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In the south of Afghanistan, eight NATO troops were killed over the past day, the command of international forces reported. The nationality of military personnel and the details of the incidents that led to their death are not given. In 2011, more than 560 military personnel of the international coalition were killed in Afghanistan.

In the Moscow region, an organized criminal group was neutralized, which was engaged in the supply of heroin to Moscow and the Moscow Region. As Elena Korchva, a representative of the Federal Drug Control Service, told Interfax, three participants in the group - Tajikistan citizens - were detained in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. The leader of the group, according to Rosnarkokontrol, led it from places of imprisonment, where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking.

Yulia Tymoshenko with her husband. 2004 Alexander Tymoshenko, the husband of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, was granted asylum in the Czech Republic. This was announced by the representative of the Czech Ministry of the Interior Pavel Novak. 51-year-old Tymoshenko-an entrepreneur, did not engage in political activities. His wife was sentenced to seven years in prison in Kyiv in October 2011 - on charges of abuse of powers when signing gas contracts with Russia.

Unemployment in 27 countries of the European Union in November amounted to an average of 9.8% of the economically active population, as in October, and in 17 countries - 10.3%, the Eurostat agency said. The maximum unemployment rate in Europe was awarded in November in Spain (22.9%) and Greece (18.8%), and the minimum in Austria (4%), Luxembourg and the Netherlands - 4.9%.

Motorsport. The sixth stage of the Dakar rally is canceled due to poor weather conditions in the Andes of the Andes. The Chilean authorities were forced to close the border between Argentina and Chile in Paso de San Francisco, which is at an altitude of 4700 meters.

General Ilker Bashbuk The former commander of the Armed Forces of Turkey, who is suspected of organizing an anti -government conspiracy, was arrested in Turkey. General Ilker Bashbuk was arrested on suspicion of discrediting the ruling party of justice and development, headed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan.

The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Navi Pillei, said that an amnesty agreement concluded as part of the transition process in Yemen for persons guilty of human rights and war crimes may contradict international law. According to Pilla, such amnesties are unacceptable in relation to the accused of crimes against humanity - these are the principles of the UN.

The distressing refrigerator "Irina" took away the Kunashir from the island of Kunashir to the Pacific Ocean, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk rescue center reported. The Irina crew left the emergency vessel on Wednesday and was delivered by a ship to Yuzhno-Kurilsk. The duty officer of the rescue center denied the media information that the Irina refrigerator was anchored. There is too much depths in the accident area, so it is impossible to anchor, and the ship was drifting all this time, he explained.

Hockey. NHL. Regular championship "San Jose-Columbus" 2: 1 "Nashville" - "Dallas" 1: 4 "St. Louis"-"Edmonton" 4: 3 "Ottawa"-"Tampa Bay" 4: 1 "Philadelphia" - "Chicago" 5: 4 "New York Rangers"-"Florida" 3: 2 (in overtime) "Toronto" - "Winnipeg" 4: 0 "Boston" - "Kalgary" 9: 0

Vladimir Putin At the end of last year, Mumin Shakirov, “The History of Great Profession,” dedicated to the former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and his environment, was held on the air of Radio Liberty. As a result of loud resignation in September 2010 , the mayor lost many colleagues and friends. We continue the theme of the relationship between the Great Head and his near Circle on the example of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Vladimir Putin and his team.

Tennis WTA tournament. Auckland. 1/2 finals Zheng Jie (China) - Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) - 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 ATR. Doha. 1/4 finals Rafael Nadal (Spain) - Mikhail Yuzhny (Russia) - 6: 4, 6: 4

Hockey. KHL. Regular championship "Amur" - "Dynamo" MN 3: 4 (in a series of shootouts) "Metallurg" NK - CSKA 2: 1 "Siberia" - "lion" 4: 2

The court in Minsk sentenced 13 Russian citizens to administrative arrests on charges of petty hooliganism. After serving the sentences of Russians, they will send from the country, the press service of the Minsk City Executive Committee said today. Russians - members of the Voron movement (free organized reconnaissance detachment of informals) - arrived in the capital of Belarus for photographs of various underground utilities, including in the subway.