Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has endorsed a third-party candidate in the upcoming congressional elections in New York State. As reported in The Cucus blog on The New York Times website, Palin has endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, one of whose rivals is a Republican representative. A special election for the House of Representatives will take place in New York State's 23rd District on November 3.

The 23-year-old son of French President Jean Sarkozy was elected to the board of directors of the EPAD agency, which manages the largest business center in France, La Defense. reported this on Friday, October 23 Agence France-Presse . According to Bloomberg, 28 votes were cast for the election of Sarkozy to the EPAD board of directors, and 17 were against. Previously, Jean Sarkozy was named among the most likely candidates for the post of head of the agency's board.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov considered the proposal to award him the title of Hero of the Republic premature. According to ITAR-TASS , he stated this at a meeting with elders in the Dovletli region. “I’m still young, I’m ready to work a little more so that you can then give me such a high rating,” said 52-year-old Berdymukhamedov.

The captain of the Spanish football club Barcelona, ​​Carles Puyol, has agreed on a new contract. Puyol will play for Barcelona until the end of the 2012/2013 season. The player's previous agreement expired at the end of June 2010. The new contract will be officially signed in a few days, Reuters reports. 31-year-old Carles Puyol, who plays as a central or full-back, has been with Barcelona throughout his entire career.

Photo gallery 10.23.2009, 10:53:42 Russian Fashion Week: day six Shows Andres Caballero, BeeQueen, Cristiano Burani, Gilda Giambra, Leitmotiv, Mauro Gasperi Traditionally, the Russian Fashion Week schedule includes a day of foreign fashion. The sixth day of RFW spring-summer 2010 was declared the day of Italian fashion, during which Italian designers Andres Caballero, BeeQueen, Cristiano Burani, Gilda Giambra, Leitmotiv and Mauro Gasperi presented their collections.

Sylvester Stallone intends to direct the seventh part of the Rocky film. The actor and director himself said this in an interview with the German TV channel Tele5, excerpts from which are provided by the WorstPreviews resource. “I know that from the outside it seems pretty stupid to make a new Rocky movie when I’m already over 60. I also understand that my decision will cause a barrage of criticism. Even my wife tells me: “Don’t do it.

Astrophysicists have discovered further evidence that the high temperature of the solar corona is due to microflares (sometimes called nanoflares - there is no established term yet). Solar rains helped scientists with this. The astrophysicists' article was submitted to The Astrophysical Journal , and its preprint is available on arXiv.org.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has proposed giving foreigners permanently residing in the country the right to vote in local government elections, the Kyodo agency reports . According to Bernama , the prime minister admitted that the bill is not yet ready, but the government plans to draft it in the near future and submit it to parliament for approval. Previously, the Democratic Party, led by Hatoyama, has repeatedly tried to pass similar bills through parliament.

The captain of the Moscow football club Lokomotiv Rodolpho has been out of action for two weeks, reports Sport-Express . The Brazilian centre-back suffered a recurrence of an old groin muscle injury. Thus, Rodolphe will miss two matches of the Russian championship: next Saturday, October 24, he will not play with Saturn, and on November 1, with Tom. The Brazilian legionnaire of Lokomotiv will not need surgery.

The International Social-Ecological Union (ISEU) spoke out in defense of environmentalist Andrei Zatoka, who was detained in Turkmenistan a few days ago. The authors of the statement appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to protect the rights of the detainee who has Russian citizenship.

The publishing house "Terra" demanded 7.5 billion rubles from the publishing houses "AST Moscow" and "Astrel" for the publication of books by science fiction writer Alexander Belyaev. This was reported on October 23 on the website Pravo.Ru. "Terra" complained about AST and its controlled "Astrel" to the Moscow Arbitration Court. According to the plaintiff, two publishing houses unlawfully published Belyaev’s works, the rights to which belong to Terra.

French physicists have figured out how to stop the shaking of a teapot that occurs when a thin stream of water is poured out of it. The scientists' article has not yet been accepted for publication, but its preprint is available on arXiv.org It is known that trembling is caused by the detachment of the upper layer of water during pouring from the rest of the liquid mass. When the fluid flow is small, the layer begins to attach and then detach. As a result, vibrations occur.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has scheduled parliamentary elections for January 24, 2010, AFP reported on Friday, October 23 . Also on January 24, Abbas said in a statement, presidential elections will be held in the Palestinian Authority.

Manuscripts and letters that belonged to Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574), an Italian artist, architect, art historian and author of Lives of the Most Famous Painters, Sculptors and Architects, were sold for 150 million euros to a Russian company. On October 23, many Italian publications, in particular the newspapers Corriere della Sera and La Reppublica, wrote about the deal, which caused confusion in Arezzo, Vasari’s hometown, where 31 archival folders were kept.

Two weeks of the scandal that swept France was enough for Jean Sarkozy, the middle son of the French president, to abandon the “fight” for the post of head of a government agency with a budget of a billion euros. French society has demonstrated an enviable unity in its rejection of nepotism and a persistent aversion to any of its manifestations.