In Pakistan, a passenger plane crashed Disappeared from radar aircraft Pakistan International Airlines, on Board of which there were 40 to 50 people, crashed in the country’s North, reports Reuters citing local police. Earlier, Pakistani TV channel Samaa, citing the Department of civil aviation reported that the plane with 47 passengers on Board disappeared from radar. Board room PK661 flew from the Pakistani city of Chitral in the capital, Islamabad. During the flight communication between aircraft and air traffic controllers ceased. The rescue services alerted, said police sources. PIA flight PK-661 crashes enroute to Islamabad pic.twitter.com/X8zSXuTj4Y — M. Daud (@daud_khan) 7 Dec 2016 Dil Dil Pakistan Jan Jan Pakistan..#Rip #JunaidJamshed #PK116 ???OMG pic.twitter.com/oQ8BCtGLzp — K2Rana PTI Family (@k2rana) 7 Dec 2016 These are the first images of the plane that crashed in Pakistan. 21 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage so far. pic.twitter.com/kuHLbHHKaJ — AJ+ (@ajplus) 7 Dec 2016
Day: December 10, 2016
In the UK, the book returned to the library with a delay of 120 years
In the UK, the book returned to the library with a delay of 120 years After nearly 120 years in Britain, the book from the school library Hereford returned, reports “bi-Bi-si”. Arthur Boycott, student school Hereford from 1886 to 1894, borrowed the book entitled “the Microscope and its revelations” at the end of the 19th century, but has not returned it back. His granddaughter Alice Gillett found it among other old books and decided to return to school. The library did not claim for it the penalty for the duration of the event. However, it is noted that if, for each overdue day, the library would take $0,21, the total fine amounted to $9402. Earlier it was reported that in the UK missing cat found nine years later.
The NATO Secretary General said about the absence of threats to the Baltic States
The NATO Secretary General said about the absence of threats to the Baltic States Moscow. 8 Dec. INTERFAX.RU — NATO sees no immediate threat to any specific member of the Alliance and considers proportional to the measures of deterrence in the region of the Baltic sea, said Thursday the Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg. “We see no immediate threat to a specific NATO country and don’t want us to have the same (with Russia in the region — if) number of soldiers or aircraft, we want to respond proportionally and to provide a response to the scale of the challenges. We have tripled the response force, plus multinational battalions and a small headquarters. They provide deterrence,” said he at a press conference with visiting the headquarters of the NATO with the President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. See alsoNATO Secretary General has warned the United States about the consequences
Volodin chastised Deputy Makarov for “go to person” in the budget statement on
The Chairman of the state Duma Committee on budget and taxes Andrey Makarov and the speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin © Anna Isakova/press service of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin told the head of the Duma Committee on budget and taxes of the United Russia Andrey Makarov for the “go to person” in his emotional speech on the draft Federal budget for the 2017-2019 biennium. adopted at the meeting in the third and final reading.
United States air force eliminated the participated in the attack on Charlie Hebdo the leader of the IG
Us air force (USAF) eliminated in Syria, one of the leaders of the international terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) Boubaker al-Hakim, who participated in the attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo in January 2015. On Friday, December 9, reports Reuters referring to the representative of the Pentagon. According to him, the extremist was eliminated at the end of November in raqqa in airstrike. It is assumed that 33-year-old al-Hakim, a Frenchman with Tunisian roots was the coach of the brothers Koichi who committed the attack on the editor of the satirical weekly. Boubaker al-Hakim fought against the Americans when they invaded Iraq in 2003, reports TASS. He also recruited Muslims in Paris to fight in the Republic. In 2008, he was arrested in Syria, and in may of the same year, a court in France said him to seven years imprisonment. Freedom of al-Hakim came out
Putin said the priority of the transport strategy of Russia
Photo: RIA Novosti Cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region (APR) is a priority of the transport strategy of the Russian Federation, the statement says Russian President Vladimir Putin to the participants of the Ministerial conference of ESCAP on transport. “Cooperation with partners in the Asia-Pacific region is a priority of the transport strategy of Russia. The unique geographical scale, Asia-Pacific, its enormous demographic, economic and transit potential determine the relevance of a particular formation in that part of the world an effective, integrated transport system”, — is spoken in the message published on the Kremlin website. The President noted that the agenda contains a range of topical issues connected with the improvement of the legal framework of international transport, the introduction of new materials and technologies and extension of transport networks and their connection with the infrastructure of other regions. In addition, the President of the Russian Federation considers the timely
Russia is increasing the incidence of influenza and SARS
Analysis of the incidence of SARS and influenza, conducted by the research Institute of influenza, showed that the level of morbidity in Russia is not reached epidemic point. Data were obtained from 59 cities, according to TASS. “The bird flu situation remains non-epidemic”, – informs the official website of the Institute of influenza. The analysis was conducted in the period from 28 November to 4 December. The surveillance system for influenza recorded spikes in the incidence of SARS and influenza in selected cities – Kaliningrad, Birobidzhan, Ekaterinburg and Ulyanovsk. Photo: Alexander Legky / Globallookpress
Pakistani plane with 47 passengers on Board disappeared from radar
Pakistani plane with 47 passengers on Board disappeared from radar MOSCOW, 7 Dec — RIA Novosti. The airline Pakistan International Airlines disappeared from radar, according to local newspaper Dawn. The newspaper reported that the ship departed from the city of Chitral at 15.30 local time (13.30 GMT) and was supposed to land in Islamabad at 16.40 (14.40 GMT). Some media, citing eyewitnesses reported that the plane crashed, but this information is not confirmed. According to the publication, onboard the liner there are 47 passengers. Previously, the Agency France Press reported that on Board were 37 passengers.
Govorukhin praised the inclusion of the “Harry Potter” in the curriculum
Govorukhin praised the inclusion of the “Harry Potter” in the curriculum Govorukhin called modern Western literature in Russian translation imperfect stupidity. MOSCOW, 8 Dec — RIA Novosti. The Chairman of the Duma Committee on culture Stanislav Govorukhin said that can not speak for or against the inclusion of a series of books about Harry Potter in the school curriculum, because they do not read them, while noting a General reduction in the quality of translations on Russian language of modern Western works. See alsowriters ‘ Union spoke out against Harry Potter in the school curriculum Earlier media reported that the Deputy of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad region Vladimir Petrov proposed to include in the curriculum a series of books by JK Rowling about Harry Potter, his project, he plans to transfer to the Minister of education and science Olga Vasilyeva. I have not read or have not watched the film.
The U.S. Congress approved the allocation of $350 million for military assistance for Ukraine
The U.S. Congress approved the allocation of $350 million for military assistance for Ukraine WASHINGTON, December 8. /Offset. TASS Anatoly Bochinin/. The U.S. Senate passed a bill to allocate funds to the Ministry of defence of the country in the 2017 financial year. The new Pentagon budget will be $618,7 billion as last year it provides for a separate article on the provision of military aid to Ukraine. “Ukraine pledged $350 million, these funds can be used to provide military assistance”, — explained the correspondent of TASS, the representative of office of the Committee on the armed forces. He explained that the decision to use the money will be taken by the President of the United States. Read alsoPoroshenko called the Ukrainian army the strongest in Europe The text contains a clarification according to which the Pentagon initially to support Kiev can only use $175 million of the total. The