The Parliament of Moldova appointed a repeated election of the president of the country on January 15. A special meeting of the parliamentary session will be convened by the decree of the acting head of state. During the vote on December 16, the speaker of the parliament and the only candidate for the post of President Marian Lupa did not gain the necessary two -thirds of the vote of deputies. The Communists in the parliament of the election boycotted.

In Cairo, after a three -month break, court hearings in the case of former President Egypt Hosni Mubarak are resuming today. The hearings were suspended after the petition of lawyers to replace the presiding judge Ahmed Refaat. This petition was rejected on December 7th. At today's meeting, as expected, purely procedural issues will be resolved; Over five thousand police officers will follow the order around the court.

Observers from lag on the streets of the city of Homs Syria authorities released more than 750 prisoners who were in prison during the suppression of many months of opponents of the president Bashar al -Assad. The official agency of San reported today that we are talking about people "not involved in bloodshed." The release of prisoners was carried out shortly after the arrival of the group of observers from the League of the Arab states (LAG) to Syria.

Chairman of the Moldova Parliament Marian Lupa The acting President of Moldova Marian Lupa said that he would not put forward his candidacy in the repeated election of the president of the country. He noted that the decision was made at a meeting of the political council of the Democratic Party, which he heads. Lupa called on all parliamentary parties, including the opposition party of the Communists, to a dialogue for the search for independent candidates for the post of head of state.

One of the observers from the Yabloko party at a rally for honest elections with data in its site and the final results of TIC in the district, December 17, 2011 On December 28, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow refused to satisfy the complaint of the Yabloko party, requiring the election results in one of the Moscow polling stations. According to the representatives of Yabloko, in this site, during the elections to the State Duma, the party had stolen voices and attributed to United Russia.

Fragment of the leaflet with an announcement of persons suspected of organizing riots in Zhanaozen, December 25, 2011 In the Kazakhstan city of Zhanaozen, where mass riots occurred in mid -December, a state of emergency introduced before January 5th will be extended. This was announced today by the head of the government commission Umirzak Shukeev, without specifying the further deadlines.

Tank in the Syrian city of Homs Observers from the League of the Arab states today are expected to visit the Syrian city of Homs - one of the centers of mass protests against the regime of President Bashar al -Assad. Observers arrived in Syria on Monday - in accordance with the plan for resolving the conflict in the country developed by the League of Arab states. On Tuesday, they had already visited the Homs, a multi -thousandth anti -government demonstration was timed to their arrival.

In Venezuela, the outgoing year became a record for the number of murders - about 19 and a half thousand citizens became victims of violence. This is stated in the report made in Wednesday reports of local human rights defenders - from the group of observation of crime. The report indicates that on average 53 people are killed in Venezuela a day. This is the highest rate in Latin America.

Civil activists are ready to provide as a platform for the dialogue of the opposition with the authorities "Round table December 12" , Mikhail Kasyanov, one of the leaders of the Farm Freedom Party, said on Wednesday. Earlier, the need to start a dialogue with the opposition was announced by the Prime Minister of Russia, presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. However, according to the prime minister, he does not yet know who to lead him with and in what form.

In Bosnia, 14 months after the parliamentary elections, an agreement was reached on the formation of the government. This was reported today by reporters in Sarajevo by participants in coalition negotiations. The heads of six leading parties in Bosnia also agreed on the main parameters of the state budget, which will avoid default. A number of laws will also be approved, giving Bosnia the opportunity to apply for adoption to the European Union.

Hockey. NHL. Regular championship "Detroit"-"St. Louis" 3: 2. Pavel Datsyuk ("Detroit") goal and program "Colorado" - "Winnipeg" 1: 4 "Florida" - "Toronto" 5: 3 "Tampa Bey"-"Philadelphia" 5: 1 "Ottawa" - "Montreal" 2: 6 "Columbus" - "Kalgary" 1: 2 b "Pittsburgh" - "Carolina" 4: 2

They say that alcohol is repelled by memory. There is even an expression: "get drunk to unconsciousness." I have a different experience. The hero of Marseille Proust returns to childhood thanks to the taste and smell of a butter and linden tea. My time machine is wine. But not only wine. I have been living in Prague for many years and often go to Vienna, where I always go to the Museum of the History of Arts.

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Lawyer of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergey Magnitsky In the case of Sergey Magnitsky, who died in the Moscow pre -trial detention center in November 2009, a new investigator was appointed. He called the mother of the lawyer of the Hermitage Capital Foundation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to Interfax in the fund, investigator Boris Kibis invites Natalya Magnitskaya to abandon the right to rehabilitation of his son, promising in return to stop his criminal prosecution.