In Nazran, rebels and searched for a bomb, but did not find neither they nor her

In the commercial complex in the center of Nazran, where the special operation on Thursday akin to apprehend members of illegal armed formations, suspicious items were found, reported the press service of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia.

"During the inspection, no suspicious items were unable to find staff. After that a special operation was completed, and the cordon of the streets Geyberk Hadji was lifted at 17:00 Moscow time, and traffic on the streets completely restored" - brings "The message to the press service.

Previously, it was reported that security forces carry out special operation on Thursday to detain militants in Nazran. According to sources in the power structures of the Republic, about 16:00 (Moscow time) units of law enforcement agencies with the support of military vehicles and armored personnel carriers blocked the streets of Geyrbek-Hadji in Nazran and one of the commercial space sector, which allegedly found an explosive device.

"Explosive device found in a shopping center space. Now it neutralize. The military cordoned off technique", - informed sources in law enforcement agencies of Ingushetia.

In Nazran, fired machine STR: wounded militiaman

Apart from the special to capture militants in the center of Nazran, on its outskirts on Thursday fired on by unknown members of a service vehicle with CPD in the area Barsukinskogo municipality Nazran.

"The incident occurred at about 16:30 Moscow time. Unknown from a" tens "fired at a car service" PRIOR "to the traffic police. As a result, one policeman was seriously wounded," - told the Interfax a source in the temporary headquarters of forces in the North Caucasus.

According to him, the injured to hospital, as a matter of urgency to do the operation. A search for the attackers.

In exchange on the border with Chechnya killed one military and two were wounded

Also on Thursday on the outskirts of pages Ordzhonikidzovskoy Sunzha region of Ingushetia near the border with Chechnya in the federal highway "Kavkaz" was fighting with unknown persons. As a result of one soldier killed and two others wounded.

As reported in the press service of Russia on the UPC of Ingushetia, the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon, when unidentified persons fired soldiers. "As a result, there was a shooting one soldier was killed and two wounded. One of the attackers was destroyed by retaliatory fire," - said the press service. It added that on the criminal proceedings were instituted.

It should be noted that on Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking at a meeting of the board FSB, demanded that the special services to strengthen the fight against terrorism in general and in the North Caucasus in particular. In doing so, Medvedev noted that the most worrying situation in Ingushetia.

Italian so beautiful that it was difficult to avoid the rape: "compliment" Berlusconi shocked Italy

Another blunder, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, has caused public outrage. Berlusconi said: Italian women are so beautiful that - to avoid the rape - they should be of additional military support.

This statement was made in response to a question on the proposal of the Prime Minister to send 300 thousand soldiers to fight crime. A number of serious crimes, including rape in Rome on the eve of New Year, and by last week, forcing the government to take action, transmits AP.

According to Berlusconi, crimes such as rape, can happen even in the military state. "There is no possibility to discuss the deployment of a contingent that would be sufficient to prevent the risk" - the Prime Minister. According to him, the difference between an Italian beauty, and, therefore, need a lot of Italian soldiers to maintain public order.

The opposition has condemned Berlusconi. According to its representatives, the words of Prime Minister "deeply offensive" and issues such as rape - is not a topic for jokes.

Berlusconi, explaining his statement, noted that the Italian made a compliment to women. He emphasized that rape is a serious and "shameful" a crime. But, noted the premier, when it comes to his comments, people must never forget the light and elegant sense of humor.

It reminds the agency, this is not the first blunder Berlusconi. Prime Minister of Italy, comparing the policies of the German Nazi camp guard, and soon after the September 11, said that Western civilization is at a higher level of development, rather than Islamic. Then the words of Berlusconi also provoked controversy.

LED revised forecast-2009: Russian GDP to decline by 0.2%, rather than previously expected growth to 2,4%

According to new estimates Ministry of Russian Federation, Russian GDP in 2009 decreased by 0.2%, instead of growth at 2.4% on the previous forecast, Interfax reports with reference to the source in one of the departments of finance and economic bloc.

Ministry of Economic Development has increased the forecast drop in 2009 to 5.7% versus 3.2% decline in the previous forecast. In addition, the new ministry forecast that investment in primary capital in 2009 will drop to 1.7% against the previously expected growth in 1,4%.

- Business in Russia and other developing countries await corporate defaults

The Ministry has also raised the outlook on unemployment 2009, from 7.4% to 7.5%. Reducing the average real wages this year will be 2.7%.

Exports dropped to 43%, imports - by 16%. This trade surplus is forecast to remain positive in 2009 in the amount of 24.1 billion dollars.

In 2008, economic growth in Russia amounted to 6%.

Recall MEDT revised macroeconomic forecast for 2009 based on average oil prices 41 dollars per barrel in 2009, the average annual rate 35.1 rubles to the dollar and inflation 13%.

As explained on Monday the head of the Ministry of Elvira Nabiullina, the current projections for the world economy "vary from zero to , but we propose to build on the pessimistic variant. In particular, the slowdown of world economy, according to the forecast, estimated at -0.3% while the U.S. economy will grow with the rate of -2.6%, while in the euro zone - -2.2%.

The tendency to revise forecasts of economists around the world increased in early January. Thus, according to new estimates, the decline of the U.S. economy on the basis of 2009 could reach more than 2%. Many of the developing countries, perhaps, except China, are also threatened by the negative indicators. According to RBC daily Lead Economist Oxford Economics Rhine Newton-Smith, China's GDP growth will fall to 5.6%, Brazil - up to 0,8%, while Russia will take in at minus 0.8%.

In late January, lowering the assessment of macro-economic outlook for the current year is going and the International Monetary Fund. The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn noted that the indicators could fall by at least half or a full percentage point.

New earthquake banking

New U.S. president, Barack Obama will be greeted with a new episode of the financial crisis in the country. When it appeared that water slowly returning to normal, news pessimism returned to the sector.

country's two largest banks, Bank of America and Citigroup, have had the negative news in a sector that seems to live in permanent crisis since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September.

The U.S. government has announced that the former will support up to 138,000 million dollars (104,190 million euros), of which 20,000 million for direct investment and the rest to the losses that the bank may have because mainly to the purchase of Merrill Lynch.

Bank of America had already received government aid for 25,000 million dollars.

The State shall protect

Bank with up to 118,000 million dollars (89,090 million euros), to the possibility that unusual record losses on the purchase of Merrill Lynch in November by about 50,000 million dollars.

Specifically, Merrill Lynch active, such as loans and mortgages, which have been devalued because of the current economic situation and that due to the acquisition, Bank of America came with the purchase.

Citigroup

Is split into two

Another of the country's banking giant, Citigroup, has announced that it lost 18.715 million dollars in 2008 (about 14,000 million), compared with profits of $ 3.617 million achieved the previous year due to the depreciation of assets and losses from the financial crisis.

Its revenue plummeted 32.7% in the full year, when it also had to double provisions for defaults and losses on loans.

Only in the fourth quarter, it lost U.S. $ 8.294 million, 15.6% less than the same period in 2007, when he felt the impact of the first effects of the financial crisis.

Losses in the last three months of 2008 are clearly superior to those obtained in the remaining quarters of the year due to falling inter-13% of its revenue and the multimillion dollar depreciation has had to work in and values in the area of banking, the credit losses and restructuring costs.

Financial group, which stressed that despite the losses has been able to improve their solvency ratios due to the capital increase conducted, has also announced that Split into two companies, known as Citicorp Holdings and Citi, with the aim of improve its management.

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Bible will be able to hear almost the entire Earth

American missionary society "Faith comes by hearing" has set itself the goal by 2016 to translate the Bible published in audio at 2 thousand languages and dialects with reference to the agency Kathnet.

If the goal is reached, the Holy Scripture becomes clear 97% of the world's population, including ethnic groups, which do not yet have their writing.

The "Faith comes by hearing" was founded in 1972 in the city of Albuquerque (State of New Mexico, USA). Missionaries, based on the words of Saint Paul "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, the Bible spread throughout the world in the form of audio recordings.

Experts society claimed that about 70% of the world's population - are people mainly or exclusively oral culture, who can not read or are extremely rare contacts with the written text.

To date, recording the Bible - the entire text or individual books - distributed in 333 languages. A recent New Testament has been translated into the language of coma, which is spoken by about 4 thousand people in Ghana.

The company distributes records to audio cassettes, CDs and media flash memory USB.

Recall that a translation of the Bible International Association two years ago announced its intention in 2016 to translate the Scriptures in 250 African languages.

"The work will be completion of the transfer of the Holy Scriptures for hundreds of categories of people who witnessed the massacres of ethnic genocide, religious strife, social and political revolution" - said President and CEO Association of Bruce Smith.

"We firmly believe that when the Bible is translated into the native languages of these people will change and will save thousands of lives and receive moral support to those Christians who are persecuted," - he added.

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Russian trucks to hold the leadership in the overall rally "Dakar"

After eight of the 14-stage rally ty "Dakar" Valparaíso - La Serena, which was held on Sunday, the leaders of all classes have remained the same.

Despite the fact that the best result at a stage in the class of trucks showed Dutchman Gerard de Rooij, overall, he remained in third place, after two crew of the Russian team "KamAZ-Master" Firdausa Kabirova and Vladimir Chagina. Crew Ilgizara Mardeeva - on Thursday?? Mouth place.

On Sunday at the start came out of all 342 crew of 500, launched in Buenos Aires. Of the 85 trucks had left the 20 range. The gap between the leader Firdausom Kabirovym and closing a convoy of trucks for 17 hours.

In the overall SUVs continue to lead Saynts Carlos and Michel Pery at Volkswagen. The best of the Russians Leonid Novitskiy and Oleg Tyupenkin go 18 mi. A motorcyclist leads Spaniard Marc Coma. In the class slopes - Czech Josef Machatsek.

The most prestigious in the world rally for the first time in its 30-year-old legendary story are not held on the African Sahara desert, while the steep and treacherous Cordillera of South America. The total length of difficult route - 9 thousand km, including 6 thousand km - Express . 14 stages run on the territory of Argentina's 11 provinces and 3 regions of Chile. Finish rally will be held January 18 in Buenos Aires.

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"Spartacus" was unable to beat "Tottenham" and departing from the UEFA Cup

Moscow "Spartak" on Thursday held its final match of the season. To guarantee a solution of 1 / 16 finals draw of the UEFA Cup, the team Michael Laudrupa need to outplay in London, "Tottenham" with the difference in the two ball. Red-white with a task is not right - they complete the fight in EUROCUPS at the panel stage.

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Cuba notes the 50 th anniversary of the revolution. Raul Castro made a speech from the historic balcony

Cuba notes January 1, a national holiday - the 50 th anniversary of Liberation Day, in other words - the victory of revolution. Celebrations are held fairly modest, and is due to the effects of three devastating hurricanes, over the island one after the other, and the lack of a national leader, creator of the revolution, Fidel Castro.

Festive activities include traditional dances and concerts, including the popular musical band Los Van Van, transfers AP. The current President of Cuba Raul Castro, his brother, who handed power in February 2008, the evening will make a speech from the same balcony at the palace in the center of Havana, where Fidel 1 January, 1959 announced the overthrow Batista regime.

Earlier on state television read the congratulation of Fidel Castro's "heroic Cuban people." Health 82-year-old national champion kept strictly secret, after two and a half years ago he underwent an operation for severe intestine.

However, he from time to time make written statements for a variety of cases and writes editorials in the central newspaper Granma. " These written "speeches" often said that Fidel Castro is still actively engaged in the political affairs of the country.

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