In the city of Khimki near Moscow, two people died during the collapse of the pedestrian bridge. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the above -ground passage through Leninsky Prospekt collapsed when a dump truck passed under it. The dead are a driver and a passenger. There is no information about the injured pedestrians. Due to the accident, the traffic on the avenue is blocked.

Leon Panetta Despite the murder of Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden and the head of Al-Qaeda Group on the Arabian Peninsula, Anvara al-Avlaki, this terrorist network continues to pose a real threat to the United States. This was announced last night in an interview with CBS by the US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. According to him, the United States continues to pursue al-Qaeda members everywhere where they act.

In the center of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro last night, at least two people died during the collapse of an 18-story building. Partially destroyed by two more buildings. Rescue services work at the scene. In the area of the accident, the work of transport was suspended, and power supply was disabled to avoid possible fires. According to preliminary data, the cause of the collapse was an explosion as a result of gas leakage in the building.

Destroyed and charred after the mass riots of the building. Zhanaozen, January 17, 2012 The General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan announced the results of the investigation of the clashes of demonstrators with security forces on December 16, 2011 in the city of Zhanaozen . They began during the strike of employees of oil refineries, dissatisfied with the conditions of remuneration.

Football. African Nations Cup. Gabon, equatorial Guinea Group a Libya - Zambia 2: 2 Equatorial Guinea - Senegal 2: 1

Vladimir Kara-Murza: The recently launched Volodin Strategy , aimed at maximum mobilization of Vladimir Putin's supporters in the regions, is already the first fruits. At the beginning of the week, a rally closed for “outsiders” was held in Kemerovo in support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, organized for arrival in the city of the Russian presidential candidate himself.

In the capital of Bahrain Manam, one of the protesters, arrested yesterday during clashes between security forces and demonstrators representing the Shiite majority, died in a prison. This was reported today by the authorities of Bahrain. The country's Ministry of Internal Affairs said that an investigation would be conducted in connection with the death of the manifestant. The statement notes that the detainee, who was accused of intentional damage to the property, was hospitalized.

The General Secretary of the League of the Arab states (LAG) Nabil al-Arabi at the beginning of the next week will present the plan for the settlement of the situation in Syria in the UN Security Council developed by the League. According to Al-Arabi, he will go to New York on Saturday, accompanied by Prime Minister Katar Sheikh Hamad Al-Tani, who heads the Committee, who is analyzing the situation in Syria, where the bloody confrontation of the President Bashar Assad continues.

In Lithuania, the ancient Bernardin monastery Tituwanai was seriously injured. Firefighters stewed fire for seven hours. According to our Vilnius correspondent Irina Peters, the building of the monastery is called the masterpiece of East European architecture of the XVII century in the Baroque style.

Figure skating. European Championship. Sheffield, Great Britain Sports couples. Final position 1. Tatyana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (Russia) 2. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov (Russia) 3. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (Russia)

Basketball. NBA. Regular championship "Golden Steit" - "Portland" 101: 93 Los Angeles Lakers-Los Angeles Clippers 96:91 "Sacramento" - "Denver" 93: 122 "Uta" - "Toronto" 106: 111 (in overtime) "San Antonio"-"Atlanta" 105: 83 "Dallas" - "Minnesota" 90: 105 "Oklahoma City"-"New Orlean" 101: 91 "Houston" - "Miluoi" 99: 105 "Chicago" - "Indiana" 90:95 Detroit - "Miami" 98: 101 "Cleveland"-"New York" 91:81 "Washington" - "Charlotte" 92:75 "Philadelphia"-"New Jersey" 90:97

Is Vladimir Putin capable of, after rallies of angry citizens, adequately respond to time challenges? The program is discussed by: Director of the Institute of Problems of Globalization, Doctor of Economics Mikhail Delyagin, political scientist, expert of the Voice Association Alexander Kynev and the head of the Center for Socio-Economic Research by Ramcom regions Denis Sokolov.

In the city of Prokopyevsk, the Shakhtar was injured when performing work at the Krasnogorskaya mine. According to Interfax in law enforcement, the 29-year-old miner was injured by exfolved coal. The victim was taken to the hospital. Circumstances and causes of the incident are established.