Champion of Europe to become a chess Rossiyanka Tatiana Kosintseva

The Russian grandmaster from Arkhangelsk Tatiana Kosintseva won the Tenth European Chess Championship held in St. Petersburg.

In the final meeting Kosintseva won the first installment from Lilit Mkrtchyan of Armenia, and completed the second draw. For Tatjana Kosintsevoy it was the second victory in the championship of the continent - first, she won two years ago.

Champion will be awarded the gold medal, the Cup champion and a monetary prize of 10 thousand euros, said .

Bronze medal contest contest Rossiyanka Natalia Pogonina (in the semifinal with the score 3-1 victory Monica Sochko from Poland) and the Georgian Lomineishvili Maya (with the score 2,5-1,5 Russians have won the Eugenia ).

Recall that the winner of the European Championships for men held in Budva (Montenegro), Saratov became a grandmaster Eugene Tomaszewski.

PETITION: No illegal referendum in Mayotte, occupied territory!

Petition to ladies and gentlemen. Javier Solana, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Danuta Hbner, Louis Michel and members of the European Parliament
France intends to organize the 29 March 2009 Maor (Mayotte) a referendum on the departmentalization of the community overseas, after which France intends to make access to the status of the outermost regions (ORs) of the Union Europe.
Summit in Addis Ababa in January 2009, the 53 countries of the African Union have agreed to condemn once again the referendum and the registration of Mayotte in the French constitution.
Besides France, the EU countries have adopted almost all the twenty UN resolutions as recognizing Mayotte Comoros, and strongly condemning France since 1975.
We ask the European Union bodies, governments and elected representatives of member countries to require the French government that respects international law and UN resolutions in:
- Repealing the illegal referendum of March 29,
- Repealing the visa Balladur in 1995,
- And opening up real negotiations under the arbitration of international forums for the return of Maori to the Union of Comoros.
To sign the petition: http://www..es/detail_.asp?lg=fr&ref_=11

Mayotte, porte d'entrée vers la France et l'Europe.

In the U.S., according to the census, 46 million people remain without health insurance

As cases in 2007 in the U.S., there were 46 million Americans who do not have health insurance. The alarming fact - are the most numerous group were 13.2 million people age 19 to 29 years. This is evidenced by widespread today, the statistics the United States Census Bureau.

According to these data, the second largest age group (23 percent) of not having health insurance for Americans are the inhabitants of 30-35 years. Then there were people 36-49 years old - 17 percent 50-64 years - 13 percent and below 19 years (11 percent).

President Barack Obama, one of the priorities of its Administration made a decrease in the number of uninsured young people. "Reform of the health care system is no longer a moral necessity, it is fiscal necessity", - stressed the head of state last week.

According to experts, in the context of global economic crisis of the young Americans who have completed their studies and enter the workforce, have become most vulnerable, in terms of insurance. Age does not allow them to use the policy of their parents. And the income is too high to qualify for preferential state insurance, but not high enough for privacy.

Insured But Poorly Protected: Number Up 60 Percent in 4 Years

Coach calls for Swedes to exclude Russia from participating in the Biathlon World Championship

Coach of the Swedish Biathlon German Wolfgang Pichler is planning to make his appeal to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to remove the entire national team of Russia from participation in the World Championship in Ponchange 14-22 February - because of the positive doping samples of three of our athletes.

According to the agency "All Sports" from the scene, Wolfgang Pichler last few days is verbal agitation and collecting signatures coaches of national teams already in Ponchange.

Captions are under going to the IBU to remove the entire national team of Russia from participation in the World Championship-2009. Precise data on the number and nationality of signatories is now no.

On Friday during a press conference IBU, which will be announced the names and extent of punishment athletes, Wolfgang Pichler will publicly present the appeal to the IBU with a list of all signatories.

Russian New Year disappointed distributors

During the first weekend of hire (from 1 to 4 January) charges "inhabited island on the novel by Strugatsky brothers in Russia, according to preliminary data, amounted to 401 million rubles (13 million dollars). For comparison, a record fee on the first weekend last year was 14 million dollars, which has earned "Best Film", told "Vedomosti" film producer Alexander Rodnyansky.

In turn, the painting Stilyagi from December 25 to January 6, according to preliminary data, collected 300 million rubles, said a representative of Central Partnership ( picture) Julia Kulikova. And while the movie continues to collect 1 million dollars a day, critics are inclined to believe that the founders would have expected more.

Remember, January 1, 2008, started rolling the film "The irony of fate. Continued," which became the very picture of Russia's cash. For all the time rolled tape has collected 49.9 million dollars. Overall, New Year holidays 2007-2008's box-office brought in 2.5 billion rubles.

Felipe Reyes was enough to win in Menorca

Triomphe comfortable Menorca Real Madrid (65-80) with Felipe Reyes in excellent shape: 20 points and 11 rebounds. The team continues with its target before the victorious streak lives Menorca, and who has never lost before the whole shooting. This time he won easily in addition to a rival not resisted. [Story]

Felipe Reyes

Again be the star of Madrid and a few are going this season. The pivot Cordoban got 20 points and 12 rebounds in another memorable performance that also started very soon. At 3 minutes of game and had 8 points and 3 rebounds.

Was a match without a history from the beginning. A colossal Reyes began to land through the initial beep. The importance of that Cordoba was the only time when the score came in the Vive Menorca was when the ongoing round of rotations it took Kings Plaza. At that time, towards the end of the first quarter, the team approached balearic only three dots of white and did provide a more equal grief.

Nothing could be further from reality. Reyes was leaving again and sentenced to leave the game in the first part in accounting and 15 points. Real Madrid went to the dressing room with nine advantage and it is from here when they started playing each other. By the white team Bullock, Tomas Mumbr and began to write by hand and the most successful were Eley, Bazdaric and Jeeter. The match passed off with maximum benefits and minimum of 18 points from 10 for Madrid, leaving the final 15 points. That is, as Reyes wanted, forced the machine, then decided the match and let the other is fun.

Unicaja and DKV

Still yield

Prince Felipe, DKV Joventut worked achieved a victory (84-87) before Cai Zaragoza, who will definitely leave their options and it looks cautiously to the posts of descent, which are only a encounter difference.

Wards Sito Alonso is worth the superiority of his partner-Sonseca interior Hernandez (15 points and seven rebounds) and Jagla (14 points) to break a Cai, who relied too much on their chances Paolo Quinteros (31 points). The Argentine a wonderful event, but arrived too burdened by the end of the shock due to the sticky defense of Ricky Rubio (four assists), who finished disqualified for misconduct.

Martin Carpena, walked Unicaja (90-66) before a CB Granada not hold either in the first quarter (23-14). The aim of the Ato Garcia Reneses three from the line (12/24) and the understanding between the duo formed by Omar Cook (13 points and seven assists) and Marcus Haislip (17 points and 10 rebounds) were the main weapons Unicaja which equates to a Barcelona in second place in the table.

Finally, the Gran Canaria Kalisa met again with the victory with a huge victory (87-64) before the CB Murcia. Carl English, the American made his best performance of the season to finish with 30 points, four rebounds and four assists, postulating their options to be the 'MVP' of the day with 37 points value.

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