A South African court has issued its first verdict in the case of a coup attempt and the attempted murder of Nelson Mandela, Reuters reports . One of the leaders of the Burmag (Boer Power) organization, Mike du Toit, after almost a ten-year trial, was found guilty of treason, plotting a coup and plotting murder. According to The Daily Telegraph, witnesses at the trial spoke about du Toit's plans, in addition, his intentions became known from records left on the hard drive of his computer.

On July 27, the blogosphere was rocked by an alarming message: Beeline censored the website of the Good Truth Machine (DMP), an opposition project whose main goal is to criticize the government as actively as possible. A little later, Beeline explained that it had indeed received an order from the authorities to block the resource, but not because of the activities of the DMP itself, but because the project shares the same IP address with an extremist site.

The damage from the criminal actions of employees of Uzdunrobita, the Uzbek subsidiary of the Russian mobile operator MTS, as of July 26 exceeds 700 billion soums ($370 million). reports this RIA Novosti with reference to materials from the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan. Thus, the Prosecutor General’s Office increased the estimate of damage from the actions of Uzdunrobita managers - previously it was estimated at approximately 500 billion soums.

In London, where the Olympic Games open on July 27, the Taiwanese flag that was previously displayed on Regent Street was removed at China's request. reports this Agence France-Presse . On July 25, the flag of Taiwan was replaced by the flag of the Taiwan Olympic Committee. According to the London Evening Standard, the British Foreign Office, as well as the London Olympic Committee (LOCOG), were involved in resolving this issue.

In Shymkent (formerly Shymkent), the regional center of the South Kazakhstan region, scammers lured money from gullible people, offering in return “the new currency of the Customs Union.” Tengrinews reports this. Two women were involved in fraud; their victims were citizens of retirement age. The criminals came to the old people and told them that in connection with Kazakhstan’s entry into the Customs Union, money was being exchanged for a new currency.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Lazarenko , who is serving a sentence in the United States, agreed to communicate with investigators of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office. reports, this As Interfax was stated in Lazarenko’s statement, which was released by his lawyer Marina Dolgopola on Friday, July 27. The Ukrainian prosecutor's office, as previously reported, wants to question Lazarenko in criminal cases brought against his former colleague Yulia Tymoshenko .

27.07.2012, 19:09:10 version Print | PDA/PDA Svetlana Reiter. Photo by Tatyana Vartanyan from the Novaya Gazeta website We need to awaken a sense of compassion Svetlana Reiter on the tasks of social journalism Last weekend, the first lecture took place at the “School of Independent Journalism,” organized by activists of the “Occupy Abay” camp: it was given by Svetlana Reiter, special correspondent for “Big City” and Esquire.

Lady Gaga played one of the characters in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete Kills. The director himself wrote about this on Twitter . The singer confirmed the information about her participation in the project on her blog. "It's true, I'm making my acting debut in Rodriguez's incredible Machete Kills. I couldn't be more excited," wrote Lady Gaga . Filming of the episodes with the participation of the performer has already been completed.

The cause of the explosion of an ammunition train near Novosibirsk, which occurred on July 25, was due to improperly placed cargo. , a representative of Russian Railways stated this According to RIA Novosti . A preliminary inspection revealed violations on the part of the shipper. In particular, boxes with dangerous goods, if there was free space, were not secured with spacer frames, which could prevent them from shifting and collapsing.

Italian authorities have given permission to open the burial of national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, BBC News reports on Thursday, July 26. The descendants of Garibaldi applied for exhumation, wanting to make sure that the ashes of their famous ancestor really rest in the tomb on the island of Caprera. Garibaldi's descendants speculate that the Caprera grave may be empty.

Three girls died in the Moscow region after being hit by a train in the Ruza district, RIA Novosti reported on the morning of Friday, July 27, citing sources in the region’s law enforcement agencies. Fifteen-year-old girls were hit by a passing train at Sanatornaya station the night before around 9:00 p.m. They died from their injuries at the scene. Before their death, RIA Novosti interlocutors reported, the girls missed one train passing by the station.

Two doctors from a clinic in Göttingen were involved in a case of illegal organ transplantation, Agence France-Presse reports , citing a statement from representatives of the medical institution. They are suspected of falsifying patient documents for two years in order to perform surgeries out of turn for money. The Göttingen prosecutor's office is checking whether illegal operations led to the death of other patients.

Publisher Square Enix has unveiled a new version of Final Fantasy XIV, formerly known as Final Fantasy XIV 2.0. The MMORPG received the subtitle A Realm Reborn. This is reported on the official website of the project. The publisher also presented the first trailer for the project, called “The Fate of Eorzea.” You can view it here . According to company representatives, the game has been created anew.

The international festival of landscape objects "Archstoyanie 2012. Summer", which will be held from July 27 to 29 in the village of Nikola-Lenivets, Kaluga region, this year will be dedicated to "Traffic Signs". The official website of the event reports that the key concepts of the current festival are “routes and movement,” which is a way of developing space.

In Connecticut, seven people are accused of conspiring to make illegal contributions to the campaign fund of state House Speaker Christopher Donovan, who is running for US Congress. The Wall Street Journal reports this. Charges were filed on July 26. Those charged include Donovan's former campaign manager, a former campaign aide, a former union leader, and a police detective. Another suspect pleaded guilty earlier this week.