Rescuers at the peak of Khan-Tengri in Kyrgyzstan, where a group of climbers fell under an avalanche on an avalanche, observe two bodies frozen in the ice. This was reported by ITAR-TASS by the operational duty officer of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. According to him, "rescuers see the bodies of two people who have died into the ice and are 400 meters below the base camp." “The hope that one of them is alive is minimal,” the operational duty officer emphasized.

Three employees of the internal affairs department (ATS) "Pechators" were detained on suspicion of causing serious bodily harm that resulted in death. According to Interfax, on Sunday, sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, last Thursday from the city hospital number 68, received a telephone message stating that with a diagnosis "multiple bruises, bruises, rupture of the small intestine" Dmitry Marakin, who came to Moscow from Tatarstan.

Almost 40 percent of the Americans believe that the Bush administration intimidates them with possible terrorist attacks based on "political reasons" in order to score points before the elections in November. 54 percent of voters do not agree with this opinion. This was shown by the results of a survey made by the Time magazine on Saturday. The survey was attended by 1202 voters.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry stated that the "unidentified aircraft" on Saturday again violated the airspace on the Yugooseta section of the Georgian-Russian border, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Kamchatka, from August 9 to 27, representatives of the Russian-American commission for the search for prisoners of war and missing during the Second World War of Americans will work.

The Federation Council at an extraordinary meeting on Sunday voted for a radical restriction of beer advertising, forbidding it to broadcast it in television and radio programs from 7:00 to 22:00. For the adoption of amendments to the law "On Advertising", 142 senators voted, against 9, refrained by six, Interfax reports.

The Iraqi group "Islamic Army in Iraq" announced the kidnapping of the Iranian consul Faridon Jihani in Karbala, the Emirati TV channel Al-Arabia reports. A statement sent to the channel's editorial office said that the diplomat was captured for inciting religious hatred and committing actions beyond the scope of his diplomatic duties. The TV channel showed the Iranian consul's ID in the name of Faridon Jihani.

Two pickets are held on August 8 at the building of the upper house of the Russian parliament on Bolshaya Dmitrovka, which considers the law on replacing benefits with monetary compensation at the meeting, the correspondent of the Radio station Echo of Moscow reports.

In the western suburb of the Pakistani capital, Karachi exploded. According to AFP, four people were killed, 30 were injured. AP has data on six dead and 14 wounded. The explosion of two bombs occurred next to the madrasah of the city of Karachi. Earlier, Reuters, citing a local police representative, reported that the explosion occurred in one of the restaurants located near the police station.

A fire at the October Hotel overshadowed the celebration on August 8 in Omsk of the City Day. According to Echo of Moscow , a fire in a hotel located in the historical center of the city occurred at about 10 a.m., according to a preliminary version, due to a circuit in the mains. 18 people were evacuated from the building. The fire was assigned the fourth degree of complexity, more than three dozen fire engines were involved in its extinguishing.

In Italy commercial banks, 15 billion euros turned out to be ownerless, and RIA Novosti shall be convicted. We are talking about the so -called "sleeping accounts", no operations for which have been carried out for several years. Such accounts arise for various reasons, experts believe. For example, emigrants leave the country, not having time to withdraw money, people die in disasters or natural disasters, and their relatives do not know about the presence of savings.

In Barnaul, last year, out of 106 marriages concluded with foreigners, in only one case there was a Russian Russian, the Interfax agency was told in the regional registry office. Foreigner husbands took their Barnaul wives in 20 countries. Most will live in Germany, others will have a way to France, Turkey, New Zealand, DPRK, Saudi Arabia. A large number of marriages are between Barnaul women and the inhabitants of the near abroad.

A new player may appear in the conflict around Yukos. The consortium of foreign investors in Dubai supports a plan for saving Yukos, the newspaper The Sunday Times reports on Sunday. Members of the surname of Al -Maktum, managing the emirate of Dubai, are going to join the proposal of the former minority shareholder of the NK Yukos Konstantin Kagalovsky to create a consortium that will redeem the tax requirements of the Russian government for an oil giant - about $ 10 billion.

Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov believes that the chamber successfully coped with legislative work in the spring session. Mironov informed reporters at the end of the last meeting of the Chamber on Sunday, after which the Federation Council goes to parliamentary holidays, that 15 meetings were held during this period and 124 federal laws were viewed, 122 of them were approved, and two were rejected with the creation of conciliation commissions.

The second power unit of the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant (HEP) operated by the National Company "Energoatom" is connected to the energy system of Ukraine. According to Interfax, at the solemn ceremony of the block of Blok on Sunday was the President of the country Leonid Kuchma. The reactor power is raised to 300 MW. The second block of HEPs should be brought to the rated power until December 22.