A resident of the state of Virginia Faru Ahmed was arrested on charges of aiding terrorist organization. The US citizen Ahmed, born in Pakistan, graduated from the City College in New York in 2003, became a computer specialist and worked as an engineer in such well-known companies as Verizon and Sprint, Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Morozov.

Presentation of the GLONASS system The Russian authorities confirmed the intention to limit the import of navigation equipment produced only on the basis of the American GPS standard, again proposing to use the Russian development of GLONASS in navigators. How soon will it reach a mass consumer?

Lyudmila Alekseeva Irina Lagunina: One of the most powerful, professional and active human rights organizations in Europe is the Polish Helsinki Human Rights Fund. Hundreds of human rights activists went through human rights schools created by this organization, and thousands of law enforcement officers, teachers, doctors, and students received the idea of compliance with rights and freedoms in these curricula.

Serbia authorities increased the monetary reward for information that will help arrest the former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs Ratko Mladic. The International Tribunal of the Hague accuses Ratko Mladic of war crimes committed during the Bosnian conflict in the mid-1990s-including about eight thousand Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenitsa.

The deadline for the introduction of the Law "On Police" may be postponed from January 1 to March 1, 2011. This proposal was made on Wednesday by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who introduced the draft law to the State Duma. Previously, the document was posted on the Internet - for a popular discussion. According to Medvedev, amendments were amended in it taking into account the comments and proposals expressed by citizens.

The investigation of the main criminal case against the former co -owners of Yukos is not completed. According to the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office, the second case against Mikhail Khodorkovo and Plato Lebedev, now considered in the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, was allocated from the main - into separate production. Earlier, lawyers of the defendants said that new charges may be brought against their customers.

The bill to the victims of the element is hundreds of Tsunami in Indonesia, caused by a powerful earthquake, claimed the lives of hundreds of people. It is reported that the warning system created after the 2004 catastrophic tsunami did not work or worked only partially.

Basketball. Euroleague Uleb. Group stage. 2nd round Group a "Prokom" - "Kakha Label" 73:80 "Partisan" - "Khimki" 72:68 Group b "Brose" - "Olympiacos" 73:61 Group C. "Flytuvos Ritas" - "Montapaska" 75:79 "Shole" - "Barcelona" 77:84 Group D "Ephesus Pilsen" - "Valencia" 79:63

From the Cosmodrome Plesetsk, a combat-combat launch of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missile RS-12M "Topol" has been made. The purpose of the launch is to check the quality of the rocket. In case of success, the period of its operation, which has currently exceeded the warranty period, will be extended. This was announced by the official representative of the strategic missile forces, Colonel Vadim Koval.

The head of the Moscow City Department of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev ordered to reduce the number of metropolitan police by 12 percent. The unit of the environmental police is eliminated. By one third, units to combat economic and tax crimes. It is reported that the changes did not affect the main link in the police - the department of internal affairs. At the same time, the Moscow police authorities intend to pay the greatest attention to the work of these units.

Nikita Mikhalkov The manifesto of the prominent Russian filmmaker and actor Nikita Mikhalkov “Right and the truth. Manifesto of the enlightened conservatism” has become one of the most striking topics for discussion on the Russian Internet. The publication of the document coincided with the decision of the authorities that the Russian Union of Copyrighters, headed by Mikhalkov, would collect copyright deductions from manufacturers and importers of technology and clean information carriers.

Tsunami in Indonesia, caused by a powerful earthquake, claimed the lives of hundreds of people. It is reported that the warning system created after the 2004 catastrophic tsunami did not work or worked only partially. Freedom was told about the possible reasons for this and the necessary measures to prevent the death of people with such spontaneous phenomena in an interview with Radio Radio by the Laboratory of the Tsunami Laboratory of the Institute of Oceanology Yevgeny Kulikov.

In France, the next - seventh in a row - a nationwide protest strike against pension reform. The work of public transport and state institutions is again violated. The Parliament of France yesterday finally approved the bill on raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 years. Now it should be signed by President Nicolas Sarkoi. According to public opinion polls, about two-thirds of the French are still opposed to reform.