20:56 // 02/02/2008 Russian woman Elena Dementyeva became the first semi -finalist of the fourth in the season of the Grand Slam, the U.S. Open Championship with a total prize pool of 20 million 657 thousand US dollars. The Olympic champion Dementyev, "sown" here under the fifth number, in the 1/4 finals match won by Patricia Schnider (Switzerland, 15) with a score of 6: 2, 6: 3. The next rival of Elena will be the winner of the couple Elena Yankovich (Serbia, 2) - Sibill Bammer (Austria, 29).

10:27 // 02/02/2008 Up to 130 instigators of the riots were arrested on the first day of the nationwide congress of the Republican Party of the United States in the city of St. Paul (Minnesota). Most of them were charged with damage to private property, aggressive actions and penetration into the zone, closing for the general public in connection with the party forum. According to law enforcement agencies, up to 10 thousand people went to the streets of the city near the Complex "Xel".

The Governor of Alaska is accompanied by scandals, the election headquarters John McCain made a statement yesterday: a possible candidate of the Republican Party in the Vice President of the country 44-year-old Sarah Paylin will become a grandmother at the end of December.

Inflation in developed countries has reached a maximum over 11 years in inflation in the countries of the organization of economic cooperation and development (OECD) in July 2008 reached a historical maximum over the past 11 years and amounted to 4.8% compared to the same month of 2007. As stated in the organization’s report published yesterday, inflation continuously increased since December 2007, when it was 3.5%.

17:07 // 02/02/2008 The C130 Air Force military transport aircraft with the Minister of Defense of this European country on board made an emergency landing in Afghanistan after a bird entered one of the air transport engines, RIA Novosti reports citing local media. "The C130 aircraft, who was supposed to deliver the Minister of Defense of Peter de Cream, his employees and about twenty journalists from Kabul to Canadagar, made a forced landing after a collision with a bird," the message said.

20:28 // 02/02/2008 In Nalchik, today an attack on the chief editor of the independent "newspaper South" Miloslav Bitokov was attacked. He is beaten in the entrance of his own house and hospitalized. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the editorial office of the newspaper. “Three unknown people in the entrance of the house, where his apartment was attacked, at the time when the victim’s son put the car in the garage,” the newspaper employee said.

17:52 // 02/02/2008 The Georgian Foreign Ministry today "officially notified the Russian Embassy in Georgia that Georgia is terminating diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation." This was stated by the adviser-USENT of the Russian Embassy Andrei Smag.

The rally of supporters of Magomed Evloev ceased to the rally of the Ingush opposition in Nazran on Monday on Monday early in the morning on Tuesday. Supporters of the murdered owner of the site "Ingushetia.ru" Magomeda Evloev reported that law enforcement agencies dispersed the action, and in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic refuted this information.

The President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh, in an interview with Gazeta, Sergey Bagapsh, spoke about the progress of work on bilateral agreements with Russia in an interview with the Observer of Gazeta Madine Shavlokhova. - South Ossetia entered into the first official agreement - an inter -parliamentary agreement with the Council of the Federation of Russia. When will the same document be signed by you?

The pace of falling prices for black gold turned out to be a record for five years, the hurricane "Gustav" only for a short time managed to slow down the drop in oil prices. In reality, the destruction caused by him turned out to be relatively small. This is what led to the real collapse in the oil market. On Monday, the cost of a barrel of Light Sweet fell by 8.7% to $ 105.4, then, however, recruited a little and rising to $ 109. This fall has become a record for a long time.

20:18 // 02/02/2008 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine did not support a single conflict in Georgia, RIA Novosti reports. About ten draft statements on this issue were submitted to the parliament voting. However, none of them gained the required number of votes.

The CIS Statat Committee published data on economic development among the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the fastest pace is the economy of Azerbaijan. His GDP in January - July 2008 increased by 16.7%. The economic successes of Belarus (+10.3%) turned out to be impressive. The growth rate of the Russian economy is much more modest. Over the seven months of the current year, GDP grew by only 7.7%, which provided Russia with only fifth place among the CIS countries.

21:32 // 02/02/2008 The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) officially approved several record achievements, including two world records set by Russians Elena Isinbaeva in jumping with a pole. It was legalized by her jumps at 5.03 and 5.04 m, shown respectively in Rome on July 11 and in Monte Carlo on July 29.

German scientists completed a study in the field of cerebrovascular circulation disorders from the University of Heidelberg reported the end of the study in the field of cerebrovascular accident. Summary: the larger the stomach and thicker the waist, the higher the risk of stroke.

21:06 // 02/02/2008 The ratification of the oil and gas agreement with Russia in the parliament of Serbia has not taken place today. The whole day went through the stormy debates on a political agenda: the opposition parties found out relations with the executive branch, demanding that they call the guilty for the use of power methods and special equipment when dispersing the protest against the arrest of the joy of Karadzhich, held in Belgrade on July 29.