Participants in the rally in Irkutsk protest against the installation of the monument to Alexander Kolchak. This monument was opened on November 4 in honor of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Admiral Kolchak, who went down in history not only as a prominent figure in the white movement, but also as a talented naval person and a polar researcher.

The representative of the authorities of South Ossetia denied the statement of the Georgian police that the Georgian side issued all the hostages captured this week to the South Ossetian authorities. "The Georgian side gave ten hostages on Sunday. However, as it turned out during the conversations carried out with the liberated, several Ossetians still have a hostage," Irina Gigloeva, chairman of the Information and Press of South Ossetia, told Interfax.

American Bert Rutan, who created the first private manned spacecraft in the world, which went into space, received the X-Prize fund won by him on Saturday. The solemn ceremony, at which Bertu Rutan, the head of the SCALED Composites, the head of the company, presented a check for $ 10 million and a 70-kilogram memorable prize, was awarded on Saturday in the center of science in the city of St. Louis (Illinois), ITAR-TASS reports.

6 people died and 11 were severe injuries as a result of a railway catastrophe that occurred on Saturday evening in the County of Berkshire, 65 km west of London. According to the latest data, 61 people were hospitalized in the Gerkshire County hospital with injuries of varying severity. Six passengers, who three hours after the disaster still remained clamped inside the wagons due to the deformation of their buildings, are currently already rescued from the trap.

Farmers of the Italian region Apulia today arranged a free distribution of grapes on the freeway to attract the attention of the authorities to the crisis of the industry. The national highway between the cities of Bari and Taranto Vinogradari was blocked by trucks whose bodies were filled with grapes, ITAR-TASS reports. The drivers and passengers of cars in multi -kilometer traffic jams were crushed by the farmers as moral compensation.

Serious violations of law and order during the celebration of November 7 in the Russian regions were not recorded. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. According to the data at 16:30 Moscow time, socio-political shares dedicated to the celebrated day of reconciliation and consent ended in 5 federal districts.

In the center of Moscow today, Muscovites unexpectedly found a peacock. He was seen by the residents of the house at the intersection of Fuchik and Krasin streets, the Echo of Moscow radio station reports. Eyewitnesses report that the peacock was sitting on a tree about the level of the 4th floor. No one could understand that he came from, or how to remove it. Residents have already contacted the Ministry of Emergencies, but there they were told that they could not do anything with a peacock.

Representatives of law enforcement agencies in St. Petersburg on Sunday did not allow a group of about 80 anarchists to take part in the procession of left-wing forces. As Interfax was informed in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St.

On Sunday, the capital of the Cot-D'Ivoir Yamosucro became the scene of the battle between the government troops of the cat-d'Ivoir and the French peacekeepers, AP reports. Powerful explosions and intensive gun fire are heard in many areas of the city, where the military bases of the army and peacekeepers are located. At the same time, as Reuters reports, several government military helicopters are burning on the territory of the Presidential Palace.

The Georgian side freed nine Ossetian hostages captured after the disappearance of a resident of one of the Georgian villages, Irina Gigloeva, chairman of the Information and Press of South Ossetia, told Interfax on Sunday. "The process of liberation of hostages began. Nine people were liberated, it is expected that three more people will be released in the near future," said the chairman of the Information and Press Committee of South Ossetia.

In the Gorodishchensky district of the Volgograd region, as a result of a collision of a passenger bus with a Zhiguli car, one person died and six were wounded. According to RIA Novosti in the regional traffic police department, the “Lada” of the fifth model drove into the oncoming lane and collided with the Laz bus. As a result of the accident, the driver of the Zhiguli died. Six more with various injuries are hospitalized in the district hospital.

In Switzerland, a criminal case was instituted against the Federal Prosecutor's Office accused of violating official secrets in the framework of the so -called “Yukos case”, the Swiss Telegraph Agency said on Sunday.

The Iraq government introduces an extraordinary (military) position in the country for a period of 50 days, reports AL-ARABIA satellite television channel with reference to the statement of the administration of the Prime Minister Iraq Ayada Alaiui. Such a decision was made in connection with the beginning of a large-scale anti-terrorist operation in the Iraqi city of El Falluja, the representative of the government explained.

Two detainees in St. Petersburg suspects in the case of the murder of seven residents of Karachay-Cherkessia will be transferred to the republic next week. This was reported to Interfax on Sunday sources in the law enforcement agencies of St. Petersburg. "A group of investigators from Cherkessk has already begun to work in St. Petersburg.

In Iraq, the commander of one of the units of the Iraqi security services disappeared. It disappeared from the location of the unit a few hours after the others were informed of the US plans for conducting a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in El Falluj. The missing officer, Kurd by nationality, was supposed to command the unit of 160 people and take part in the assault on El Falluji.