The Greece Government today presents in parliament a new package of hard economy measures aimed at overcoming the debt crisis. It provides for a reduction in budget expenditures and tax benefits totaling 13 and a half billion euros. The introduction of simplified rules for hiring and dismissal of workers is also proposed. A package of bills will be submitted for voting in parliament on Wednesday.

Abdullah appointed Oroil of Saudi Arabia as the new Minister of Internal Affairs of the kingdom of Prince Mohammed bin Nayf, known as a supporter of a tough line in the fight against Al-Qaeda and international terrorism. Prince Mohammed - the son of the brother of the king, Prince Nayf, who headed the Ministry of the Interior for 37 years - until his death in the summer of this year.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to meet today in the amman with a delegation of the Syrian opposition. This was announced by a source in the Russian delegation, which is referred, in particular, the ITAR-TASS and RIA Novosti agency. On Monday, visiting Egypt as part of the Middle Eastern Tour, Lavrov said that Moscow has advocated the implementation of international agreements to resolve the crisis in Syria, reached in June at a meeting in Geneva.

In the northeast of the United States , the consequences of the powerful hurricane Sandy , which claimed the life of 111 people, have not yet been completely eliminated. Hundreds of thousands of residents of New York are left without electricity, up to 40 -a thousand - according to the mayor of Michael Bloomberg - need temporary heated housing, since the air temperature in the city fell to almost zero. Thousands of people are left without energy supply in New York, said Governor Andrew Kuomo.

The Ukrainian opposition is today the building of the Central Election Commission in Kyiv, protesting against falsifications in the parliamentary elections, held on October 28. The participants of the action announced the message to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the leadership of the CEC, in which they argue that the frauds of voting results acquired a massive nature. According to the latest data, several thousand people participate in the rally near the CEC building.

The leader of the "Fatherland" Arseniy Yatsenyuk In Ukraine, the United Opposition "Batkivshchina" requires the Central Election Commission to recognize the victory of opposition candidates in 13 majority districts - in accordance with the protocols of precinct election commissions. The leader of the "Fatherland" Arseniy Yatsenyuk did not rule out that he would seek re -election - if the requirements of the opposition are not satisfied.

On Monday night, relatives of the prisoners of one of the Georgian prisons tried to break through the main gate, brutally beaten one of the guards. The authorities with great difficulty managed to push them off the territory of the correctional institution. The incident has become another evidence of increasing tension in the penitentiary system of Georgia.

In the Sea of Okhotsk, due to bad weather, up to Tuesday, divers divers to the object found at a depth of 25 meters, similar to the missing Amurskaya dry truck, was postponed. According to agencies with reference to rescuers, in the area of the operation a strong wind, the height of the waves reaches two and a half meters. On Sunday, experts confirmed that oil spots found previously from the air on the surface of the water in the Santarsky Islands are formed by diesel fuel.

In Sweden, the charge of complicity in genocide was first instituted. A native of Rwanda, who lives in the Swedish city of Jele, is suspected of the fact that in 1994 he actively participated in the extermination of the Rwandian national minority, the nationality of Tutsi. A 50-year-old man on the international wanted list was arrested in December last year. “This is the most serious crime that the Swedish police ever investigated,” said the state prosecutor Magnus Elining.

Candides Presidential Presidential Portraits on Cups The Western press analyzes the election campaign and thinks that it will change in the world arena after elections in the United States. The Washington Post newspaper publishes a rather unusual analysis of the election campaign. Journalist Greg Jaffa decided to debunk the approval of US presidential candidates with the help of statistics.

In Georgia last night, riots occurred at the building of a correctional colony in the village of Xani. Several dozen relatives of prisoners tried to break into the colony. There were clashes with security. According to human rights activist George Lordkipanidze, in the colony itself about one and a half dozen prisoners sewn their own mouths, demanding a change in the leadership of the colony. They argue that the administration violates their rights and threatens reprisal.