The Egyptian border guard died as a result of clashes on the border of Egypt and Gaza sector. Several Egyptians and Palestinians are injured. The clashes between the border guards and the inhabitants of Gaza began after the day before Egypt refused to skip into the sector in the blockade for a long time, a motorcade with humanitarian aid collected by international activists.

The presidents of Turkmenistan and Iran will open the second gas pipeline today, which will increase the supply of Turkmen gas to Iran to 20 billion cubic meters per year. In 1997, the first gas pipeline was opened between these two countries. Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinjad is on a two -day visit to Turkmenistan. Yesterday, in Ashgabat, his negotiations were held with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Chess. Command World Cup. Bursa (Türkiye) 2nd round Greece - Russia - 2.5: 1.5 Armenia - Israel - 2.5: 1.5 Brazil - Egypt - 2.5: 1.5 USA - India - 3: 1 Azerbaijan - Türkiye - 3: 1 Tournament position: USA - 6 points Azerbaijan - 5.5 Israel - 4.5 Russia, Greece, Armenia, Brazil - 4

In China, as a result of a fire at a coal mine in the province of Hunan, 25 miners were killed, three more, according to rescuers, were blocked underground. More than 40 people managed to evacuate. The Chinese coal industry is considered one of the most dysfunctional in the world. In 2008, more than three thousand miners died as a result of various incidents.

Orthodox Christians, celebrating Christmas in the Julian calendar, came a Christmas Christmas Eve. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill in the traditional Christmas Epistle, published on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on all believers to follow the divine truth and show solidarity with their neighbors in joy and in the mountain. Tonight in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the main Christmas service will be held.

At least 12 people, according to the latest data, died in the north-west of Pakistan as a result of two missile strikes, which, allegedly, inflicted American unmanned planes. This was reported by agencies with reference to sources in Pakistani special services. Blows were struck around the house in the North Vaziristan area, where the militants were reported.

Rally "Dakar" -2010 Fifth stage: Kopyapo - Antofagasta (Chile) Trucks: 1. Firdau Cabber (Russia, "KamAZ") 2. Vladimir Chagin (Russia, KamAZ) 3. Joseph Adua (France, Iveko) In the overall standings in front, Vladimir Chagin Motorcycles: 1. Francisco Lopez (Chile, "April") 2. Cyril DePres (France, "KTM") 3. David Fretin (France, "Yamaha") In the overall standings ahead Cars 1. Mark Miller (USA, Volkswagen) 2. Carlos Sains (Spain, "Volkswagen") 3.

For residents of the Linkorsky district of South Ossetia, local authorities introduce new rules for crossing the border with Georgia. As the head of the district administration Alan Dzhussaev said on Wednesday, from next week, when crossing the border, it will be necessary to have a notarized translation of Georgian passports into Russian.

Kais al -Khazali, the leader of the extremist Shiite group, involved in the abduction in 2007 in Iraq, five British, was released in Iraq. The representative of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior said that al-Khazali was released shortly after his transfer from American to Iraqi prison. The Al-Khazali group was accused of capturing the British, three of whom died in captivity. The fate of one more unknown. The fifth stolen was released the other day.

The Iranian diplomat in Norway abandoned his post in protest against repressions regarding peaceful demonstrators in Iran. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Sergei Dzhanyan, the consul of the Iranian Embassy in Norway Mohammad Reza Heydari resigned in protest against the brutal attitude of Tehran to demonstrators opposing the government.

Nigerian Umaru Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a passenger plane, was officially charged in the United States. Abdulmutlab was accused of six points - including the attempt on the murder of 289 people who were on board the airliner and the use of weapons of mass destruction. The 23-year-old Nigerian tried to drive an explosive device on board an airplane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, but was neutralized by passengers.