China will expand the health insurance program of rural residents

Ministry of Health of China said that the list of diseases covered by health insurance program of rural residents will be expanded in 2013. In 2012, the health insurance covers 20 major diseases, and in 2010 - only 2.
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The government also reported that the government subsidy of the insurance program will increase in 2013 to 280 yuan. In total, from 60 yuan, which must pay the participant, the annual insurance fee of 340 yuan. In 2012 it amounted to 290 million yuan, of which 240 million yuan was state subsidies.

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PZU wants to further invest in Ukraine

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 According to head of PZU, the group wants to develop insurance in Ukraine, despite the difficulties in obtaining licenses



Polish insurance group PZU ready for additional investment in Ukraine. The press service of PZU, referring to the statement of the group Andrzej Klesika.

According to the report, during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov Klesik PZU additionally confirmed the readiness to invest in Ukraine. According Klesika, the purpose of investment - the consolidation of the insurance market, as well as participation in global projects in the field of insurance.

Currently, the total amount of investments already made in PZU Ukraine exceeded 300 million zlotys (about $ 96 million - Ed.) In the future, the group plans to use the available funds for the development of the Ukrainian insurance market and consolidate its position.

This decision was made in part due to a positive financial result PZU Ukraine, said the press service.

Evaluating the investment activity of the insurance market of Ukraine, Klesik noted that foreign investors holding back situation with licenses for certain types of insurance, with the status of the time. Fact necessary renewal of licenses in certain types of insurance is seen by investors as a potential additional risks.

According to President of PZU, it does not stop working group in Ukraine, but such requirements are causing uncertainty in other Western investors.

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Americans massively withdraw money from banks

Outflow of funds, experts publications associated with the completion of December 31, 2012 deposit insurance scheme (TAG)

 Clients of the largest U.S. banks this week (from 2 to 9 January) withdrew from their accounts 114.1 billion. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing data from the U.S. Federal Reserve.



According to the agency, capital flight this month was the highest since the terrorist attacks September 11, 2001

The total amount of deposits in the 25 largest financial organizations fell to 5.37 trillion dollars

Outflow of funds, experts publications associated with the completion of December 31, 2012 deposit insurance scheme (TAG). Once in the United States the economic crisis in 2008, the program was introduced, which provides a guarantee for non-interest bearing account in the amount of approximately $ 1.5 trillion.

American Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers of America union tried to achieve continuation of the TAG, to keep the flow of funds.

"We knew that the fund managers will reconsider where they want to keep their money - the interest-free accounts to another bank account or other investments", - said the chief economist of the Association James Chizen Bloomberg. According to him, will have to worry only if outflows continue.

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Pentagon allow women to fight on the front lines

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to lift the ban on women in combat, U.S. media reported, citing an unnamed senior officials at the Pentagon.



Decision, which is expected to be formally announced on Thursday, would allow American female soldiers to claim hundreds of thousands of items at the front and open the way for them to higher positions in the U.S. Army.

With this guide U.S. forces to January 2016 can create a list of positions to which women, for various reasons, can not claim.

In accordance with the rule vveddenym in 1994, women can not be members of the U.S. armed forces units engaged in ground combat.

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Julian Assange criticized the film's script dedicated to him

Assange has called the screenplay lies and propaganda
Wikileaks creator Julian Assange has subjected scenario dedicated to him fifth film criticism power, reports Agence France-Presse.




Located in the Embassy of Ecuador in London, Assange gave his opinion about the film during the sharing session with students at Oxford University.

Wikileaks founder familiar with the scenario of the picture and concluded that it was "a pack of lies" and "propaganda."

In addition, he accused the filmmakers that they "fan the flames" of hostility against Iran, as in the film hint at the fact that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.

The film, entitled The fifth power, whose main character is Julian Assange, is created in the studio Dreamworks. Picture removed, in particular, according to the memoirs of German hacker, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who worked with Assange from 2007 to 2010.

Assange's role in the film went to Benedict Cumberbatch, and the role of Domscheit-Berg will perform German actor Daniel Brühl.

It was reported earlier that Assange intends to sue the organizers of the American Film Festival is run on it a documentary about Wikileaks.

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PACE: Urgent debate on the situation in Mali and Algeria

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to hold urgent debate on the situation in Mali and Algeria.



Told reporters in Strasbourg after the meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the Russian delegation Leonid Slutsky.
"There will be urgent debate on the situation in Mali and Algeria," - he said.
L.Slutsky also noted that the Bureau did not support the proposal of the People's Party to hold an urgent debate on the situation in Georgia. Thus, according to him, during the current session of PACE, "the Georgian issue" limited performance of the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and the consideration of the report on the humanitarian situation in the regions affected by the Russian-Georgian war of 2008.
L.Slutsky also said that at the meeting of the situation in Ukraine, the question was not raised.

As previously reported, in Strasbourg today begins the first part of the PACE session in 2013.

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Honda recalls 777.000 urgently cars

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One of the largest car manufacturers in Japan - the company Honda Motor - announced the recall to the U.S. and Canada 777 thousand cars of various models due to a possible defect of the airbag system, according to a press release released by the company, according to foreign media.



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Recall, which will begin in mid-February 2013, subject to cars Honda Odyssey 2011-2013's and Honda Pilot, produced in the years 2009-13. In particular, in the United States are subject to recall 748 thousand cars in Canada - 29000. This writes the UNN.

Reason for the withdrawal was the failure of this car the driver airbag by improper fastening the plastic cover over the valve.

When assembling the unit specialists could miss a few rivets needed to properly position the cover over the bag, which can lead to incorrect operation of the system and increase the risk of injury in an accident.

Until now there has been a single case of an accident because of this defect.

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