Five rescued Ukrainian sailors to fly from Israel to homeland

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TEL-AVIV, December 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Five Ukrainian sailors from the
sunken freighter Salla-2 will fly to the homeland soon. They have already
been discharged from the Haifa hospital and are waiting for a home flight,
the Israeli television reported on Sunday.
The rescuers said one more sailor is staying in Beirut. The search for
other crewmen is underway. The freighter was carrying 13 Ukrainian
sailors. Naval helicopters of Cyprus and Israel, as well as the NATO
forces involved in the UN peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon are
participating in the search operation. The Israeli radio said one more
sailor was found dead and brought to Haifa for identification.
The freighter Salla-2 flying the colors of Togo sank overnight to
Saturday en route from Greece to Israel. The ship wrecked outside the
Israeli territorial waters, 80 kilometers away from the destination port.
During the storm the vessel "developed a critical list and sank for half
an hour," the sailors said.
It is unclear yet who is the owner of the freighter, as its owners had
changed often for the past few years. According to the Israeli television,
the recent Salla-2 owner was an Israeli port Ashdod's resident, who
registered the freighter in Cyprus. The Israeli maritime police was
reported to prepare an operation to arrest the vessel, which was suspected
of diesel fuel smuggling.

.Ingushetia president awarded with prize for faith and loyalty.

MOSCOW, December 14 (Itar-Tass) -- The St. Apostle Andrew the First
Called Foundation awarded Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov with the
Prize For Faith and Loyalty. The awarding ceremony was held at the State
Kremlin Palace on the holiday of St. Apostle the First Called on Sunday.
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was awarded with an honorary public award "for great
contribution in the cause of building up statehood and personal valor."
Presenting the order and the moire blue ribbon chairman of the
foundation's Trustee Board Vladimir Yakunin recalled about a famous battle
march of the Russian troops in Kosovo under the command of General
Yevkurov. The Ingush president was very touched with the award. "I am a
Muslim living in Ingushetia and is awarded with the order, which is
presented in honor of the Jesus Christ's Apostle, I consider it very
significant," the laureate said. He was also satisfied that the Ingushetia
dance company performed in a festive concert during the solemn ceremony.
Ingush citizens awarded with Russian supreme medals were shown on the
screen. "They are the great sons of the Ingush people, which serves to
Russia with good faith and fidelity. I will do my best to make Ingushetia
prosperous for the glory of Russia," Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said.
The Ingush president was severely injured in a terrorist act in summer
2009 and assumed the office of republic's president again four months ago.
His associates call Yevkurov a man of duty and honor. He was an army
officer and retired in the rank of major general. In June 1999 Yevkurov
commanded Russian paratroopers, who passed a battle march from Bosnia to
Kosovo that went down in the history of the Russian Airborne Troops as one
of the most successful Russian peacemaking operations.
Under the Russian presidential decree Yevkurov was awarded with the
title of the Hero of the Russian Federation for valor and heroism
demonstrated in establishing the constitutional order in the North
Caucasus region. Currently Yevkurov is facing the tasks to build up
Russian statehood in the south of the country.
The Prize For Faith and Loyalty is awarded for the 17th time. The
prize is not monetary and constitutes the symbol of public recognition of
the contribution of the laureates in Russian national glory. Nine
laureates, including a scientist in radio-physics, the chief of the
Burdenko Military Hospital, a writer, a painter and a nun were awarded on
Sunday.

.Four killed, 11 injured in road accident in Rostov region.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Four people were killed, 11
more were injured in a road accident in the Rostov region on Monday. The
road accident occurred at about 01.30 a.m. Moscow time in the Tarasov
district on the highway M-4 Don, the Rostov regional department of the
Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass on Monday.
The minibus Iveko and an Infiniti car collided. Three people died
instantaneously and a woman died on the way to hospital.
The investigation into the road accident is underway.
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