Retired American General David Petraeus officially took office as head of the US Central Intelligence Agency on September 6. According to Agence France-Presse , he has already taken the appropriate oath at the White House in the presence of US Vice President Joe Biden . During the ceremony, the vice president praised Petraeus, saying that when he looked at the new head of the CIA, the words "Duty, Honor and Country" came to mind. “Your accomplishments are admirable, General.

The novel “The Sense of an Ending” by British writer Julian Barnes, which was previously nominated three times for the Booker Prize, was shortlisted for the 2011 Booker Prize. reports this Agence France-Presse . Barnes, 65, was shortlisted for the British Booker in 1984, 1998 and 2005 for Flaubert's Parrot, England, England and Arthur and George, respectively.

Dragon Quest X producer Yosuke Saito said that the game will have a single player mode. He clarified that to complete the game you will still need a constant Internet connection, writes andriasang. Additional information on the game also appeared on the Square Enix website. The company has published a FAQ with answers to the most popular questions. According to him, the multiplayer version of the game will be paid. The company has not yet announced how much the subscription will cost.

In the Stavropol village of Makhmud-Mekteb, on September 5, a mass brawl was prevented, in which about 300 people planned to take part, according to the website of the regional police department. The heads of national diasporas, elders and representatives of the administration persuaded those gathered to disperse peacefully. The conflict, over which local residents were planning to fight with “residents of other nationalities,” occurred over the weekend (September 3-4).

Scientists have proposed a simple and effective way to combat bacteria that the new MSL rover may bring with it to Mars - the device simply needs to stand still for several days, exposing the “guests” to the harsh conditions of the Red Planet. The scientists' article appeared in Astrobiology Magazine , and a summary of it is provided on the publication's website. As part of the study, scientists simulated Martian conditions in a special chamber where they placed models of the rover's wheels.

Egyptian police were not ordered to use weapons against protesters in January-March 2011. This is reported by The Guardian , citing a statement by a senior police official made as part of the hearings in the case of former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and ex-President Hosni Mubarak . One of the charges against Mubarak and al-Adly is that they authorized the use of live ammunition by police against demonstrators.

The Russian government failed to conclude all state defense contracts planned for 2011 by September 1, Interfax reports , citing a statement by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin . According to the Vedomosti newspaper , the head of government instructed Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and two deputy prime ministers, Sergei Ivanov and Igor Sechin , to sign a number of large contracts .

The head coach of the Russian track and field athletics team, Valentin Maslakov, expressed hope that two-time Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbaeva will “cope with her psyche” for the 2012 Games in London, writes the Soviet Sport publication . According to Maslakov, Isinbayeva has reached a “difficult moment in her career.” At the 2011 World Championships, which took place in Daegu, South Korea, Isinbayeva took only sixth place.

06.09.2011, 14:37:21 version Print | PDA/PDA Sergei Monya makes the winning throw. Video frame from the official EuroBasket website Just a matter of seconds The Russian national team won all matches at the first stage of EuroBasket The Russian national basketball team won five victories in five matches at the first stage of the European Championship, which takes place in Lithuania.

A MiG-31 interceptor fighter crashed in the Perm region, RIA Novosti reports on the morning of Tuesday, September 6. with reference to official representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The fate of the two pilots on board the plane is unknown. The plane took off at 06:48 from a military airfield in Perm, 4 minutes after takeoff it disappeared from radar screens.

The former head of the inspection of financial and economic activities of the Main Test Center of the Space Forces, reserve major Mikhail Lebedev, was sentenced to five years of probation, as well as a fine of 800 thousand rubles for concealing revealed thefts. This was reported on September 6 on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Lebedev was found guilty of accepting bribes in the amount of 1.9 million rubles.

In Yekaterinburg, an attack was carried out on Salautdin Mamakov, the representative of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov in the Sverdlovsk region. agency reported this on September 6 The API with reference to the city Department of Internal Affairs. According to preliminary data, on the evening of September 5, an unknown attacker shot Mamakov twice in the back as he was walking home. At first, the wounded man felt well and even tried to catch up with the attacker.

Ukraine receives Russian gas at a price lower than many of its neighbors, while the rate for transit through Ukrainian territory is higher than the current rates in a number of European countries. This was stated by Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller , RIA Novosti reports . “Our Ukrainian colleagues boarded a train called 'Cheap Russian Gas', they don't know which station to get off at, and they don't know that they could end up in a dead end,” Interfax quotes Miller as saying .

The Brazilian national football team defeated the Ghana team in a friendly match in London. The only goal for the Brazilians was scored by Internacional club striker Leandro Damiao, who scored at the end of the first half. The Ghanaian team played most of the match with ten men. Reuters reports this. In the 32nd minute, African team defender Daniel Opare received a red card for a series of rough tackles.

Unrecognized concert Nagorno-Karabakh turns 20 The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic celebrated the 20th anniversary of its unrecognized independence in early September. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Russian State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin came to the festive events. Lenta.ru watched the concert, which brought together half of the capital, and visited the abandoned Azerbaijani city of Agdam. The new stadium, designed for 16 thousand people, is completely filled.