Crash test '' Gazelle ''. From the magazine '' Driving '' In the suburbs, a large traffic accident occurred with the participation of a route taxi. According to Echo of Moscow, as a result of the collision of Gazelle and BMW, 4 people were killed, another 10 were injured in various severity. The incident occurred on the 37th kilometer of the Gorky highway. The causes of the accident are established.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian Muslims on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. According to the press service of the head of state, the congratulatory message reads, in particular: "This bright holiday of moral purification and improvement is marked by the revival of the spiritual life of millions of followers of traditional Islam in our country.

Palestinian woman with a portrait of Arafat. Photo by ar The election of the head of the Palestinian National Administration was scheduled for January 9 next year. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the al-Jazira satellite television channel, this said the temporarily acting head of the PNU Ruhi Fattuh. According to Palestinian legislation, the elections should take place no later than 60 days after the early termination of the powers of the leader of the autonomy.

Bridge in Abkhazia. Photo from the site www.abkhazeti.ru The Prime Minister of Abkhazia Nodar Khashba called on presidential candidates Raul Hadjimb and Sergey Bagaps to sit down at the negotiating table, RIA Novosti reports. "There is only one way out of this situation - everyone needs to stop and sit down at the negotiating table," the Abkhazian prime minister said in the Sukhumi statement.

In Moscow, after the concert of the group "Civil Defense" there was a mass brawl, reports "Echo of Moscow". The concert was held at the Gorbunov House of Culture on Novozavodskaya Street. According to the radio station, the fight began on Saturday at about 11 pm at the entrance to the Palace of Culture. As a result, 25 people sought medical help. Five doctors sent to the hospital. Interfax, citing the police department, reports that there are detainees.

Foreign citizens continue to leave Côte d'Ivoire, where riots have been going on for several days. According to the Air Force, another 800 people are to be evacuated from Abidjan on Sunday. In total, about 5,000 Europeans and 200 UN employees have already left the country. Ivory Coast President Lauren Gbagbo accused France of supporting the rebels in the renewed civil war.

Kyrgyzstan supports Russia's position on delivering preventive strikes against terrorists. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev, speaking on Sunday in Volokolamsk to veterans of the Great Patriotic War. "We support Russia's position on delivering preventive strikes against international terrorism," he said. According to Akayev, in order to fight terrorism, it is necessary to act as a united anti-terrorist front, passing through all continents and countries.

On Sunday, the term of the investigation into the case of the collapse of the roof in the Transvaal Park expires. According to Ekho Moskvy, the term of the investigation was supposed to expire in early September, but the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office extended it without giving reasons. Several construction and technical and forensic examinations were appointed.

Evgeny Mikhailov. Photo from the site AK & M On Sunday, the governor’s elections are held in the Pskov region. According to ITAR-TASS, at 8 o’clock in the morning 705 polling stations opened, where almost 610 thousand registered voblasts of voters can vote. Eight candidates, including the current head of the region, Yevgeny Mikhailov, apply for the post of governor.

Our Ukraine bloc leader Viktor Yushchenko and his team are not opposition, but bankrupt former state leaders. According to Rosbalt, this was stated at a meeting with journalists by presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych. According to him, "the opposition is communists, socialists. And Yushchenko's team is people who fulfilled their duties.

Mahmoud Abbas. Photo AFP As a result of a shootout in a mourning tent installed in gas for farewell to Yasir Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) almost died, after the death of Arafat, appointed by the head of the organization of the liberation of Palestine. According to RIA Novosti, according to the information of the al-jazzir satellite television channel, unknown people opened fire after Abbas entered the tent.

An attempt to blow up a military commissariat has been thwarted in the regional center of Kurskaya in the Stavropol Territory, a source in the region's law enforcement agencies told Interfax-South on Sunday. On Saturday evening, an unidentified man jumped out of a seventh model VAZ car, placed three 400-gram and two 200-gram TNT blocks on the window sill of the military registration and enlistment office building, and set fire to the fuse fuse.

Yasir Arafat with Fatha's brother. Photo by ar Fathi Arafat, the younger brother of Yasir Arafat, died of cancer in Cairo. As RIA Novosti reports, the Israeli newspaper Ahronot reports with reference to sources in Egypt. Dr. Fathi Arafat headed the organization of a red crescent in Palestine. Arafat, who was in the Cairo hospital, did not know about the death of his older brother.

In Chechnya, a military conscript committed suicide. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. "The day before, at 17.50 Moscow time in the district center of Kurchaloy, at the location of the temporary deployment point of one of the units of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, a conscripted soldier committed suicide with a Kalashnikov assault rifle," the agency's interlocutor said.

Changing the parameters of the atmosphere over time. Image from the site amap.no From November 9 to 12, in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik hosted an international symposium dedicated to climate change in the Arctic, due to universal warming. On the opening day of the forum, the delegates presented an extensive report prepared as part of the ACIA project (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment).