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The United States will support the desire of Georgia to join NATO. This statement was made by the president of the United States, George Bush, Latvian University in Riga before the official opening of the summit the North Atlantic alliance. Speaker of the White House, the doors are open to new alliance members. The American president also expressed his hope that the new members of NATO will be raised at the next summit of the alliance in 2008.

In turn, chairman of the Georgian parliament Nino Burjanadze, taking part in the NATO summit in the status of a guest, said that Georgia become a member of the military bloc in the near future. “The question of Georgia for NATO really is very important, and that is noticeable here. Yesterday, on the initiative of the Latvian side and Senator Lugar held an emergency round table on the issues of Georgia, and Lugar, and this, I recall, the man who said one of the first to combine the Baltic countries in NATO, once again stressed that Georgia must be a country , a member of NATO. It should be noted that Georgia is the first state in the Alliance of trying to really in the near future will become a member of NATO, and these messages were screened during public speeches, and in the corridors, “said Nino Burjanadze. This tells .

Chapter Rospotrebnadzora Gennady Onishchenko, urged Russians for New Year without alcohol. “I wish all nonalcoholic New Year. All these ducks to the effect that he had benefited, “said the head of Rospotrebnadzora at a news conference on Friday in Moscow. G. Onishchenko said that himself has not used alcohol in convictions. “But when there are circumstances surrounding the infamous bureaucracy of my work, and raises the question:” Do you uvazhaesh me? “I have to pretend that I prigubil his (glass-IF). I do when not got nalit water without gas and then simulate pokryakivanie by alcohol, “said G. Onishchenko. But he assured the Russians that in the New Year in wine shops will be enough. In particular, disappeared from the Russian market, Moldovan and Georgian wines, in the words of chapter Samaritans were completely replaced by inexpensive wines from Europe, New Zealand, Australia and South America.

Starting today, in Moscow is working in Europe’s largest outdoor skating rink, ranking tenth of Red Square.

“Ice” is open daily from 10 am to midnight until early March “in any weather.” One and a half hours

skating faces 500 rubles.

In the case of fire in a residential house in the north of Moscow killed three people, PG Emergencies Ministry press service of Russian capital. “The message of fire at Leningradsky Prospekt house No. 12, arrived at the remote 01 in 15:18. The fire occurred on the seventh floor of a house vosmietazhnogo old buildings in an apartment on the square 15 square meters, “said in MCHS.

The fire was completely eliminated in 15:43, the causes of fire set, the source added.

on 11 December at a meeting of the mayor of Arkhangelsk Alexander Donskoy proposed December 24 in observance of the Day snow submit to view youth scandal known film “Borat”, tells correspondent .

Director of the Department of Culture and Youth Policy Love Zemskih Arkhangelsk city administration, opposed the motion. “I am negative about this, as seen by the film itself. The film banned displaying the federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography throughout the CIS, “explained its position Head Office. The mayor believes that such a ban is a violation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as in Russia there is no censorship. “24 th of this film we see with young people in the city administration, I personally have not seen it,” said the mayor.

In the third part of “Pirates of the Caribbean” viewers will be able to see the hero’s early childhood picture of Jack Vorobya, reported “Echo of Moscow .” As it became known today, the role of young pirates will perform 10-year-old Dominic Scott Kay. He himself has confirmed its participation in the film. Representatives of the studios refused to comment. The third series of “Pirates Kabirskogo Sea” goes to rent at the end of May next year. As Lenta-Ru said, the second part of the world gathered in rolled over a billion dollars and took third place in the list of most cash in the history of the paintings.

World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik rossiyanin eve game played with white players in Bonn fifth of the six parties in the German computer program Deep Fritz. ” The peace result recorded at the 35 th turn. Result of the match became 3:2 in favor of a computer program. If Russian chessplayer black players will be able to win a car, the game will end game; If any other outcome will “celebrate the success of” computer.

“This party can be safely described as a combat and live. Unfortunately, I was not able to win. But the game itself I am satisfied, “said Kramnik, which transmits radio speech . Kramnik also said that “after the defeat of the world chess crown against Bulgarian Veselin Topalova is psychological fatigue, and the game sees as a scientific experiment.”