine minutes of jazz"! • COME DANCE with me DS: - Come dance with me, let's go dance with me .. words - Sammy Ken, music - Jimmy van Hossen. This tandem composed songs for Sinatra for years ...

We summarize the results of the car year with Viktor Travin, President of the Board of Legal Protection of Car owners.

Since January 1, 2008, Russia has been significantly tightened in Russia for violations of traffic rules. Behind the excess of the set speed, a fine of 300 and a half thousand rubles is made in the amount of 300 and a half thousand rubles. The passage to the prohibiting signal of the traffic light will cost 700 rubles, driving a machine without rights - in two and a half thousand rubles. If the driver and his passengers are not fastened with a seat belt, they will have to pay 500 rubles.

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin.

In Pakistan, the opposition People’s Party of Benazir Bhutto, killed on Thursday, is discussing the possibility of participating in the parliamentary elections on January 8. One of the opposition parties, headed by the ex-prime minister Navaz Sharif, has already announced the boycott of the upcoming elections and called on the Bhutto party to follow her example.