Chronicle of the war in South Ossetia: day six Latest reports on attempts at a peaceful settlement in the conflict zone On August 13, shooting apparently finally stopped in South Ossetia. Now the main events are taking place in the diplomatic arena. We will monitor the parties' attempts to resolve the South Ossetian conflict and the consequences of the armed confrontation in the unrecognized republic. August 13, 2008 23:57 Condoleezza Rice threatened Russia with international isolation.

US presidential candidate from the Republican Party John McCain promised to support Georgia's entry into NATO if he wins, AFP reports . "I will support Georgia's application to join NATO," McCain said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.

The Georgian intervention in South Ossetia was a "deadly mistake." This opinion, AFP reports , was expressed by in an interview with the German publication Bild, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, former President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze. In his opinion, the military operation was extremely poorly prepared. “Georgia should not have entered Tskhinvali in such an unprepared manner.

NASA has delayed the first launch of the Orion spacecraft by at least a year. The first flight will take place no earlier than 2014. This was reported by AFP with reference to the NASA administration. It was previously planned that the first launch of Orion, which is being developed by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, will take place in September 2013. However, technical difficulties and lack of funding led to a revision of these plans.

The suicide bomber who attempted to assassinate Iraqi provincial governor Diyala Raad Tamimi on Tuesday turned out to be a man in disguise. in women's clothing, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing military sources. According to eyewitnesses, a woman dressed in an abaya - a traditional Arab long women's dress - tried to approach the governor's motorcade.

Three Bigfoot hunters announced that they had found his body in the forests of Georgia, USA. Photos and description of the creature are presented on the Cryptomundo website. The hunters say they will present the DNA results of their find at a press conference on Friday, August 15 in California. According to the data presented in the press release, the height of the unusual creature is about 2.5 meters, weight exceeds 225 kilograms.

Russian troops left the city of Zugdidi on Wednesday afternoon. reports this Interfax : Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia told reporters. At the same time, he noted that all Georgian armed units are in places of permanent deployment, implementing the ceasefire agreement. As Kutelia emphasized, the Russian side must also comply with the agreement by withdrawing its troops from Georgian territory. Zugdidi is located in western Georgia, near the border with Abkhazia.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense systems shot down two Georgian unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, RIA Novosti reports , citing an official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to him, the second drone of the Georgian Air Force was destroyed on August 13 at about 17:30 Moscow time. The first Georgian drone was shot down over Tskhinvali on August 12 around 23:30.

The losses of the Russian army in combat operations on the territory of South Ossetia during the armed confrontation amounted to 74 people killed. This was stated by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Anatoly Nogovitsyn at a briefing in Moscow. The briefing will be broadcast live by the Vesti24 TV channel. According to Nogovitsyn, 171 Russian servicemen were wounded, 19 people are considered missing.

The British condemned the game Madworld, which is being developed by PlatinumGames, writes the Daily Mail. The head of Mediawatch-UK, John Beyer, said the action looked disgusting. He hopes the British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC ) will scrutinize Madworld and ultimately refuse to give the game any age rating. If the project is not classified, it will be prohibited from being sold in the UK. Bayer noted that he is not concerned about the fate of Madworld in other countries.

American stock indices fell for the first time in three days due to new concerns about the state of the country's banking system. Negative forecasts affected Goldman Sachs, and representatives of JP Morgan reported that market conditions had “significantly worsened.” As a result, the Dow Jones fell 1.19 percent to 11,642.47 points, the broad-market S&P 500 index fell 1.2 percent to 1,289.59 points, and the tech-heavy NASDAQ fell 0.38 percent to 2,430 points.

Nearly a quarter of the largest US corporations pay no federal income tax. This is stated in the report of the General Accounting Office of the US Congress (GAO), reports The Wall Street Journal . The US federal income tax rate is 35 percent. Large corporations, according to the GAO, are corporations with assets greater than $250 million. At the same time, according to the GAO, at least 60 percent of all corporations had no debt on tax payments to the federal budget between 1998 and 2005.

BP has denied information that it is ready to end the conflict with the consortium of Russian co-owners of the oil company TNK-BP - AAR. The company did not agree to replace TNK-BP President Robert Dudley with an independent candidate and recruit a new management team, writes the Kommersant newspaper .

The new music album of the first lady of France, Carla Bruni, "Comme si de rien n'etait" ("As if nothing had happened") sold 300 thousand copies within a month of going on sale, AFP reports . According to the Naive record company, since July 11, the album has sold 150 thousand copies in France, and another 160 abroad. In mid-July, "Comme si de rien n'etait" rose to third place in the French charts. Between 3 and 9 August, Bruni's album ranked fifth on the list of best-selling albums in France.

European scientists have found that out of eight tentacles, the octopus uses six as arms and two as legs. reports this The Times . It was previously thought that the tentacles were divided into two groups of four each - "legs" for swimming and "arms" for manipulation. As part of the study, more than two thousand experiments were carried out in 20 research centers throughout Europe.