On Thursday, at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, the names of the Candidate cities will be known, which will continue the struggle for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The election procedure of cities will be held from 11:00 to 14:30 Moscow time, the names of the Round President of the IOC Belgian Jacques Rogge will be called at 15:00.

In the Ulyanovsk region, 14 children were hospitalized from the children's health camp. According to preliminary data, the children were poisoned in the camp canteen. "The case of a massive disease occurred in the Berezka children's recreation camp near the village of Yasashny Tashla Teresholsky district of the Ulyanovsk region.

The Russian authorities detained on Thursday at the airport of the city of Beslan (North Ossetia) a Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Georgia. The helicopter landed in Beslan without appropriate notification, said Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, head of the press service of the Russian Air Force. The incident occurred at 13:27 Moscow time. The helicopter entered the airspace of the Russian Federation 70 km south of Beslan, ITAR-TASS reports.

Estonia President Arnold Ruytel sent on Thursday the speaker of the parliament, Tomas Vareku Parliament, asking him to call on August 28 on the basis of laws on the procedure for the work of the parliament and the election of the country's president of the highest legislative body. "The head of state proposed to introduce only one question on the agenda - about the presidential election," the Parliament press service told Interfax.

On Thursday, in Dortmund, in crayfish of the third round of the group stage of the World Cup, the teams of Japan and Brazil met in the F -FID group.

The Ghana team on Thursday in Nuremberg in the match of the third round of the group stage of the World Cup in Group E beat the United States with a score of 2: 1 and entered the playoffs, taking with six points the second "passing" place in the group.

In Moscow on Thursday, in South Butovo, unknown people opened shooting at a passing car. According to law enforcement agencies, the incident occurred at about 12:50 on Yuzyumskaya Street. According to RIA Novosti in the law enforcement agencies of Moscow, unknown people from the Mitsubishi car opened fire from automatic weapons on Zhiguli. After the shootout, the attackers loaded the wounded driver into their car and left.

The king of Jordan Abdullah II invited the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian autonomy for breakfast participating in the conference of the Nobel Prize winners in the Jordanian city of Peter. In particular, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the Development Minister of Negev and Galilei Shimon Perez (Nobel Laureate) and the chairman of the Palestinian administration, Mahmud Abbas, reports Newsru Israel , arrived for breakfast.

Over the past few years, the Russian special services have been stopped by more than 30 foreign citizens and firms for illegal acquisition for the subsequent export of goods and technologies from the territory of the Russian Federation, which can be used to create OU and its delivery. ” This was reported in the White Book on the problems of non -proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (OU), published on Thursday on the website of the Government of the Russian Federation .

Twenty members of the crew of the Russian freezer trawler "Vladimir Sharuda", abandoned to their fate in the port of the Spanish city of Pontehedra, began to provide humanitarian assistance. According to RIA Novosti , the press secretary of the Pontentra administration Lusia Trillo, the assistance to sailors who lack food is provided by the union by the union union of workers of Spain, the Red Cross and the Catholic organization "Karitas".

The United States rejected direct negotiations with Pyongyang regarding its intentions to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBR). A senior representative of the administration of George Bush, who is now accompanying the US president on his trip to Europe, said that there could be no question of any bilateral negotiations. “Their (Pyongyang) the desire to start direct negotiations with the United States is known, as well as our position on this issue,” he said.

Excellent football fans who followed the matches of the World Championship in Shanghai bars will be offered a free taxi home. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the local press. The program called "Take me home" is carried out by the local traffic police and the largest global manufacturer of Diageo alcoholic beverages. The police claims that this program is aimed at increasing the responsibility of drivers and preventing the car control cases in the drunken form.

The World Cup passing in Germany inspired the Thai to conduct an unusual competition. On the university’s field in the city of Ayuttai, 70 km north of Bangkok, on Thursday the team of players fought with the elephant team. Each animal played for a separate country, the symbolism of which was on its "costume". In addition, some drovers adorned their "players" additionally.

Foreign Ministers of Serbia Vuk Drashkovich and Montenegro Miodrage Vlakhovich signed protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations at the embassy level on Thursday in Belgrade. The heads of diplomatic departments of the two republics were informed about this by the media representatives at a press conference in Belgrade. As Vuk Drashkovich noted, the Serbian authorities are ready to ensure that the Embassy of Serbia is in the historical capital of Montenegro - the city of Tsitignya.

After the end of the current World Cup, along with the current head coach of the South Korean national team Dutch, Dika Bar, the St. Petersburg Zenit will go at once by three players from the national team of this country. Following Hyun Eun Min, two more players of the South Korean professional football league - Lee Ho from Ulsan Hende Hyrani and Kim Tone Chin from Seoul will go to the Northern capital. All of them are now performing in the fields of Germany.