The death toll as a result of the devastating earthquake in Turkey was 596 people, the country's authorities reported. Rescue operations to find survivors have been completed. Most people died in the city of Ercis - 456 people, located in the province of Van, in southeastern Turkey. An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 occurred in Van province on October 23. The echoes of the earthquake were felt in Armenia, Iran and Georgia.

October 30, 2011, 21:43 Sports Kvitova defeated Azarenka in the final of the final tournament in Istanbul Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova (3) became the winner of the final WTA tournament in Istanbul (prize fund - $4.55 million). In the final, Kvitova defeated the Belarusian athlete Victoria Azarenka (4) with a score of 7:5, 4:6, 6:3. Details of the matches, as well as the position of tennis players in the ATP and WTA rankings, can be viewed on the tennis page .

30 October 2011, 18:44 Sports Shakhtar flew out for the match with Zenit without Jadson and Fernandinho Ukrainian Shakhtar went to St. Petersburg for a match with Zenit. According to the press service of the Donetsk club, the team flew to the match without Jadson and Fernandinho.

October 31, 2011, 10:21 Culture “I can’t distinguish between the shades of meat and blood” Interview with Nicolas Refn Ekaterina Chen close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos This week sees the release of Drive, one of the biggest hits at the recent American Film Festival, a spectacular thriller directed by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling.

Three Europeans kidnapped a week ago in Algeria are alive and are being held hostage by militants of the Al-Qaeda organization (an organization banned in Russia) in the countries of the Islamic Maghreb. This was reported by Al Arabiya TV channel with reference to intermediaries. “Three Europeans taken prisoner are alive. One of the kidnappers, who is part of the Al-Qaeda organization in the Islamic Maghreb, gave us this information,” the source said.

Sport Pavlyuchenko rested before Rubin Tottenham beat Queens Park Rangers Oleg Koshelev close 100% Harry Redknapp is ready to let Roman Pavlyuchenko go Reuters Tottenham beat Queens Park Rangers in the tenth round of the English Championship. Gareth Bale scored a brace. Roman Pavlyuchenko, who expressed a desire to leave Tottenham, remained in reserve. Tottenham, without Roman Pavlyuchenko, beat Queens Park Rangers in the tenth round of the English Premier League.

October 30, 2011, 20:35 News A Kenyan Air Force strike on a town in Somalia leaves 12 dead and 52 injured. A Kenyan Air Force airstrike on a town in Somalia killed 12 people and injured 52, local authorities say. “12 people were killed, including six children, and 52 people were injured after the Kenyan air force bombed a camp for displaced people in the town of Jilib,” a local government official said.

In Portland, police arrested about 30 Occupy Portland protesters who refused to leave a city park. The arrests occurred after members of the movement marched through one of the city's wealthy areas, the Washington Post reports . Hundreds of protesters gathered at Jamison Square, but most dispersed when police showed up. The remaining participants sat in a circle in the park, awaiting arrest. Many of those in the park had to be dragged by police to police vans, witnesses said.

Three leading American rating agencies - Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch - confirmed the highest rating of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) at AAA, reports Deutsche Welle . As stated in the statements of the agencies, in making this decision, they took into account the fact that on October 18, an agreement came into force to increase the volume of the EFSF to €440 billion under guarantees in the amount of €780 billion.

October 30, 2011, 21:06 Sports Cesena fires head coach The management of Cesena dismissed the team's head coach Marco Giampaolo , reports Football Italia . Cesena, which currently ranks last in Serie A, remains the only Italian championship team that has not yet won a single victory since the start of the season.

October 30, 2011, 19:59 Sports Balyaykin: “Tom” didn’t care by what score they lost “Tom” footballer Evgeny Balyaykin spoke about his team’s home defeat from “Dynamo” ( 0:2 ) in the match of the 29th round of the Russian championship. “It’s hard for us psychologically,” said Balyaykin. - We can’t score or win. In the second half we wanted to please the fans, because there was nothing to lose anyway. It didn’t matter by what score we would lose. I wanted to please the fans with a good game.

30 October 2011, 22:52 Sports "Dnepr" beat "Karpaty" away The matches of the 15th round of the Ukrainian Championship are taking place on Sunday. “Karpaty” hosted “Dnepr” and lost with a score of 0:2. Goals: Kalinic, 3; Kravchenko, 82. Details of this and other matches, as well as the position of the teams in the standings, can be viewed on the Ukrainian Championship page.

30 October 2011, 22:48 Sports Sykora: Dynamo played a good match Head coach of Dynamo Minsk Marek Sikora commented on his team’s defeat to Torpedo ( 1:3 ) in the KHL championship match. “I think we played a good match and, above all, the first period, when we outscored the hosts 10-2,” the Torpedo press service reports Sikora’s words . “Torpedo converted one of their two chances, but we failed to score even once. And this happened almost throughout the entire match.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko invited the European Union and the United States to abandon the policy of sanctions and return to full-format interaction. “I am sure that the time has long come to abandon these artificial barriers, mossy stereotypes and clear the way for full-scale interaction,” Lukashenko said in Dushanbe, speaking at the Tajik Technical University.

Proceeds from the Tashkent concert of singer Eros Ramazzotti, whom the Italian media accused of corruption for his intention to perform at the request of the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Gulnara Karimova , will go to help women living with a diagnosis of breast cancer, a representative of the Forum Foundation said. “The funds will be used to purchase expensive medicines and conduct operations in Uzbekistan and abroad,” the fund told RIA Novosti .