25 October 2007, 05:52 Carolina beat Buffalo The NHL regular season matches take place on Wednesday. Carolina beat Buffalo with a score of 6:2 (1:1, 1:1, 4:0). Pucks scored: 1-0. Brindamour (Williams, Wallin), 00:38 1-1. Pominville (Connolly, Hecht), 02:52 2-1. Whitney (Brindamore, Williams), 11:15 p.m. 2-2. Pominville (Ruah, Connolly), 35:22-ball 3-2. Staal (Hediken, Aucoin), 45:48 4-2. Hamilton (Staal, Cullen), 47:40 5-2. Stillman (Commodore, Hedican), 50:44 6-2.

On Thursday, the funeral of famous Kyrgyz journalist Alisher Saipov was held in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. He was killed on October 24 at about 19.00 local time with three shots from a Makarov pistol. The tragedy occurred right on the street in the area of ​​the House of Public Services on Kyrgyzstan Street.

October 25, 2007, 11:29 pm FIFA supports Brazil as a candidate for the 2014 World Cup FIFA inspectors have recommended Brazil to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, AP reports. “Brazil is the right choice to host the 2014 World Cup. Brazil has proven its potential and shown that it is capable of organizing this tournament,” the commission’s report said. FIFA's executive committee is due to announce the final decision on the host country for the 2014 championship next Tuesday.

On Thursday, the Mirny Garrison Military Court began the trial of the murder of private Sergei Sinkonen at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The criminal case was brought to court on October 11, 2007. In the dock are two servicemen from the cosmodrome: captain Viktor Bal and warrant officer Vadim Kalinin . They were charged under Art. 111 part 4 (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of the victim) and Art.

Days of Swedish culture "SWEDKULT-2007", the program of which includes new works by Swedish filmmakers and modern electronic music, will open on Thursday in St. Petersburg. According to the organizers of SWEDKULT-2007, the program of Swedish cinema will be shown from October 25 to 31 at the House of Cinema on Karavannaya Street. St. Petersburg residents will be able to see the sensational films of the latest season and meet with professionals of Swedish cinema.

25 October 2007, 17:05 Gazprom and StatoilHydro signed an agreement on joint development of Shtokman OJSC Gazprom and the Norwegian company StatoilHydro signed a framework agreement for the latter to enter the project to develop the first phase of the Shtokman gas condensate field as a partner. This is stated in a statement from Gazprom. StatoilHydro will receive a 24% stake in the special purpose company Shtokman Development Company, which is the operator of the field development project.

On Wednesday, in trading on the New York Stock Exchange, shares of Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD) dropped from $115 to $112.28, while the NYSE Composite index lost only 0.316% during the trading session on Wednesday. The company's shares fell almost immediately after the announcement that a number of food market participants had signed an agreement with the government to freeze prices for essential products.

25 October 2007, 21:56 Panathinaikos beat Aberdeen In the opening match of the group stage of the first round of the UEFA Cup in Group B, in which Lokomotiv Moscow also plays, Panathinaikos beat Aberdeen with a score of 3:0. Goals: Gumas, 11; Papadopoulos, 73; Salpingidis, 76. Match details and team standings can be found on the UEFA Cup page.

Miss October is in a martini glass. The obligatory olive is lying around somewhere nearby. Her face is covered with a burqa, but her long naked legs hang over the edge, unable to fit into the vessel. This is how, according to artist Makan Emadi, one of the pages in a modern erotic calendar should look like. On his official website, the American artist of Iranian origin talks about what prompted him to create the “Islamic Erotica” series.

Sport Tverdovsky returned with victory Salavat Yulaev defeated Magnitogorsk Evgeniy Trushin Ufa's Salavat Yulaev strengthened its leadership in the Russian Super League by defeating the Russian champion Metallurg Magnitogorsk away. The winning goal was scored by defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky, who returned to action after an injury. On October 15, in the first round match, Salavat Yulaev defeated Metallurg in a bitter struggle with a score of 5:4, thus securing first place.

25 October 2007, 16:13 Albanian police, having established the identity of the murdered man, cut off his fingers Albanian police confirmed local media reports that, having found the body of a man with documents, they nevertheless cut off his fingers for identification. At the same time, the police also had a confession from the murdered man’s best friend.

25 October 2007, 02:36 Tsunami threat lifted in Indonesia The tsunami threat issued after a strong earthquake in Indonesia has been lifted. This was reported by the country's meteorological agency. About an hour ago, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

The Royal Academy of Arts in London assures that the paintings due to be presented at the exhibition “From Russia: French and Russian Masterpieces of Painting 1870-1925” in January will return to Russia.

October 25, 2007, 12:29 pm The RFU FTC fined Anzhi and Alania At its next meeting, the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the RFU fined the head coach of FC Volga (Ulyanovsk) Sergei Sedyshev, who went beyond the technical zone during a match of the Russian Championship in the second division, the Ural-Povolzhye zone, with Volga Nizhny Novgorod, a thousand rubles. , reports the official website of the RFU.

October 25, 2007, 10:41 pm Lokomotiv drew with Atlético In the opening match of the group stage of the first round of the UEFA Cup in Group B, Lokomotiv Moscow drew with the Spanish Atlético Madrid with a score of 3:3. Goals: Bilyaletdinov, 27; Odemwingie, 60, 63 - Aguero, 16, 85; Forlan, 47. Lokomotiv's opponents in Group B are also Aberdeen, Panathinaikos and Copenhagen. Match details and team standings can be found on the UEFA Cup page.