Afghan Taliban are ready to free seventeen Pakistani children captured last year on the border between the two countries. This was announced today by a representative of the Pakistani authorities. In September last year, a group of 20 children during a tour of the picturesque gorges in the Pakistani province of Bajaur accidentally crossed the poorly marked border and ended up in the Afghan province of Kunar, where they were captured by the militants.

Bagram prison is located on the territory of the Bagram air base in the province of Parvan The Bagram prison, located on the territory of the largest American air base in Afghanistan and is now under the management of international forces, will go under the full control of the Afghan government within a month. This is stated in the announced statement of the administration of the President of Afghanistan Hamida Karzai.

In the south of Yemen, as a result of clashes between government troops and Islamist militants, more than 20 people died. The battles resumed in the suburbs of the city of Zinjibar, the capital of the province of Abyan, which was captured by an Islamist group associated with Al-Qaeda last May. According to local authorities, artillery and aviation were used. Among the dead are four military personnel and at least 18 militants.

Marina Timasheva : From January 6 to 14, in the small hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the 15th time will host the Festival of Chamber Music “Return”, in which graduates of Russian music schools who have achieved success abroad take part. The preamble to this event will be the musical celebration of the "other New Year" in the palace on Yauz on December 31.

A storm warning has been announced in the Saratov region. As reported in the Ministry of Emergencies today, a strong wind with gusts of up to 20 meters per second, thick fog and ice is expected in the region tomorrow. In this regard, the department urges residents to stay away from trees, supports of power lines and advertising shields, as well as, if possible, abandon the use of the car.

In Moscow, in the studio of network public television, the fourth meeting of the organizing committee of the Moscow Association of Voters is being held. The meeting is attended by liberal opposition, nationalists, journalists. The organizing committee discusses the creation and functioning of the Moscow branch of the Russian association of voters. There is a live broadcast on the Internet.

The former prime minister of Israel, Ehudu Olmert, was charged with corruption. According to the media, Olmert is charged with receiving bribes for help in the implementation of several real estate projects while he worked as the mayor of Jerusalem. The ex-Prime Minister rejects these accusations. This is not the first case of bribery investigated in Israel against Olmert. In 2009, due to numerous corruption scandals, he left the post of Prime Minister, who has been holding since 2006.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, the movement of trains on the Taisin -Elban section was restored, where 17 freight cars left the rails last night. According to the press service of the Far Eastern Railway, more than 500 passengers of the detained train Komsomolsk-on-Amur-Khabarovsk were taken to the regional center by buses. Another 227 passengers of the composition, following the opposite direction, arrived in Komsomolsk. The reasons for moving from the rails of freight wagons are specified.

The festive week is nearing the end - and no longer becomes news. Here is a sketch of the Friday program: analytics about the political environment of Vladimir Putin; results of multi -stage elections in Egypt; With special bitterness - a discussion of the issue of whether Muscovites like that it is lighting in the area of ten in the morning. In general, everything is about winter time.

The Administrative Court in Kharkov prohibited the Fatherland party to the installation of campaign tents at the colony, where the party leader, former Prime Minister of Ukraine Julia Timoshkono, is serving a sentence. Kharkov authorities went to the court, motivating the need to ban repair work on the street where the colony is located. On Wednesday, supporters of Tymoshenko installed two tents at the colony to collect letters and telegrams in support of the convicted person.

The Italian automobile company Fiat announced the purchase of the next shares of the American company Chrysler - 5%. Now the share of Fiat in its authorized capital is 58.5%. In 2009, as part of the bankruptcy procedure, Chrysler, Fiat acquired 20% of its shares, intending to become the owner and everyone else.

Hockey. KHL. Regular championship "Vanguard" - "Motorist" 1: 3 "Metallurg" MG - "Barys" 1: 2 "Tractor" - "Ak Bars" 4: 3 (in a series of shootouts) "Ugra" - "Neftekhimik" 3: 6 "Atlant" - SKA 3: 4 "Torpedo" - "Vityaz" 9: 1

Rick Santorum, who successfully performed in preliminary elections in Iowa After preliminary votes in Iowa, the struggle between the Republicans for nomination by a candidate for presidential presidentials in the November elections was aggravated. In Ayov, a almost equal number of votes-25%-was gained by ex-governor Massachusetts Mitt Romny and the conservative former Senator Rick Santorum. A little behind them was a policy of Libertarian Ron Paul.