Iran began the process of enriching uranium up to 20 percent . Official version: enriched uranium is needed for a medical reactor. The declared medical goals of the Iranian nuclear program are a way to make the people's program itself, to inspire the idea that the world is opposed to the non -suspicious behavior of the government of Mahmud Ahmadinejad, but punishes the entire Iranian people.

In Yakutia, the Investigative Committee at the local prosecutor's office opened a criminal case on the fact of mass poisoning of residents of the republic with dairy products. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Sergei Suranov, more than 170 residents of Yakutsk, most of whom are children, as a result of poisoning, were hospitalized with the diagnosis of "intestinal infection". The investigation believes that the cause of poisoning was the products of the Yakut city dairy plant.

The candidacy of Magomedsalam Magomedov will not suit all Dagestanis, experts say. But the development of further events will largely depend on the actions of the Kremlin. Today, the People’s Assembly of Dagestan will consider the candidacy of Magomedsalam Magomedov for the post of president of the republic. Dmitry Medvedev proposed to endow it with presidential powers. There were 5 people in the list of applicants for this position.

The Baikal Central Bank is almost ready to resume work. Ecologists - against. The Irkutsk Department of Rosprirodnadzor conducts an audit on the detection of the waste of the Baikal cellulose-paper plant (BCC) in the drains of the treatment facilities of the city of Baikalsk. And opponents of the resumption of the work of the plant are preparing a large -scale environmental action "Save Baikal! Save Baikalsk!". The action will be held on Saturday, February 13, in the center of Irkutsk.

Dmitry Volchek: A few months ago, a new cultural center “Trongate, 103” opened in Glasgow. Among its owners is the Kinematical Gallery “Sharkanka”, created by the former Petersburgers Eduard Bersud and Tatyana Zhakovskaya. The theater expert Natalya Kazimirovskaya tells his story. Natalia Kazimirovskaya: I met Eduard Bersudski for the first time in the early 80s in St. Petersburg visiting Evdokia Petrovna Kuzminskaya-the mother of Kostya Kuzminsky, who had already left America by that time.

The court in Tashkent found guilty, and then immediately amnestied the photographer Umid Akhmedov. She was accused of "defeating" the image of Uzbekistan, creating portraits of only "beggars and disadvantaged" people. In the case of making a sentence, Ahmedova threatened half a year of prison or 2 years of a labor camp. However, the court decided to apply an amnesty to her, declared to the 18th anniversary of the independence of Uzbekistan.

Irina Lagunina: Last week, 600 police officers and state security bodies Bosnia and Herzegovina blocked and searched the village of Macho mining in the northeast of Bosnia, during the largest police campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the end of the war (1995). It is reported that seven people were arrested on suspicion of the threat of the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, encroachment on the constitutional system and incitement to national and religious hatred.

India announced his intention to test a ballistic missile that could carry a nuclear warhead during the year. The radius of the new Agni-V missile is over five thousand kilometers. Now India has Agni -III missiles, the flight range of which is 3 and a half thousand kilometers.

On Wednesday, the processing of 100% ballots has been completed on Wednesday. According to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, the leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych received 48.95 percent of the vote, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko 45.47 percent. Thus, the gap between the candidates amounted to 3.48 percent. The official results of the presidential elections in the CEC of Ukraine will announce no later than February 17.

Universities of Great Britain plan to replace professional teachers with university graduates. University financing in 2010 will be reduced by 450 million pounds. Higher education costs will be reduced for at least three years. This will lead to the dismissal of 18 thousand teachers, mainly professors, and the vast involvement of graduates and graduate students to the work.

On February 9, in Nizhny Novgorod, a round table was held on the topic: "illegitimate business and legal vacuum (conflicts between entrepreneurs and gaps in the legislation)." Entrepreneurs said that "one-day companies prevent honest entrepreneurs from winning tenders." “Everyone knows about it, but nothing can be done,” Dmitry Birman, chairman of the regional branch of the “support of Russia”, said doomedly. According to Mr.

In the Silkovsky district of Chechnya, a policeman was shot dead, Interfax reports. The body of the local authorized police department in the district was found tonight in the house withdrawn by it. On suspicion of murder, the owner of the house was detained. The investigation is conducted.

The head of the UN diplomatic mission, Lynn Pasco, arrived on an official visit to North Korea. He hopes to return Pyongyang to six -sided negotiations on a nuclear problem. On the eve of the DPRK, Kim Jong Ir, the DPRK, announced his intention to make every effort to eliminate nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.

Look at YouTube On February 15, the Baikal cellulose-paper plant can resume work. Ecologists, who have been fighting against the plant for many years, were powerless. On January 13, 2010, Vladimir Putin signed a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, allowing the Baikal cellulose and paper plant to resume work using traditional technology , which provides for the discharge of wastewater into Baikal and the release of harmful substances from the atmosphere.