Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) is pictured speaking with the president of Kalmykia Kirsan bakugan toys Ilyumzhinov during their meeting in the Moscow's Kremlin, in 2006.(Agencies)
A Russian MP has asked an eccentricregional leader to explain his behaviour after claiming on state television that he was visited at home by aliens in a UFO, media reported Thursday.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, head of the Buddhist Kalmykia region of southern Russia and president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), announced without apparent irony on a power balance high-profile chat show he had met the aliens in 1997.
In an equally bizarre twist, Andrei Lebedev, an MP for the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, has now written to President Dmitry Medvedev raising fears that secret information could have been disclosed in the close encounter.
"I ask you to say if the head of Kalmykia has made an official report to the Russian presidency about his contacts with representatives of an alien civilisation," he said, quoted power balance by tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda and other media.
"Is there an established procedure of informing about such contacts by high ranking people who have access to secret information like Ilyumzhinov?
"And did he in the course of his seemingly innocent conversation disclose secret information?"
Ilyumzhinov had said in his comments, broadcast in late April, that the aliens appeared in a transparent tube on the balcony of his apartment in Moscow.
"I was reading my book, watching power balance television and had almost fallen asleep. Then I felt that someone was calling.
"I would not have believed it, if I had not had three witnesses -- my driver, my minister and my aide," he said.
Harry Potter film star Daniel Radcliffe rides the Flight of the Hippogriff attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida June 18, 2010 with some ofthe first guests to the new Varsity jackets spectacularly themed area. Photo taken June 18, 2010. (Agencies)
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe led groups of excited kids dressed in Hogwarts uniforms as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park officially opened on Friday to long lines and snarled traffic.
Radcliffe, Rupert Grint who plays the boy wizard's best friend Ron Weasley, and other actors from the blockbuster movie and book series, were on handat Universal Orlando as fans lined up more than eight hours to be among the first visitors.
Before dawn, the backup Varsity jackets of Potter fans began to block the main highway through Orlando near the entrances to Universal, prompting the theme park to open its parking garage at 5 am -- 30 minutes earlier than planned, according to local media.
Visitors said that by 8:30 am the line to get inside wrapped around the exterior of Universal's Islands of Adventure park, of which the Wizarding World is one of six unique sections. And the wait for the signature ride, the Forbidden Journey, reached at least 90 minutes, at one point.
"It was worth it, just because I'm a Harry Potter fanatic," said Kelsey Rigg, 18, a British transplantto Florida who at 3 am joined a crowd of several hundred people.
Universal executives did not immediately have information about crowd size.
The 20-acre Harry Potter park reportedly cost $250 million to build and recreates the Hogwarts School Varsity jackets of Witchcraft and Wizardryand other places dreamed up by author J.K. Rowling in her fantasy novels about the boy wizard and his friends.
Attractions include the Dragon Challenge, a high-speed ride based on the Triwizard Tournament, a fictional 13th century contest between students of the three most prestigious magical schools of Europe.
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Another Japan's kyodo news agency reported that local newspaper The Press The "4 articles on The front page of countries earthquake rescue workers to say thank you. Articles respectively in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, bahasa Indonesia language expressed "thank you" meaning, and praised rescuers positive efforts.
3 days afternoon, appointed by the ministry of public security of five people forensic experts arrived in Christchurch airport, the expert panel members have abundant calamity accident victims personnel remains recognition experience, power balance they will help to New Zealand aspects including China to speed up to the bodies of the victims, the appraisal.
Earthquakes missing 24 Chinese citizens most buried in Canterbury TV building, building construction quality and therefore suffered many questioned. New Zealand prime minister John base has said it will investigate the building collapsed problems and submit relevant reports as soon as possible, such as existing man-made factors, new government will punish mercilessly. In addition, according to understand, for power balance Chinese students, the New Zealand government killed each compensation 250,000 proterozoic, about 125 million RMB.Egyptian President hosni mubarak before stepping down before appoint caretaker government prime minister ahmed ShaFei grams 3 bakugan toys announced his resignation. Egypt armed forces supreme council before the appointed the transport minister ella Sam thanks rafer as prime minister, a new cabinet guard.
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ShaFei grams in hosni mubarak resign first cabinet meeting said, caretaker government will remain until the new government was established. However, including the Muslim brotherhood, political groups previously required ShaFei grams and government to step down, close relations with the hosni mubarak criticism.
The armed forces, the highest committee announced the appointment of the transport minister xie Ralph form before. Xie rafer was engineer background, 2004 to 2006, the transport minister responsible for domestic a series of serious power balance railway accident for the government received criticism and lau. Egypt military sources told Reuters, xie rafer has and armed forces highest committee members meet, discuss form matters. The new government list is expected to announce early next week. The news agency analysis, foreign minister, interior minister, the justice minister and other important cabinet members may substitution, in order to further weaken the caretaker government and hosni mubarak relevance.
Ap analysis, xie rafer at this time to take over caretaker government will be confronted with a series of challenges. Except public security problem, should the caretaker government will also efforts to revive the economy by mass demonstrations power balance drag at present, Egypt: stock market has ceased to open more than a month, Tourism is one of pillar industries of Egypt, and now only sporadically foreign tourists to Egypt, By large quantities of former government officials were corruption criminal investigation influence, investor confidence and severely damaged.
Xinhua Cairo March 4 report (reporter li to room FengKang) Egypt armed forces, the supreme council of 4 decision on March 19, revised draft constitutional referendum.
According to Reuters, Middle East of Egypt revised draft constitutional referendum on local time on March 19 8 when starts, 19 ended when.
According to this constitution draft amendments, Egypt's presidency will be reduced to four years, and only renewable once. The President must be power balance made within 60 days after the inaugural election should be appointed vice President, in judicial supervision. Previously, Egypt constitution, the President term for six years, may be re-elected consecutively.
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According to ap 2 days to report, because of serious government deficits, American republican senator proposes cuts the state council by 16% of the budget, Hillary Clinton stronglyx30 tornado opposed. On March 1, the U.S. house of representatives of the foreign affairs committee held hearings, Clinton said that, foreign aid is to maintain an important means of American overseas influence, and the state council's aid project will help us get the overseas market. She said, in south Pacific Ocean resources reserve market, "we and competition in China is unbelievable." She said that China is spending "the huge number of funds", in resource-rich Pacific built huge "foreign markets."
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