The Americans consider Russia the third most important partner in the Asian region and put it in the fourth position in the list of countries that share common values ​​with the United States. This was shown by the released results of a survey conducted in the United States by order of Japan Foreign Ministry in February-March 2005.

Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip spoke out for the construction of a new bridge across the Narva River border with Russia. The day before, the head of government visited the city of Narva, where he got acquainted with the situation in this border city. In his opinion, the current bridge across the river connecting the Estonian Narva and the Russian Ivangorod can no longer cope with the transportation of goods and passengers.

Israel leads Jewish settlements from the gas sector, while expanding settlements on the western bank of the Jordan River. This was stated on Wednesday, speaking to the members of the Security Council, Deputy Secretary General of the UN for political issues of Ibrahim Gambari, ITAR-TASS reports.

The second exit of the Mayakovskaya metro station Zamoskvoretskaya line will be open to passengers on the City Day. This was reported in the press service of the metropolitan subway. A source in the city administration informed Interfax that the mayor Yuri Luzhkov signed an order to create a commission to commission the second exit of Mayakovskaya.

The beach of the bikini in South Korea boasts with alluring blue shallows, two kilometers of soft sand and a refreshing blow from pine trees. What you can’t find here is the bikini themselves. When local officials on this beautiful section of the western coast looked at commercial beaches that turned into tourist Mecca, such as Bali into Indonesia, the idea to turn Bieonsan into a bikini beach seemed brilliant, writes The Independent (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

The Moscow Arbitration Court on Thursday postponed the consideration of the Rusatommet company on recognizing illegal auction for the sale of shares of OJSC Yukos on September 21, Interfax reports. The consideration of the case was postponed in connection with the improper notification of one of the defendants in the case - CJSC Monblan. Rusatommet LLC asks to invalidate the collateral auction for the sale of 45% of the shares of the Yukos NK.

On Thursday, the reciprocal matches of the second qualifying round of the UEFA football Cup of the 2005/2006 season, according to which the winners of the vouchers in the main stage of the tournament were determined. (In brackets, the result of the first meeting).

On Thursday, the stay of the head of the MFI Menatep Plato Lebedev in the Kartser of the investigative insulator expires. On August 19, Lebedev was transferred from the common chamber of the pre -trial detention center to a frame for a period of seven days. "Such a decision was made by the chief of the insulator. This was caused by Lebedev’s violation of the established regime and rudeness to the insulator administration," said the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

The situation in Iraq, with special attention to the project of the Constitution of this country, and the problems of religious freedom are the main topics that the Pope Benedict XVI and Foreign Minister Iraqiyar Zibari discussed today. The audience was held in the papal suburban residence of Castel-Gandolfo.

The champion of the 2001 Wimbledon tournament, 35-year-old Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanishevich will play in the Davis Cup final. This will happen if the Croats win in the semi -finals of these competitions from the Russian team, said the coach of the Nicca Pilic national team. “Goran earned the right to be with a team in the final match of the Davis Cup,” Reuters agency quoted the Croatian mentor with reference to the newspaper Jutarnji List.

The chief state sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko assured that if a bird infected with "bird flu" will be instantly thermally processed, then, having eaten it, a person will not become infected with this virus. “I am ready to conduct an act of self -destruction with you.

A mobile phone that informs the owner, if he gets fat, appeared on sale in the UK. The arithmometer built into the mobile phone scrupulously calculates the number of calories absorbed and burned by the owner during the day, reports The Sun. The handling with the device is simplified to the limit: it is only necessary to make your weight and growth in memory, and then wait for the signal that it is time to sit on a diet and go to the gym.

The Maharastra state authorities in the western India banned the production, sale and use of plastic bags, saying that the packages caused blockage of the sewer system in the rainy season in July. Groups of environmental defenders supported this ban, but said that this ban alone was not enough. Manufacturers of plastic packages reported that 100 thousand people will lose their jobs because of this solution, writes The Guardian (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

The Georgian Orthodox Church opens against the implementation of the Roman Catholic Church of the Educational Program "Build the Future" in Georgian secondary schools. The Georgian Patriarchate’s statement widespread today says that the Georgian Apostolic Church "considers it unacceptable to create a religious organization that promotes Catholicism in secondary schools," Interfax reports.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II will visit Azerbaijan at the end of September with an official visit at the invitation of the Head of the Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the Caucasus (DUMK) Sheikh-Ul-Ismu Allahshukur Pashazade, the Interfax agency was told in the DUMK press service.