Barack Obama US President Barack Obama welcomed the first indictment of the UN tribunal in the case of the murder of former Prime Minister Livan Rafik Hariri. According to Obama, the work of the tribunal will help put an end to the "era of impunity murders" in Lebanon and will help strengthen the legal order in this country. The content of the document, on the basis of which decisions will be made on the issuance of orders for the arrest of the accused have not yet been disclosed.

Riots on the streets of Tunisia Citizens of Russia were not injured during the riots in Tunisia, ITAR -TASS reported in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, now on the territory of Tunisia there are more than 700 permanent Russians who are permanently living there. No one, according to the available information, was injured. The ministry emphasized that the Russian Embassy in Tunisia carefully monitors the events taking place in this country.

Judicial war: claims that the shareholders of the Yukos win, part 1 2011: Tasks for US foreign policy. Russian regions: Ivanovo. The anniversary of the decree of Vladimir Putin to launch the BCC.

Minister Linda Murnyts By the removal to include the former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov in the so -called "black list" of persons who are prohibited from entering Latvia, his anti -altvian statements in the past was become. This was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Latvia Linda Murnyts. The decision of the Latvian authorities means that Luzhkov will not be able to get a residence permit in Latvia, with a request for the issuance of which he had previously applied.

The opposition in Tunisia protests against the "Government of National Unity" proposed by Prime Minister Mohammed Gannushi. Three new ministers who were supposed to represent the country's largest trade union organization in the government said their resignation. They were joined by the leader of one of the opposition parties, appointed by the Minister of Higher Education.

Prime Minister Tunisia Mohammed Gannushi In Tunisia, everyone who was involved in repressions with the overthrown President Zina El Abidina Ben Ali will appear before the court. This was stated today by the country's Prime Minister Mohammed Gannushi. In an interview with the French radio "Europe 1" he noted that all ministers who retained their posts and created yesterday new government are not involved in anything.

Football. Asian Cup. Qatar. Group S. 3rd Tour South Korea - India 4: 1 Australia - Bahrain 1: 0 The final table after the 3rd round Australia, South Korea - 7 points each Bahrain 3 India 0 The national teams of Australia and South Korea reached the quarterfinals

The revolution in Tunisia bypassed tourists To obtain information about the fate of Russian tourists remaining in Tunisia, Rosturism opened a “hot line”. About a hundred Russians remain in Tunisia, who is supposed to be able to fly out on January 20. On the night of January 16 to 17, 240 Russian tourists arrived at the Transaero flight to Moscow. At the same time, the Russian Embassy said that they are not going to evacuate diplomats and specialists working in Tunisia.

The Foreign Ministry of Belarus refused to accreditation to the correspondent of the Russian newspaper Kommersant Movsun Gadzhiev. As a reason, the press service of the department called the inaccuracy and inaccuracy of the information that appeared in a number of published materials of Gadzhiev. Specific examples are not given. The Belarusian side emphasized that claims are a journalist, and not to the whole newspaper Kommersant.

Hockey. Regular NHL Championship New York Ilanders-New Jersey 2: 5 Vladimir Zharkov (New Jersey)-the first goal in the NHL, Ilya Kovalchuk (New Jersey) 1 goal Florida - Atlanta 2: 3 (in a series of shootouts). Dmitry Kulikov (Florida) 1 washer Dallas-Los Angeles 2: 1 Montreal - Kalgary 5: 4 (in overtime) Phoenix-San Jose 2: 4 Boston - Carolina 7: 0

The former dictator of this country, Jean-Claude Duvalier, who returned the other day from the 25-year exile, was detained in the Republic of Haiti. The police brought Duvalier on Tuesday from the hotel to Port-o-Prens, where he temporarily stopped, and put in a car parked nearby. The reasons for the detention are not yet clear.

Mahmoud Abbas and Dmitry Medvedev in Palestine Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev began a two-day trip to the Middle East, in which he first visits the Palestinian territories and Jordan. From the Jordanian capital, Medvedev’s motorcade went to the Palestinian autonomy to get to Jericho. To do this, cross the border and the checkpoint of Israel.

In Chelyabinsk, a woman who had a pork flu died. According to the investigation department in the Chelyabinsk region, a 28 -year -old resident of the city died in intensive care on Monday - a week after she was hospitalized on the eve of childbirth. It was established that the girl was infected with the pork flu virus. On the fact of her death, a pre -investigation check is carried out.

Mikhail Sokolov: Today in the Moscow Studio Radio Liberty - deputy of the State Duma of Russia, the Communist Party faction, Doctor of Philosophy Oleg Smolin and rector of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, Doctor of Historical Sciences Yevgeny Kozhokin. We will talk about Russian education, or rather, about the draft law “On Education”, which is proposed by the Russian authorities, and alternatives that are this bill.