UK Foreign Minister William Hayig admitted that the latest events in Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan can jeopardize the peace process in the Middle East. In an interview with this newspaper Times during a trip to the region of the region, Heig also condemned the statements of the Prime Minister of Israel Beniamin Netanyahu, saying that now there is no time to resort to "warlike rhetoric".

Football. Comradely match. Abu Dhabi Iran - Russia 1: 0

Military negotiations on military issues Negotiations between North and South Korea on military issues fell off, - a representative of the South Korean government said this morning. According to him, disagreements arose between the parties regarding the agenda of the planned negotiations at a higher level - perhaps a minister. At the same time, the South Korean side has not yet excluded that humanitarian contacts will be resumed - including the program of reunification of families.

Three American congressmen who had recently visited Pakistan announced the possibility of reducing the assistance of Islamabada if an employee of the US consulate was not released from the arrest. Raymond Davis was arrested on January 27 after, according to the investigation, he shot two Pakistani motorcyclists in Lachore. Another Pakistan was shot down by a car with colleagues of a diplomat, heading for his aid. The American claims to be attacked, so he was forced to defend himself.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia predicts an increase in sales of passenger and light commercial transport in the country in 2011 by almost 15% - up to 2 million 190 thousand pieces, its representative Alexei Rakhmanov said. In 2010, according to the ministry, sales in this segment of the automobile market increased by about 30%.

Yakov Gordin February 9 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Fedor Dostoevsky . 2011 - Three times Dostoevsky: 190 years since the day of birth, 130 from the day of death and 40 from the date of the opening of the museum in the house where the writer lived in recent years and wrote "The Karamazov brothers." 130 years from the date of death - exactly today.

The emergency situation arose on board the Boeing-757 aircraft, which made a flight from Kemerovo to Bangkok (Thailand). It is reported that after take -off it was not possible to remove the chassis. The pilots decided to make an emergency landing. Now the plane is circling over the city, developing fuel, after which, as expected, it will land in Novosibirsk. On board the aircraft are 220 passengers, - Interfax reports.

Russia seems to have mistakenly considered the role of the English press similar to the Russian Publications about the correspondent of the British newspaper Gardian from Russia from Russia have not left the pages of the international press for three days. According to observers, a powerful campaign in the press managed to force the Russian authorities to cancel their decision, which caused sharp criticism in many European countries and the United States.

An explosion occurred in Grozny, according to Law enforcement agencies of Chechnya. There are no possible victims and causes of explosion of information yet. The operational-investigation brigade left for the scene.

Formula 1. Nick Haydfeld (Germany) will replace in the Lotus-Renault team Robert Cubitsa (Poland), who had an accident before the new season of Formula 1. On February 6, the cube had an accident during a rally in Italy. Due to multiple fractures of the arms and legs, as well as other injuries, he can miss the 2011 season in Formula 1.

The Russian Embassy in the UK is ready to give a visa to the journalist of the British newspaper Gardian to Luke Harding if he regulates all technical issues, - the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said today in Moscow. On Saturday, the journalist was denied entry to Russia. It was reported that Harding violated the rules for accreditation of foreign journalists, in particular, without preliminary notice, he visited the anti -terrorist operation zone.

The Greek oil tanker was captured today by pirates off the coast of Oman. This was reported by the owner of the vessel. The heavy tanker "Irene" was heading from the Persian Gulf to Mexican. The ship’s team consists of 7 Greeks, 17 Filipinos and one citizen of Georgia. Yesterday in the Indian Ocean the pirates captured the Italian oil tanker. According to the international squadron in the Indian Ocean, until the last capture of the pirates held 29 ships and about 680 hostages.