Gusa Gusa Hiddinka exciting Russians both in summer and winter Questions of Olympic preparation and attitude to Olympic medals, of course, in the eve of the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver excite everyone.

Information Minister of Yemen Hassan al-Lozi said that the United States should share concern about the situation around the attempt to blow up the American airliner on December 25. An attempt at the attack was committed by a citizen of Nigeria Umar Faru Abdulmutalab. According to reported messages, he was included in the American intelligence services in the list of dangerous persons, but he was allowed to board the aircraft where he carried an explosive device.

The Supreme Court of Israel ordered the military to open access to the Palestinians to a large highway on the west coast of the Jordan. The road 443, connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, was closed to the Palestinians in 2002, after the militants fired at Israeli cars, killing several people. The current decision of the Supreme Court of Israel is the second similar in recent months.

In Tehran, mass pro -government rallies were held on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of supporters of the current Iranian leadership took to the streets to condemn the opposition, who, according to the protesters, “insulted” the Ashura festival for all Shiites with their actions. Last Sunday, when religious celebrations were held, at least 8 people died in clashes of opposition demonstrators with the police. 500 people were detained, 300 of them remain in custody.

In St. Petersburg today they say goodbye to the outstanding composer Isaac Schwartz. He will be buried in the Jewish rite in the Necropolis "Literature Bridges" of the Volkovsky cemetery. Isaac Schwartz died last Sunday at 87 years of life after a serious long illness.

The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Navi Pillai, said that Iran was "shocked" by the actions of the Iranian authorities against opposition demonstrators. At least 8 people died last Sunday in the clashes of demonstrators with the police in a number of Iranian cities. About 500 people were detained, 300 of them remain in custody. In a number of cities of Iran, mass rallies of government supporters have been held today.

Irina Lagunina: New Year is inexorably approaching. And since this is time to take stock, then we will not violate this tradition. 2009 was held in Serbia under the sign of Russia. First - in the very first days of this year - Moscow turned off the gas to Eastern Europe, which affected Serbia, then bought a Serbian oil company NIS, and in the fall Belgrade was visited by the Russian president. What did the Serbs endure from this year? Our correspondent in Belgrade Aiya Kuga says.

Barack Obama demanded a full report on what happened. The US President intends to "quickly fix errors in the security system." The story with a 23-year-old Nigerian who carried the explosives to an American aircraft so clearly indicated shortcomings in the air transport security system that Barack Obama was forced to interrupt her vacation and make another statement much more tough. The US President said that intelligence services did not share the information with each other properly.

In the Volgograd region, the number of victims of the car accident increased to two - the injured woman died in the hospital. At the scene of the accident, one person died, eight were hospitalized. On the highway Volgograd-Kamyshin, a frontal clash of two passenger buses occurred. According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident is a violation of the rules of the road.

The Moscow Domodedovo airport due to heavy snowfall works in violation of the schedule of aircraft. According to RIA Novosti, crew commanders independently decide on take -off and landing, some flights are detained. On Wednesday evening, in particular, flights from Moscow in Ganju were detained for more than six hours, in Chisinau for almost three hours, in Pavlodar - for three hours, in Yekaterinburg - for more than four hours.

In Iraq, when blowing a landmine, seven Shiite pilgrims were killed, returning from the celebration of Ashura. The explosion occurred in the village of Khalis, 80 kilometers north of Baghdad. About 25 more were injured. Earlier on Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, more than 20 people were killed, at least 35 were injured as a result of attacks by two suicide bombers. According to the local police, among the victims - the governor of the province of Ramadi. He is seriously wounded.

Vitaly Portnikov: Good afternoon, expensive listeners. Happy New Year and Christmas holidays! The happiness and fulfillment of all those desires that have not yet been fulfilled in the departing, 2009. This is our last program from the Kyiv Studio Radio Liberty. Naturally, in this way we will summarize the results of the year. Our guests today: editor -in -chief of the newspaper "Left Coast" Oleg Bazar and television host Vakhtang Kipiani. In fact, we will begin with Mr.

In the west of Australia, fires destroyed several dozen residential buildings. In the vicinity of Perth, shrubs are burning. Due to the strong heat and wind, the fire spreads very quickly. According to preliminary data, three firefighters were injured. So far, it is not possible to take control of all the foci of the fire.

Kolya Lukashenko (right), Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin Today, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, at a large press conference in Minsk, summed up the results of the outgoing year. About what the leader of the country was noted at this event, the observer of the Belarusian Radio Service of Radio Liberty, Yuri Drakhroust. - Alexander Lukashenko is a famous master of political conversational genre.

Lyudmila Telny Almost a year has passed since the moment the Radio Svoboda website changed its concept. He ceased to be the "mirror" of the broadcast and healed an independent life. Svobodanews.ru-Internet plate of radio freedom. And therefore, the main task of the site is to expand the audience of RS at the expense of network users.