Professional gamers go for gold for world computer games, which this year are held in the state of Michigan in the United States. According to The Times , it will not be easier for participants in the games than those who fought for gold medals in Athens this year. (Translation of the material - on the website inopressa.ru ). “The skills and strategic thinking of gamers will undergo more serious tests in competitions with the best players in the world,” said Hank Jong's main organizer.

Brazil is listed in the new edition of the Guinness Book of Records as a world leader in the destruction of forests, mainly in the Amazon. According to the Brazil news agency on Sunday, 22.3 thousand square kilometers of forestry is cut down annually in Brazil. Amazonia has already lost 17% of its territory, which initially amounted to 4.9 million square kilometers. Over the past half a century, 615 thousand square kilometers of the Amazon tropical forests have been destroyed.

There is still no information about the fate of 9 Russians who relaxed at the Egyptian Taba Hilton Hotel, where an explosion thundered on the night of Thursday for the night. It is possible that as a result of terrorist attacks they died.

Russian tennis player Marat Safin on Monday in a stubborn match in three sets defeated Belarus Maxim Mirny at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow - 6: 7 (8:10), 7: 6 (7: 2), 7: 6 (7: 1). The match lasted almost 2.5 hours. The Russian, "sowed" at the tournament under the first number, during the match was repeatedly on the verge of completing his performance already in the first round. Suffice it to say that the peaceful did not implement two matchballs.

The presentation of Ilya Glazunov, which is unique in terms and execution of the picture of the Great China, - the largest canvas in the world written by oil, took place on Monday in Beijing. The demonstration was dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the diplomatic executions between the two countries and takes place on the eve of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the PRC.

During the anti -terrorist exercises in Voronezh, an FSB officer who depicted a terrorist, without hindrance went into the forbidden area of ​​the airport. This was reported on Monday in the group of public relations of the Voronezh UFSB. On the eve of the exercises from the FSB department, a warning was sent about the possible penetration of terrorists into the building of the Voronezh airport. A few days later, according to the experiment plan, three FSB officers arrived here.

The return of the church of its former property, the restoration and construction of new temples are a priority area of ​​the modern state-church policy of Ukraine, President Leonid Kuchma said. In the course of the meeting with the bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) in Kiev, L.

Most of the members of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia signed a protocol according to which Sergey Bagapsh, General Director of the State Enterprise of Chernomorenergo, were announced the winner of the presidential election. According to Interfax on Monday evening, a member of the CEC of Abkhazia Alexander Adleib, "11 of the 15 members of the CEC of Abkhazia voted for this protocol." “This decision was made in connection with the situation in the republic,” Adleib emphasized.

Almost the entire team of the International Medical Corps was recorded in terrorists. For six months now, 14 women-doctors have been stubbornly called shahids, they are looking for, huddled, they are stirring their photos at airports and at the stations, calling for the help of the population, although the special services themselves have long admitted that they were mistaken, the New Gazeta writes.

Two Japanese climbers died at the gathering of a snow avalanche when they climbed the Annapurn-1 peak in the Himalayas. According to NHK, 43-year-old Mitio Sato and 49-year-old Hideji Dawn, as part of a group of four, said the peak of 8091 meters, said ITAR-TASS. At about 11:00 local time, the group was at an altitude of 6 thousand 300 meters when an avalanche suddenly went. The bodies of the dead were found on the same day, the TV channel reports.

In Kamchatka, one of the employees of the Office of the Penitentiary of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, who is suspected of raping the prisoner, was detained. This was announced on the air of Kamchatka television on the program "Territory" by the regional prosecutor Alexander Voitovich. In the near future, a decision will be made to arrest the detainee, the prosecutor said.

Pope John Pavel II officially accepted the resignation of the head of the diocese of the Austrian city of St. Petersburg, Bishop Kurt Krenna. According to the Vatican press service, does the Austrian prelate go to rest in accordance with the paragraph 2 of the canonical rule?

In a very uncomfortable position was the city hall of the American city of Livermore. At the grand opening of the new building of the city library, the townspeople were surprised to find that the mosaic panel in front of the building literally was covered with spelling errors. According to the architect, the square in front of the library was to decorate an impressive mosaic panel with the names of great historical personalities. The panels present really impressed.

The Germans prefer not to laugh and not smile at work, since the manifestation of a sense of humor is considered by their authorities as a lack of self -discipline. This was stated by a well -known specialist in the field of corporate ethics and psychology Thomas Holtbernd. "In Germany, they are extremely negative about happy and cheerful workers. Their leadership is considering humor as something extremely negative," says Holtburn.

In Malaga, restorers discovered a new picture of the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya. According to the EFE agency, the work of Goya, unknown before, is a canvas with a size of 170 by 113 centimeters, which depicts the Virgin Mary. Previously, this picture was considered the artist Salvador Maely, a contemporary of Goya. She was at a private collector who gave her to restoration, RIA Novosti reports. In the course of work, restorers found that this work belongs to Goya's brush.