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The leaders of the Bedouins living on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt promised to provide assistance to the military in restoring order on the border with Israel and the gas sector. The agreement was reached at a meeting of representatives of nomads with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Egypt Ahmed Gamal al-Din. The Bedouins also agreed to support plans to destroy underground tunnels in the border areas used by smugglers.

Irina Lagunina: 95 years ago, in August 1917, the Provisional Government of Russia sent former emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov and his family - instead of England in Tobolsk. This decision turned out to be fatal for them. Why wasn't the royal family move to England? Vladimir Abarinov is discussing this issue with historian Boris Sokolov. Vladimir Abarinov: On March 2, according to the old style, Nicholas II decided to renounce the throne. At the same time, he renounced his son.

The number of Syria citizens who fled from the country in connection with the ongoing conflict between the opposition and the government of President Bashar al -Assad is now about 150 thousand. Such data was given today by the official representative of the UN Supreme Commissioner for Refugees Adrian Edwards. He noted that the largest number of refugees was adopted by Türkiye - 50 thousand people.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian civil activists today recall a stormy spring, they gathered again at the monument to Abay Kunanbaev in pure ponds, where an opposition camp operated in May. On August 10, the Kazakh poet would have turned 167 years old. The action did not turn out as massly as in May, when several thousand activists gathered in the square, today there were a hundred, in any case, several dozen. There were more law enforcement officers and journalists. Not without detention.

In Egypt, the military arrested six militants. According to the Mena State Agency, the arrests were made during joint patrolling by the police and the military of the North of the Sinai Peninsula. About when exactly this happened is gone. In addition, the military report that at least 20 militants were killed during the special operation.

Embassy of Sweden in Belarus. Minsk, 7 August 2012 Belarus once again ended up in the center of the diplomatic scandal. It is possible that the second time, in solidarity with a colleague exposed by the Belarusian authorities, the country will leave the accredited ambassadors of the European Union with the Belarusian authorities.

The growth rate of bread prices this season, due to drought, can be from 5 to 10 percent, the Russian grain union predicts. More significantly than last year, according to experts, other foods, in particular, meat can rise in price. Harvesting in Russia is still ongoing, but it is already clear that its volume will be noticeably smaller than planned originally .

In the capital of Ghana Accra, thousands of people gathered today for the funeral of President John Atta Mills that died in July. A number of African leaders are involved in mourning events, including the presidents of the cat-d'Ivoir, Liberia, Benin, and the presence of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected. Mills was 68 years old, recently there were reports that he was ill with cancer.

In St. Petersburg today they recall the first mayor of the city Anatoly Sobchak. According to agencies, on the 75th anniversary of his birth in the Nikolsky cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, a memorial service took place at his grave. Flowers and wreaths at the grave of the politician were laid by his widow Lyudmila Narusova, daughter of Ksenia, Sobchak's associates and other residents of the city. Sobchak was elected mayor of St.

Madonna suggested not to be afraid. "Express yourself, not suppress." Madonna fulfilled a promise and made an action in support of sex minorities at a concert in St. Petersburg. However, not all of those who came to the St. Petersburg sports and concert complex were satisfied with this decision. The concert was preceded by a campaign of homophobes, who invited the Orthodox priest to sprinkle the Palace Square with holy water.

The prosecutor's office of the Arkhangelsk region appealed the decision of the Velsky District Court to reduce the term of the former co -owner of Yukos Platon Lebedev for 3 years and four months. As the press service of the supervisory authority reported today, the prosecutor considers the mitigation of punishment excessive. Previously, Lebedev’s defense also appealed the court decision, seeking to reduce the term to the actually served.