In the last minutes of the flight of Cyprus Boeing-737, the flight attendant tried in vain to give the distress signal.

Vladimir Harutyunyan, who is preliminarily imprisoned on charges of attempts to attempt on the US president, plans to protest the actions of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs through the court. A few days ago, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs distributed video frames of interview with Harutyunyan, in which he stated that he intends to escape from the prison hospital in Tbilisi.

In the list of candidates for the men's team in basketball, continuing preparations for the European Championship, significant changes have occurred. The national team was left by veterans, defenders Vasily Karasev and Dmitry Domany, the press service of the Russian Federation of basketball (RFB) reports.

The Iraqi cell "al-Qaeda" took responsibility for the missile shelling of the Jordanian port of Akaba and the Israeli resort Elite on August 19 this year. Komnunik group "Caida al-Jihad in Iraq", led by the most wanted terrorist Abu Musab Az-Zarkavi, appeared on Tuesday on one of the Islamic Internet sites, Interfax reports. For the capture of Az-Zarkavi, the American command appointed a reward of $ 25 million.

The Intaco company appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation with a statement on the initiation of a criminal case upon the distribution of the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Alexander Lebedev, obviously false information in relation to Inteko CJSC and its shareholders, the Interfax on Tuesday in the press service of CJSC.

Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov threw a glove to President Vladimir Putin, writing a preface to the collection of articles about Russia published in the UK, which is criticized by the Kremlin’s policy, writes The Moscow Times (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

In the historical places of Rome, related to the preaching mission of the apostles Peter and Paul, the five -part film "Pilgrimage to the Eternal City" was taken. This was announced today by ITAR-TASS to the famous Russian film director Vladimir Khotinenko, who began the installation of the first series of this documentary and artistic tape.

The insurance fraud with the obligatory "auto -citizenship" has become for the Russians almost another national sport: there are many types of fraud, and its scale is growing every day, the German Handelsblatt writes, the article published by Inopressa . "Autofurg for OSAGO" - this announcement in a free Moscow newspaper will not say anything to the uninitiated. But everything will be clear to the policeman.

Consumer prices for automobile gasoline in Russia from August 9 to 15, 2005 increased by an average of 0.4%, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation said on Tuesday. From July 26 to August 1, prices increased by 0.2%, from August 2 to 8 - by 1.0%. In January -July, gasoline went up by 4.5%, including in July - by 1.8%, Interfax notes. From August 9 to 15, an increase in average prices for automobile gasoline is registered in 36 regional centers.

Asians and Americans look at the world differently, scientists confirmed. In the course of a study conducted by the specialists of the University of Michigan, it turned out that, considering images, American students of the Caucasian race paid more attention to objects in the foreground, while students from China studied the background and the whole picture as a whole, reports Ar.

The State Transport Company "Russia", serving senior officials of the state, will replace them with reserve IL-62 at the time of suspension of operation of aircraft IL-96-300. “Until the ban on operation on the IL-96 is lifted, we will fly to IL-62,” Andrei Tyurin, Deputy General Director of the Production Airlines, told Interfax, emphasizing that the company does not tolerate losses from IL-96 downtime, since these aircraft are used for special purposes.

In the Kirovsky district of Perm, a 39-year-old man suspected of raping his own daughter was detained. According to the Radio Echo of Moscow in Perm in the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Perm region, while intoxicated, the detainee raped his 12-year-old daughter. As it became known during the investigation, the girl is a disabled person of the 1st group. The crime of the police was informed of the crime by the victim’s mother. The investigation is conducted.

In Japan, under the patronage of the mayor Tokyo Sintaro Isihara, who will act as the author of the script and producer, in 2006 a feature film about Kamikaze will be shot. Familiar to Hesihar, known for his ultranationalist statements, before becoming the mayor of the Japanese capital, was a writer and wrote stories.

The decision to transfer the location of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) from Lviv to Kiev, which took place on August 21, was adopted by its leadership, and not the Roman dad, said in a statement by the Saint Saint Service Service with reference to "authoritative Vatican sources," ITAR-TASS reports.

The seven -time winner of the Tour De France cycling race The legendary American Lance Armstrong denied messages in the French newspaper L'Equipe that in 1999 he used the prohibited drug Erythropoetin (EPO), Reuters reports. “I just repeat what I said many times: I have never taken stimulating drugs,” the American athlete’s statement on his website said.