At the World Athletics Championship, which takes place in Berlin, the spear -spear competitions have ended among women. The victory in this form was won by the German Steffi Nerius, she threw a spear at 67.30 meters. The second place went to the Czech athlete Barbara Shpotakova. The bronze medal of the World Cup was won by the Russian spearman Maria Abakumova, she showed the result of 66.06 meters.

South Korea postponed the launch of her first rocket into space just seven minutes before the start. The missile was supposed to be launched from the people's cosmodrome today. According to AP , the Ministry of Science of South Korea confirmed the cancellation of the launch without specifying why such a decision was made. A two -stage missile, the first step of which was developed jointly with Russian specialists, was supposed to bring a satellite weighing 100 kg into orbit.

The seventh match of the Champions League in the career of Andrei Arshavin ended with the historical achievement of Arsenal. For the first time in 25 years, the English club was able to win at the home stadium of the Scottish "Celtic". The Scottish team in the Champions League was already on the second pupil of the St. Petersburg Zenit.

The parents of the applicants who passed the exams well to the Suvorov military schools and the cadet corps wrote a letter to Dmitry Medvedev asking for why the Ministry of Defense enrolled their children to other schools or at all credited anywhere, the newspaper Kommersant writes.

Observers of the European Commission began an investigation into the iPhone exploding phone and IPD players, which is produced by Apple. Complaints of life -threatening devices came to the EC from residents of Great Britain, France, Holland and Sweden. The commission has already sent a request to 27 EU member countries to provide any information regarding this case. According to the participants in the investigation, people complain that these devices suddenly ignite or even explode.

Researchers from the University of California revealed a gene that causes increased emotional vulnerability and sensitivity to pain. The discovery of scientists sheds light on the similarity between the psychological and physical suffering of a person. Neurobiologists have found that genetically determined differences in the structure of receptors on the surface of neurons are associated with such thin psychological processes as feelings of resentment and annoyance.

In 2010, the salary of employees of the budget sphere will remain at the level of this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov. Thus, next year, state employees They will face a lag of salaries from inflation, which is predicted at 10%.

A contract was signed for the purchase of the largest party of fighters for the army At the Max air show, which opened yesterday, in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who held a meeting on the development of domestic aircraft construction as part of the salon, a contract was signed between the Ministry of Defense and the Sukhoy Company for the supply of the largest batch of fighters in the entire post -Soviet history of Russia.

The Kommersant newspaper reports on Wednesday that the Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov in a telephone conversation demanded that the Su-27 to the summer residents to be assisted from the plane of the Su-27. The governor said that he read the article in the Kommersant newspaper, where they write that the region does not want to compensate the population with the damage from the catastrophe of two fighters of the "Russian Vityazi". "To create a commission tomorrow!

Moscow employers will be able to officially arrange for work next year in the aggregate of 250 thousand foreign workers. It was the amount of migalropolis necessary for the metropolis that the corresponding committee of the Moscow City Hall indicated in his request.

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said that the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station is “this is the most large-scale and incomprehensible accident in the world,” and urged in this regard not yet to nominate versions about its causes.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs talked about the used schemes of funds During the current economic crisis, fraudsters of all stripes recalled the old proven schemes characteristic of the time of the 1998 crisis, said Alexei Shishko, deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, speaking of trends in this area, yesterday at the briefing of the Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Security (Deb) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In order to clear the entire territory of the Cherkizov market, the demolition of which began the day before, it will take several years.

The FIA appeal court admitted Fernando Alonso to the home race Fernando Alonso will participate in the Grand Prix of Europe, after the ban on the participation of his team in the race was canceled. The organizers of the European Grand Prix breathed with the deepest relief after the appeal from Renault was accepted regarding the controversial ban on participation of Fernando Alonso. Thus, the racer will take part in the race in Valencia, which will take place this weekend.

At the World Athletics Championship, an 800 m final race will be held among women. Participation in it may not be taken by the runner of Caster Semena, who plays for the national team of South Africa. According to The Age , the African athlete can be removed from the race due to suspicions of her belonging not only to the female sex. The public embarrassed the male physique of the 18-year-old runner.