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Three citizens of Great Britain were on board the passenger aircraft crashed in the north of Afghanistan. This was reported by the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, the Afghan authorities stated that in the crashed Liner of the Pamir private airline there were five foreigners. The plane, which was followed by the Kunduz province to Kabul, crashed on Monday in the Gindukush mountains in the area of the Salang Pass. On board were 38 passengers and five crew members.

The volcano of Eyufyatlyoiokudlaerports London closed that night due to the new cloud of volcanic ash and dust, thrown out by the erupted Icelandic volcano. Earlier on Sunday, air communication was interrupted at most airports in the UK and Ireland. According to the British air traffic control service, the current air traffic restrictions are likely to be short -lived - the cloud dissipates and shifts south.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the courtroom Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced an indefinite hunger strike. This became known from the statement of the ex-owner of Yukos, addressed to him by the chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev. The text of the application late in the evening of May 17 was distributed by Khodorkovsky lawyers.

Actor Tito Romalio In St. Petersburg, a dark -skinned actor of Soviet cinema Tito Romalio was killed, who starred in such paintings as the “Chief of Chukotka”, “The Adventures of Artemka”, “Jack Eight - American”, in the series “Sea Patrol”. Tito Romalio is the son of an actor of Brazilian descent with the same precisely name - Tito Romalio, who worked at Lenfilm and played one of the main roles in the film "Thunder Tropoli". The acting fate of Tito Romalio Jr. was not brilliant.

World leaders express a restrained optimism regarding the agreement in Tehran to exchange uranium for the needs of Iranian nuclear energy in Turkey. According to the document, signed on Monday following negotiations with the leaders of Turkey and Brazil, Iran will send to Turkey a thousand two hundred kilograms of low -enriched uranium, where in return for a year he will receive nuclear fuel for his medical reactor.

Miners of Mezhdurechensk can reach new protests The Russian authorities dose information about the events in Mezhdurechensk on the Internet. Such suspicions were expressed by Internet users. The press service of the Vkontakte portal denied these assumptions. In the Internet community of miners' memory, the rules have been changed: any calls for rallies are deleted.

Civil protest and responsibility of the authorities? We discuss the topic in the program "Time of Guests" on Monday, at 19.00 with politician Vladimir Milov. Presenter - Anna Kachkaeva. Ask your question to the program participants.

Iraq completed negotiations with representatives of China and Turkey on the joint development of the Iraqi Oil Field in the south of the country. The agreement signed on Monday in Baghdad became the 11th in a row of a contract concluded by Iraqi leadership with foreign companies. Thanks to new projects, the volume of oil production in Iraq will increase to the level of one of the world leaders in this area - Saudi Arabia.

Farewell to Yegor Gaidar, December 19, 2009 Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on perpetuating the memory of Yegor Gaidar, the Kremlin press service said. According to the text of the Decree, the President of Russia, given the contribution of Gaidar to the formation of Russian statehood and the implementation of economic reforms, decided to approve the initiative of a number of organizations and public figures to perpetuate the memory of Gaidar.

May in Bangkocedo 35 increased the number of those who died as a result of clashes between security forces and supporters of the opposition in the capital of Thailand -Bangkok. According to Monday, France Press Agency with reference to the statement of Thai doctors, more than 240 people were injured, among them - six foreigners. Collisions in the city center, where the oppositions a month and a half ago defeated their camp, last from Thursday.

The number of unemployed in Russia, officially registered in the employment service, decreased by 1.1%per week, amounting to about 2 million 122 thousand people by May 12, the materials of the Ministry of Health and Social Development said.

Icons can disappear from public museum everyday life. even those that represent not so much religious as material value In the Public Chamber of Russia, hearing was held on the fate of museum values of religious purposes stored in Russian museums. Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church welcome the preparing law that will allow them to transfer objects of historical heritage.

Kyrgyzstan in some way plays in Central Asia the role of "Orange" Ukraine As the crisis continued in Kyrgyzstan, her neighbors in the CIS show more and more attention to him. The Kyrgyz political scientist, the head of the Koli-Azia research center, Elmira Nogabaev, believes that, in particular, Russia and Kazakhstan project their own authoritarian models to Kyrgyzstan.