DS: In a sense, this is Paris upside down. Everything is the opposite here: together the forests (Bulo and Vincennes) - beaches, instead of gardens - rocks. Instead of gypsy tunes - samba and bos. But here the suburbs, the favela, are no less dangerous than the Parisian "zones of lawlessness." It is even noisier here than in Lutetia and there is something that you will not see in Paris - except at the end of August, and even in a weakened version ...

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In the north-west of Pakistan, in the Kurram region today, a bomb exploded on the path of the motorcade with military personnel. One soldier died. According to local authorities, after the explosion A group of militants opened fire on military personnel. In a shootout, 12 soldiers were injured. It is not clear whether there are victims among the militants. Over the past few years in Pakistan, militants supporting the Taliban have killed several thousand military personnel and security forces.

In Cairo, unrest and unrest continues. According to state television, on Saturday evening the tax service was attacked. Observers associate what is happening to mass protests in Port Said, where 74 people were killed as a result of clashes at the football match. Protesters accuse the authorities of the inability to ensure order at mass events and thereby prevent bloodshed. In Cairo, over the past four days, 12 people have died in clashes with the police.

All members of the crew of the dry cargo carrier “Ivan Vikulov” were evacuated, a disaster in the Sea of Azov near the coast of Crimea. According to the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, due to the ongoing fire, an emergency team of four people who initially refused the evacuation crossed aboard the Captain Moshkin icebreaker. According to the sailors, the fire occurred in one of the cabins. Now the issue of towing dry cargo is being resolved.

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Biathlon. World Cup. 7th stage. Holmenkollen, Norway Women. Mass start. 12.5 km 1. Andrea Henkel (Germany) 2. Daria Domracheva (Belarusian) 3. Teya Gregorin (Slovenia)

In Saudi Arabia, representatives of the female movement called on the judicial authorities to consider their complaints in which they demand to grant women the right to drive a car. This was announced today by one of the activists Manal al-Shesh, which was arrested last year after she posted on the Internet a video on which she drives a car. According to al-Sheherane, she went to court in November last year, later her lawsuit was sent to the Ministry of the Interior.

Greece Prime Minister Lucas Papadimos In Greece, the leaders of the parties supporting the current “technocrats government” on Sunday failed to agree on the new measures of savings that would allow the country to count on a new international assistance package. It is reported that the final response to creditors from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund will be given on Monday morning.

Alexander Genis February 6 at 23 hours Moscow time in the program of Alexander Genis - "Porgi and Bess" on Broadway and in the USSR; charisma in art and politics; New books about Dickens. The first and main book of Dickens, probably, everyone has one. “Pickwick” is a panacea, because it has nothing to do with anything: this is not an alternative to reality, but a cure for it. A thick gentleman with three unlucky friends - a friendly cartoon on humanity.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called “comedy” the behavior of Russia and China, who imposed a veto on the draft resolution of the UN Security Council with an appeal to Syria President Bashar Assada - to resign. UK Foreign Minister William Hayig, speaking on Sunday, noted that Moscow and Beijing took over the “terrible responsibility” in the eyes of the world community and took an unfriendly step towards Arab countries.

Tennis. Cup of the Federation. 1/4 finals Belgium - Serbia 2: 3 Germany - Czech Republic 1: 4

ATP tournament. Zagreb. Final Mikhail Yuzhny (Russia) - Lukash Latsko (Slovakia) - 6: 2, 6: 3 ATP tournament. Montpellier. Final Tomash Berdykh (Czech Republic) - Gael Monfis (France) - 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3

Oppositionist Vladimir Ryzhkov The purpose of mass rallies in Russia is to encourage the authorities to carry out political reforms. As one of the organizers of the Freedom of Freedom said in an interview with Radio Freedom in Moscow, oppositionist Vladimir Ryzhkov , the Government Government should draw up a “road map” of reforms, including adopting a law on political reform and media liberalization.

The League of the Arab states (LAG) will continue the efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict, despite the fact that yesterday Russia and China laid a veto on the UN Security Council for Syria. In the league adopted today, Syrian authorities called on the requirements of the Syrian people in order to avoid military intervention. Today in Jordan, Islamists called on Muslims of the whole world and Arabs to boycott Russian and Chinese goods.