In Newcastle, the unknown took hostages in the job center

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In Newcastle, the unknown took hostages in the job center MOSCOW, 9 Aug — RIA Novosti. Armed with a knife man holds hostages in the job center in Newcastle in the North East of England, according to local police. According to police, several hostages are employees of the job center Job Centre Plus. “The police found the man with a knife entered the room. Probably there kept several employees. Several other employees left the building,” police said on Twitter. The nearest metro station is Byker was evacuated and closed, police said. At the moment, no injuries were reported.

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Lethal force: top 10 most famous small arms of the Izhevsk plant

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The AK-12 © The Concern “Kalashnikov” 210 years of the largest Russian developer and manufacturer of combat automatic and sniper weapons, Izhevsk arms factory (Izhmash). Founded in 1807, Russian Emperor Alexander I, now it is part of the concern “Kalashnikov” (Corporation “rostec”). During the Patriotic war of 1812, the factory supplied the Russian army with firearms and machetes. Since that time, no major Russian victory was not without Izhevsk weapons.

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The Moscow authorities called provocative the actions of the organizers of the rally on June 12

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Photo: RIA Novosti The organizers of a protest action in Moscow on the Sakharov Avenue on June 12 are provocative. This statement was made by the head of Department of regional security of the capital Vladimir Chernikov. On it informs Agency “Interfax”. Chernikov said that the city authorities have fulfilled all the items mentioned by the organizers in the application for holding the rally. Explaining the requirements of the municipality to refuse the screen, the head of the Department said that the screen will increase the density of people in the venue, in the event of unforeseen circumstances can lead to serious consequences. In addition, the official noted that in the capital, there are enhanced security measures in connection with the holding of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Chernikov said that the June 7 meeting to discuss the details of the upcoming action, the opposition left the room without explanation. The

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In the Crimea by foreign

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Photo: Shutterstock The Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin stated the readiness of his Department to introduce a visa regime with the Russian Federation in case of respective decision. He said this on the air “Evening Prime” on the TV channel “112 Ukraine”. “I believe that even the introduction of a visa regime in the context of control of who comes from Russia, we know very little. We have to introduce biometric passports, but then more and control those who come,” — said Klimkin. According to him, currently in Russia there are three million Ukrainians. For the implementation of the decision on introduction of the visa regime, as suggested by Klimkin, we need a clear approach and a clear vision of how events will develop in the future. “While [we] need to understand what about our citizens who are in the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea (Kiev does

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On the face respond even unborn children

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On the face respond even unborn children Passing the light through the uterine wall of pregnant women, researchers found that 34-week-old fruits often turn his head to the side resembling face images. Article describing the results of a survey published in the journal Current Biology. It is well known that infants are interested in faces more than other objects. In the new study, the researchers decided to find out whether there is this tendency after birth, or are already developing in the womb. “We have shown that the fetus can distinguish between the images, preferring those that resemble the faces, says Vincent Reid of Lancaster University, lead author of the work. It’s been known for a long time, but until now no one has tried to explore the uterine sight.” The main problem of this kind of study was technical difficulties, but reed and his colleagues were able to overcome

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The demolition of a large city

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The demolition of a large city The history of the Muscovites, do not agree with the program of renovation. Issue No. 1. The project of the Moscow authorities for the resettlement of the old housing stock has caused controversial reaction of the townspeople. Some wonder why the old, in their opinion, housing is not included in the program. Others are outraged that their good house in a comfortable area will be demolished. “B” begins a series of publications, each issue of which will be two different stories. And I was going to bathe just! — Gulnur meets us in his dressing gown, with wet hands. A room in a former departmental hostel her husband had received in the late 1980s when he got a job at a concrete factory. The woman immediately leads us to the so-called shower — plastic, and wooden beams, the inhabitants had assembled the cab in

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The Royal curse. As was the fate of the children of Peter the Great?

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The Royal curse. As was the fate of the children of Peter the Great? Why the main Russian reformer were not heirs? When it comes to the children of Emperor Peter the Great, as a General rule, remember the eldest son of Tsarevich Alexei, and daughter, Elizabeth, became Empress. In fact, two marriages, Peter the great was born more than 10 children. Why, at the time of the death of the Emperor, he didn’t have obvious heirs, and how did the fate of the offspring of the famous Russian reformer? Alex The firstborn of Peter and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina, named Alexei, born on 18 (28 new style), February 1690 in the village of Transfiguration. The first years of his life Alexei Petrovich was in the care of his grandmother, the Queen Natalia Kirillovna. The father, immersed in public Affairs, attention to the education of the son has been

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Lavrov discussed with his Iranian counterpart the situation with Qatar

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Sergei Lavrov The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Astana discussed with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the situation with Qatar. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “Spoke about the promotion in the Syrian settlement and the impact on these processes and our collective efforts may have a story around Qatar,” — said the head of the Russian foreign Ministry. According to him, Moscow and Tehran are for, “that the crisis was resolved at the negotiating table”. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE announced the rupture of diplomatic relations with Qatar. They accused Doha of supporting terrorist organizations, including prohibited in Russia groups “Islamic state” and al-Qaeda, and destabilizing the political situation in these Arab States.

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The popularity of Merkel reached a level 2015

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel support the same number of voters, how long before the start of the migration crisis in 2015. This is according to the poll ARD-Deutschlandtrend, who on Friday, June 9, leads the Deutsche Welle. It is reported that the head of the German government are satisfied that 64 percent of Germans. Meanwhile, the main rival of Merkel in the elections to the Bundestag, the leader of the Social democratic party of Germany Martin Schulz is supported by only 36 percent of respondents. This was the lowest indicators in the entire history of the poll ARD-Deutschlandtrend. It is noted that for a month the popularity of the Schultz fell by six points. The poll shows that if elections were held this week, then Merkel would have voted 53 per cent of German citizens (which is four percent more than last month), and for the leader of the social

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Armed with a knife man took hostages in Newcastle

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In Newcastle in the North East of the UK armed with a knife man has taken hostage several people. About it reports The Independent. According to the publication, all prisoners are employees of local employment centers. On the scene arrived the police and the negotiators. The area where is located the employment office, closed the nearest subway station is closed. From the nearby dorms of the local University evacuated students. According to police, the attacker entered the premises of the center of employment about 8:00 local time (10:00 GMT). What happened then is still unknown. According to preliminary information, several employees of the Bureau managed to leave the office. The number of remaining hostage employees specified. 12 may in the Austrian city of Erpfendorf in Tirol, a man burst into the Bank, which at that time was one man, and took him hostage. The accident site was immediately cordoned off

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