25 August 2012, 18:07 Society Death toll from explosion at Venezuela's largest oil refinery rises to 19 The number of victims of an explosion at the largest oil refinery in Venezuela has risen to 19 people, more than 50 were injured, reports Reuters . There is a pillar of fire above the plant - oil products are burning out, but there is no danger of a second explosion. A rescue team is currently working at the fire site.

On Friday, an incident occurred at the Nizhny Novgorod airport due to the fact that the passenger aircraft RRJ-95B (certification name of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, designed for 95 passengers - note by Gazeta.Ru), heading to Moscow, was forced to stop taking off from -for crew errors. was informed about this Interfax by a source in the air traffic control services of the Nizhny Novgorod air hub.

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations sent a plane to Bulgaria to transport a Russian tourist who had fallen into a coma to a St. Petersburg hospital, the told RIA Novosti . ministry’s information department “In pursuance of the instructions of the Russian government , the Ministry of Emergency Situations promptly organized a special flight to Burgas for a seriously ill Russian woman who was vacationing in Bulgaria with her children.

Bayern beat Greuther Furth with a crushing score of 3:0 in the opening match of the German championship. Before the match, the Munich team lost their key player, midfielder Franck Ribery: the reason for the French midfielder’s absence from the squad for the game was the flu, the team’s official Twitter reported on Friday. Munich team captain Philipp Lahm said ahead of the start of the Bundesliga that the team should play better this season than last year.

25 August 2012, 17:13 Society Vandal Crusade In Russian regions, four worship crosses were torn down overnight. Svetlana Smetankina close 100% In two regions of Russia on Friday night, unknown persons cut down and toppled worship crosses. One was destroyed in the Arkhangelsk region, three more in the Chelyabinsk region. Police are investigating the incident.

Spain's national television has announced that it will resume showing the bullfight, which was last broadcast about six years ago, from September. writes about this Diario de Sevilla . A ban on broadcasting bullfights was introduced on the country's national television in 2007.

The international project of the traveling museum “Museum of Everything” has begun selecting works in Moscow on the territory of the summer site of the Garage center in Gorky Park. The Museum of Everything seeks out unknown and unprofessional contemporary artists. “I would like to ask everyone to find unique artists, of which there are probably many here. We will definitely tell you about them and let them speak out.

Sport Manchester United dispelled fears by half Manchester United beat Fulham in the second round of the English Championship Ivan Lidsky close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Manchester United beat Fulham in the second round of the English Championship. Newcomers Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa scored their first goals for the Mancunians. Swansea defeated West Ham at home, and the match between Sunderland and Reading was postponed indefinitely.

Central channels will be prohibited from using the words “hemorrhoids,” “gay,” and “excrement” on air—on September 1, the law “On the Protection of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development” comes into force. This was reported by the deputy editor-in-chief of the radio station “Echo of Moscow” Vladimir Varfolomeev in his LiveJournal .

25 August 2012, 13:26 Business Apple bit Samsung Apple wins key patent case against Samsung Anastasia Matveeva close 100% Apple wins patent lawsuit against Samsung Reuters “A big day for Apple,” is how CEO Tim Cook described the victory in a key patent case with Samsung. An American court has ruled to pay Steve Jobs' company $1.05 billion in compensation: the jury found the South Korean company guilty of violating six of Apple's seven technologies.

The Belarusian authorities will resettle migrants in demographically depressed areas of the country to compensate for the natural population decline. This was announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus Marianna Shchetkina. According to the minister, the resettlement will take into account not only the number of residents, but also local needs for personnel and the capabilities of social infrastructure.

25 August 2012, 13:52 Society It's hard to get into a fashion designer In the center of New York, near the Empire State Building, a former fashion designer shot his colleague Svetlana Smetankina close 100% Reuters In midtown Manhattan, a clothing designer shot and killed his former colleague, who had previously fired him, with a gunshot to the head. The police tried to detain him, and when he pulled out a .45-caliber pistol, they opened fire, firing 14 bullets.

A jury in the United States ordered the South Korean company Samsung to pay the American corporation Apple $1.05 billion in a case over patents for the iPhone and iPad, reports the Associated Press . The trial was conducted in the federal court of the Californian city of San Jose. Apple tried to prove that Samsung copied the design of the iPhone and iPad, and Samsung tried to prove that the American corporation was violating its patents. Apple demanded compensation of $2.5 billion.

On Saturday night in the center of Moscow, a local police officer, while intoxicated, caused a car accident and tried to escape from the scene. This was reported on the website of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . “At 2 a.m., an accident occurred on the Garden Ring near Paveletsky Station involving a Ford Mondeo and a Nissan Patrol, after which the Ford fled the scene of the accident,” the department said in a statement.

In the Stavropol Territory, the first lead singer of the group “Tender May”, Yuri Gurov, died in a car accident. The group's producer Andrei Razin told RIA Novosti about this. According to him, the accident occurred early in the morning between the villages of Privolnoye and Krasnogvardeyskoye. For reasons that have not yet been established, a KamAZ truck and a Volkswagen, in which Gurov was a passenger, collided.