The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril arrived on a visit to Kazakhstan. Because of the fog, the plane on which the Patriarch flew could not land in Alma-Ata and landed in Astana. According to agencies, the program of the visit of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church includes the consecration of the Assumption Cathedral in Astana, which is the first Orthodox cathedral church, built over the past decades in Central Asia. Then Patrih will visit Alma-Ata.

Afghan parliamentarians today rejected the majority of candidates for ministers of the government proposed by President Hamid Karzai. Karzai proposed 17 people, the deputies approved only seven. The new Minister of Foreign Affairs was approved by Zalmai Rasul, Minister of Justice - Habibulla Galeb, Minister for Religious Affairs - Mohammad Yasuf Neyazi. At the previous consideration in early January, deputies rejected 17 out of 24 candidates proposed by the president.

Cuba investigates the causes of death of 26 patients of a psychiatric hospital in Havana. The government’s statement says that the main cause of the death of patients became unusual for the climate of the cold cube - the temperature dropped to 3 degrees Celsius. It is argued that a sharp change in weather has led to an exacerbation of the chronic diseases that patients suffered.

Skiing. World Cup. Daty (Estonia) Men. Individual race, 15 km (classic style) 1. Lukash Bauer (Czech Republic) 2. Andrus Vurpalu (Estonia) 3. IAAC MaE (Estonia) - 41.6 The best of Russians Sergey Novikov took 4th place In the overall standings in front of Lukash Bauer (Czech Republic)

Donetsk "Shakhtar" won the last UEFA Cup in history On the eve of the first round of the elections of the President of Ukraine and the start of the next CIS football Cup, we will pay attention to the fact that the Ukrainian voter lived by the same election, he was the most last year - a fan of football. Of course, there were loud football victories and noisy near -football scandals. 1.

Haiti, Port-O-Prens, January 2010 Rescue work continues in Haiti . On the fourth day after the earthquake, the main problem was the inability of rescuers to cross hundreds of tons of goods accumulated at Port-O-Prens airport. Rescuers are still trying to find people buried alive under the ruins. On the fourth day after the earthquake, the main problem was the inability of rescuers to cross hundreds of tons of goods accumulated at Port-O-Prens airport.

WTA tournament. Hobart (Australia) Final Alena Bondarenko (Ukraine) - Shahar Peer (Israel) 6: 2, 6: 4. For 25-year-old Bondarenko, this is the second won tournament in her professional career. ATR. Auckland (New Zealand) Final John Izner (USA) - Arno Cleman (France) 6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6. For a 24-year-old outlet, this is the first victory at the tournaments of the Association of tennis players of professionals.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting the Republic of Haiti today, which suffered from a catastrophic earthquake. Her negotiations with President Rene Crane and American rescuers are planned. The Haitian government fears that the number of dead can reach 200-tons. According to the Red Cross, victims - about 50 thousand. The city of Leogan, in the west of the capital of Port-o-Prens, suffered more than others.

Six world powers will discuss new sanctions against Iran in New York today, related to nuclear developments in this country. Representatives of Great Britain, China, France, Russia, the USA and Germany will consider the answer given by the Iranian authorities in October in connection with the proposal of the Six on the exchange of uranium for nuclear fuel for the Iranian nuclear power plant.

Anna Baikina : This is at the house we are. And this is mine with a comrade. This is a son, and these are two grandchildren. And this is from the store ... we showed everything to you. Svetlana Zhokhova : Anna Nikolaevna Baikina does not have a special album for photographs. She stores them in a battered book - so used to it. A couple of months ago, Anna Nikolaevna turned 100 years old. Anna Baikina : thank God, 100 years. There was a lot of things - not so much good, but only thinness.

In Iran today, as expected, the trial of a citizen of France, accused of espionage, will end. 24-year-old teacher Clotilda Reiss is also guilty of help in organizing protest The Iranian opposition after the elections of the current president of the country Mahmud Akhmadzhad in June last year. The trial of the reiss began in August. She was released on security and expects a sentence at the French embassy in Tehran.

The US military took control of the International Airport in the capital of Haiti Port-o-Prens. The purpose of this step taken at the request of the Haiti authorities is to increase the efficiency of cargo delivery for the victims of the destructive earthquake and evacuation of foreigners and the wounded. Up to 10 thousand US troops are sent to Haiti to maintain order. On Saturday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit the country.

Oleg Pavlov : A guest of Kazan poet Anna Russ, who has just been awarded the Troimf youth prize in the field of literature and art for 2009. Anya, please tell me how your generation-a generation of 20-year-olds-perceives this country called Russia now?

In Buryatia, the search for a scientist from Novosibirsk, who was missing on one of the tourist routes in the Tunkinsky district, continues. The 27-year-old geologist Alexander Ryabykin did not return from the route, along which he followed, at the appointed time on January 11, but it became known only three days ago, when his search began. Rescuers of Buryatia and the Irkutsk region participate in the search work.

In New York, a meeting of representatives of six leading powers dedicated to the nuclear problem of Iran will be held in New York. The United States is reported to raise the question of developing new sanctions against Tehran for refusing to cooperate with the international community and suspend the enrichment of Uranus. The United States and Western countries are afraid that Iran seeks to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran denies this.