A resident of Yakutia Irina Vasilkova gave birth to two girls aboard the An-24 aircraft flying from the village of Zyryanka to Yakutsk. The airline "Polar Airlines" told reporters that the fights began in the middle of the flight, the woman was accompanied by a midwife. Together with her, the Birthday was taken by the flight attendant. The first girl was born during a reduction in the aircraft, the second - after 15 minutes, already during landing.

In the picture: Ambassador Susan Rice (Archival photo) On Thursday, in Ramalle, the adviser to the US President for National Security Suzan Rice met with the head of the Palestinian autonomy Mahmoud Abbas. This is stated in the message of the White House. During the Israeli -Palestinian negotiations, she emphasized that "while in negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians there was a pause, the USA believe that the only way to achieve a durable world is direct negotiations.

Maia Kochyankich The referendum appointed by pro -Russian activists in the east of Ukraine is illegitimate, and its holding will lead to a further exacerbation of the situation in this country. This was stated on Thursday by Maia Kochyankich, press secretary of the head of the EU foreign policy, Katherine Ashton.

The flag of the "DPR" flag in Mariupol Quotes of freedom 08 May 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 17:43 8.5.2014 ribbons and red poppies. About the protection of Nazism. Ivan, Fedor, Andrey, Stepan Pavel Pryanikov offers his decision to disputes about the St. George ribbon (by the way, followed by Navalny) - replace it with red: And endless disputes about the St.

The American television company NBC signed a contract with the International Olympic Committee, according to which for $ 7.65 billion received exclusive rights to show summer and winter olympiads until 2032, Reuters reports. The agreement also stipulates a signature bonus of $ 100 million, which will go to the information support of the Olympic movement in 2015–2020. Earlier, the company paid $ 4.38 billion for the right to broadcast Olympic competitions until 2020.

FFKKR President Alexander Gorshkov The Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR) announced that the reporting and election conference at which the President of the Federation will be elected will be held on September 4. At the same time, the appointment of a conference at this date is a violation of Russian legislation and can lead to the deprivation of the FFCC of the Accreditation of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation for the development of "figure skating" in Russia.

In China, the famous opposition journalist Gao Yu on charges of transferring state secret information to foreign countries was arrested. This was reported by the Chinese official agency "Sinhua". Meanwhile, the State Central Television of the PRC on May 8 showed a plot in which a 70-year-old journalist allegedly pleads guilty, saying that "violated the law and caused damage to the interests of her country." As the Western information agencies note, the journalist’s face was blurred in the video.

The leaders of the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine refused to postpone the terms of referendum on the self -determination of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Ukraine received the first tranche of assistance from the International Monetary Fund within the framework of the multi -billion dollar credit program. In different countries of the world, reconciliation days are held on the memory of the victims of World War II.

Andrey Shary, Russian Service 'Editor No - even fake - a referendum in the Donetsk region will not be in the VSK. But it seems to be a survey, completely different: does the Donetsk (and at the same time Lugansk) area join the Dnepropetrovskaya, where they allegedly know how to fight the separatists. In Ukraine there is an armed rebellion, but its regional owners are waging their war, for influence and power. We’ll talk about this in the program.

Farid Bictemirov on the Gazeta.ru website recalls that Brazil is preparing for the World Cup in a difficult social crisis. The police cleans the favela in shootouts with local gangs, and the demonstrators again go out into the streets, protesting against the unfair, in their opinion, distribution of the budget in favor of large sports events.

Russian tanks in Crimea Washington does not confirm the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian borders and advocates the abolition of a referendum in the east of the country After yesterday’s statements by the President of Russia on the need to transfer referenda on the creation of self -proclaimed republics in the east of Ukraine and the withdrawal of Russian troops from borders with Ukraine, American experts are wondering: are these statements a sign of Kremlin’s readiness to retreat

About the pro -Russian radical minority in the east - a conversation with sociologists, leaders of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology Vladimir Paniotto and Valery Khmelko.

A resident of Slavyansk, Peter Dudnik organized at his own expense and due to donations to the evacuation of families with children from the city. Every day, about 30 people can be taken out of the danger zone, who are placed by volunteers from other cities of Ukraine.

Topol-M missile system during the rehearsal of the parade on the occasion of Victory Day In Russia, test launches of ballistic missiles were made during exercises in the western and northern regions of the country. They were watched by President Vladimir Putin. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on May 8 that the Topol intercontinental ballistic missile and a missiles from submarines in the Northern and Pacific Fleets were launched from the training ground in Plesetsk.

The court in Pakistan decided to release the US Federal Bureau of Investigations of the Federal Bureau of Investigations of the United States on this week. The agent has already been exempted on bail of ten thousand dollars. He was transferred to the American consulate. The man was detained after in his luggage, when he flew out of Karachi to Islamabad, they found several cartridges for weapons of 9 millimeters caliber.