21:18 // 08/25/2008 Russian tennis player Elena Dementieva entered the second round of the US Open Championship, reports Reuters . In her starting match on US Open, the Olympic champion Beijing beat Akgyul Amanmuradov from Uzbekistan - 6: 4, 7: 5. In the second circle of Dementyev (5th sowing number) will meet with the Frenchwoman Pauline Parrantier, who started from the victory over Marina Erakovich from New Zealand. Source: gzt.ru

14:37 // 08/25/2008 The State Duma called on the international community to recognize the sovereign status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "The State Duma addresses the parliaments of the UN Member States and international parliamentary organizations with an appeal to support the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent, sovereign and independent states," the statement of the chamber said on Monday.

20:32 // 08/25/2008 The flagship of the Black Sea Fleet Moskva missile cruiser again leaves the main base of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol in the eastern part of the Black Sea, RIA Novosti reports with reference to one of the crew of the cruiser. The Moscow missile cruiser on Saturday returned to the main base - Sevastopol after the implementation of combat missions in the eastern part of the Black Sea off the coast of Georgia.

In the capital of Dagestan, two policemen were killed by another daring murder of police officers committed in Makhachkala on Sunday. This time - right at the building of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic. At about 22.40, to the Arzamas -50 post, two traffic police inspectors and the policeman of the patrol service, which was on duty at the barrier who closes the entrance to the central square of the capital of Dagestan, - the young man drove up on a bicycle.

18:24 // 08/25/2008 The Iraqi government and the US administration reached an agreement on the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq until the end of 2011, said Prime Minister Nuri Al-Malika. "A bilateral agreement was reached on a fixed date of coagulation of a foreign presence on Iraqi land is the end of 2011," said Prime Minister Iraq, quoted by Reuters. The military operation of the United States and its allies against Iraq began in March 2003.

In Kyrgyzstan, a mourning of 65 people died in the victims of a plane crash and 25 were injured as a result of the fall of the Boeing 737 passenger aircraft. The accident occurred on Sunday 10 km from the Manas International Airport, located near the capital of Bishkek Kyrgyzstan. On Monday, 19 people are in the city’s hospitals, of which 8 are in serious condition. The liner flew out of the airport at 20.30 local time, flight 6895 along the Bishkek -Tehran route.

15:03 // 08/25/2008 The Chinese government launches the process of adoption of children who have lost their parents as a result of an earthquake. According to Associated Press , the government is currently studying applications for adoption, promising to announce the results before the end of the week. The government put forward rather stringent requirements for potential adoptive parents. They cannot be foreigners, they should be at least 30 years old and they should not have children.

20:48 // 08/25/2008 Ten people died, four were injured and burns as a result of a plane crash that occurred yesterday in Guatemala. According to information entering the Central American country, the tragedy happened a hundred kilometers east of the Guatemal capital, where a small aircraft serving tourist routes crashed on take -off from the local airfield.

11:42 // 08/25/2008 The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation revealed the main reasons for high inflation in the country: “sharp growth in government costs” and the imbalance of supply and demand, which, even at high oil prices, can lead to a negative balance of account of current operations, the press release of the control department testifies.

Due to the capital's budget, regional air transportation will be provided: we caught up and overtook America. True, only in one particular case: the expenses of the Moscow budget for the next year are scheduled for a larger amount than New York's expenses - $ 62 billion (more than 1.5 trillion rubles) against $ 59 billion and this is not the limit.

15:44 // 08/25/2008 The Pope Benedict XVI intends to meet with the former hostage Ingrid Betankur, released in early July. According to the Associated Press , the meeting will take place next week in the city of Castel-Gandolfo near Rome. Betankur was released after 6 years of captivity from the Colombian terrorists of the Farc group. She repeatedly said that her absolute faith helped her to survive.

13:13 // 08/25/2008 Young teachers in Moscow will pay increased allowances from the city budget. As reported in the capital's city hall, if these experts are now paying allowances equal to 20-40% of salaries, then in the near future the amount will become fixed - 40%. Young teachers with a diploma with honors will receive a allowance of 50% of salaries. The city hall recalled that this money is paid to teachers during the first three years of work, ITAR-TASS reports.

17:11 // 08/25/2008 US Vice-President Dick Cheney will visit Georgia in early September, where he will meet with President Mikhail Saakashvili, Reuters agency reports on Monday with reference to the Belo House statement. A visit to Georgia is part of the beginning of the foreign tour of Cheney on September 2, during which he will also visit Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Italy.

13:41 // 08/25/2008 The European Union does not consider the possibility of imposing sanctions against Russia. About this, according to the Associated Press , said Bernard Kushner, the Minister of Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs in the EU EU in an interview with France Inter Radio.

14:01 // 08/25/2008 Found by archaeologists at the excavation at the Tanning Monastery in Veliky Novgorod, the apple garden turned out to be the oldest in Russia, a source in the Novgorod archaeological expedition told RIA Novosti . The remnants of the garden at the knitting monastery were discovered in early August. Archaeologists have found several dozen stumps located in a checkerboard pattern.