On Wednesday, one of the most interesting matches of the group stage of the final ATP tournament took place. World number one Novak Djokovic fought with Olympic champion Andy Murray. The confrontation between the Serb and the Briton is an action-packed series, and the match in London became its 16th episode.

09 November 2012, 10:45 Culture Through the thorns to the stars and stripes Vladimir Lyashenko close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Argo, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, is a film that uses an idiotic trick to turn a spy thriller into a statement on the nature of cinema.

08 November 2012, 11:20 News Source: The General Staff will be headed by the commander of the May 9 parades Gerasimov, Shamanov will become Deputy Minister of Defense The commander of the Central Military District, Valery Gerasimov , will be appointed head of the General Staff, and the commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, Vladimir Shamanov, will become the first deputy minister of defense. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru’s source in the military department.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the authorities will cooperate with Airbnb (a well-known American service that provides apartment rental services. - Gazeta.Ru) to find temporary housing for those who need it after the hurricane. Sandy". This was reported on the company's blog.

Greek police used tear gas and - for the first time in many years - a water cannon to disperse a crowd of demonstrators who threw stones and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement officers who did not allow them to enter the country's parliament building, the Associated Press reports . According to the agency, about 80 thousand people took part in the demonstration against the adoption of the new package of austerity measures.

Russian stock markets are down by almost 1.5%, the MICEX index has updated its three-month minimum, Prime reports . By 18.03 Moscow time, the MICEX fell by 1.43%, to 1402.99 points - the minimum since the beginning of August. The RTS lost 1.51%, amounting to 1,405.37 points. The Russian stock market is falling due to weak indicators on the US labor market.

08 November 2012, 16:25 Business The Constitutional Court kept its last word The Constitutional Court indicated to the arbitration court that no one has the right to interpret differently a rule of law recognized as unconstitutional Victor Banev (St.

Anthropologists have discovered several spearheads in southern South Africa that were buried underground about 71,000 years ago, which pushes back the date of the invention of these tools by our ancestors by 14,000 years, according to an article published in the journal Nature.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service ( FAS ) will check the Big Three operators ( MTS , VimpelCom and Megafon) for the legality of writing off money from a user’s account when sending SMS messages with a short number, according to a message on the agency’s website.

08 November 2012, 09:44 Business Vedomosti: Gazprom, Russian Railways and other monopolies will still be deprived of property tax benefits deputies State Duma agreed to accept government amendments to the Tax Code, according to which property tax is introduced for the infrastructure of monopolies and is zeroed out for new equipment. about this Vedomosti wrote on Thursday .

Minnesota won its third victory in the fourth match, beating Orlando at home. The Wolves now lead the Northwestern Division, ahead of last season's finalist Oklahoma. The Timberwolves are in third place in the Western Conference standings. Rick Adelman's charges have already learned to manage without their two stars - the injured Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio . To be fair, they have not yet played against the league favorites, and they have matches against Chicago and Dallas ahead of them.

Mikheil Saakashvili ’s United National Movement party announced a political boycott of the Georgian parliament, party deputy David Darchiashvili told Gazeta.Ru. “We have declared a political boycott and are not going to return to the Georgian parliament. Let’s see how events develop,” Darchiashvili said.

MasterCard has released credit cards with a built-in LCD display and touch keyboard in Singapore, reports the BBC . The cards will be available worldwide in January. As the company explained, the touch keyboard should simplify the online banking process, since with its help clients will be able to receive an activation code without using additional devices. “Now we are throwing all our efforts into making the service more convenient and safe for customers.

08 November 2012, 20:21 Business Banks have outgrown 2011 The total profit of Russian banks in January - October amounted to 836.5 billion rubles Sergey Titov close 100% In 10 months, Russian banks earned 836.5 billion rubles in profit, the same as for the entire 2011 ITAR-TASS Russian banks are breaking records for profits. In the first 9 months, they earned an amount similar to the profit of the entire previous year.

Taking multivitamins daily does not help against heart disease, American scientists have found . The study included 14,641 men over 50 years of age. They were monitored for 11 years, as a result it was found that the occurrence of cardiovascular failure does not depend on taking multivitamins. This conclusion was made after more than 1,700 heart attacks, with the same frequency occurring in both the group of patients taking vitamins and those in which they did not take them.