Preliminary hearings on the fourth process in the “Ulman case” began on Monday in the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. At the first meeting, it is necessary to consider the petition of the victim for the composition of the court. In particular, the court will decide whether the case will be considered on the merits of the college of professional judges of three people, or to one chairman in court.

In the Spanish province of Palencia (Autonomous Region of Castile-Leon), a passenger train came off the rails on Monday. According to preliminary information, as a result of the disaster, eight people died and 37 were injured. Such data were reported by rescuers working at the crash site. The passenger train followed from the Autonomous Region Galicia through the Spanish country of Basque to the south of France, Interfax reports.

Councilor of Suala Victor Vekselberg and the owner of the Russian Aluminum Oleg Deripaska agreed on the merger of their companies, the Kommersant newspaper reports. As a result of the transaction, which is planned to be officially announced in mid -October 2006, the world's largest primary aluminum manufacturer will be created. In Russia, it will take a 100% market.

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Vladislav Surkov believes that Russia should "get off the raw material needle" and develop an economy based on new technologies and knowledge. “Whether the great history of Russia will receive a great continuation depends on us, its citizens. Today's greatness is not indisputable, tomorrow is not obvious,” Surkov said at a meeting with the activists of the youth movement “Our”.

Investors who previously specialized exclusively in investments in Moscow real estate were increasingly starting to turn their attention to St. Petersburg. Recently, the Northern capital has become a more profitable place for investing money - the prices here are relatively low, and the growth rate of prices is high, RBC reports. The average cost of apartments in St. Petersburg today is 1.8-1.9 thousand dollars per square meter.

On Monday, residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region awaits cloud weather with short -term rains and a thunderstorm. According to Roshydromet, in the metropolitan region it becomes cooler: during the day the air in the city warms up to 22-24, in the suburbs-up to 20-25 degrees. One of the reasons for a slight decrease in the temperature of weather forecasters is called intensive - 5-10 meters per second - the north -west wind.

In Syria, in the village of Maalulya, the Center for the study of the Aramaic language was opened, in which, according to legend, Jesus Christ said. The Kalamun area, where the village of Maalyul is located, is the only place on Earth, where about six thousand people in three villages still remember the language in which Christ communicated with His disciples. This fact brought world fame to Maalyule, RIA Novosti reports.

The first Tu-204-120S aircraft, built for the PRC, successfully completed all certification trials and in September Air China Cargo will be delivered, Oleg Alasheev, chief designer of Tupolev, said on Monday. According to him, the tests confirmed the compliance of the aircraft with the "most stringent domestic aviation rules of the AP-25", which are most harmonized with European norms. The plane was also tested by Chinese pilots and "received their full approval," said Alaseev.

The verdict in the case of academician Oscar Kaibyshev, accused of illegal export of double technologies, entered into force. None of the parties filed for 10 days - a cassation appeal on the verdict issued by judge Ildar Agadullin, the ITAR -TASS reported on Monday in the Secretariat of the Supreme Court of Bashkiria. Earlier, the scientists of the scientist stated that they would appeal the verdict in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

In the federal budget of 2007, more than 12 billion rubles will be provided for the federal elections and current activities of the CEC of the Russian Federation, Alexander Veshnyakov, chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission, told reporters on Monday. “Of course, the election budget in 2007 will be much larger than in 2006, because the State Duma will be held, and the presidential election campaign will start,” Veshnyakov quotes Interfax quoted.

Paransa is a female robe that is traditional for some Muslim countries, is in unexpected demand in Afghanistan today. Although Parange is lying in a peculiar symbol of the oppression of the women of the East, today it is often bought by Western women who want to walk incognito, as well as tourists hunting for souvenirs, and rebels seeking to hide from the vigilant of the police, today the Swiss newspaper Le Matin (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).

The second lawsuit over the former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein and six of his main close associates, opened on Monday in Baghdad. This time they are accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in late 1980 against the population of Iraqi Kurdistan. The victims of rigid repressions, during which chemical weapons were used, steel, according to some estimates, up to 1 million kurds.

On the eve of August 22, when Tehran promises to give an official response to the proposals of the Six countries according to their nuclear program, Iran’s first persons continue to prepare the ground for their solution. On Monday, the spiritual leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Tehran intends to continue working in the field of implementation of the Iranian nuclear program. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has made its choice,” Hamens quoted ITAR -TASS.

The election commission of the Sverdlovsk region refused to register in the elections to the regional Duma of the Russian Party of Life. As reported on Monday in the liability, in accordance with the conclusion of the Main Directorate of the Federal Registration Service in the Sverdlovsk Region, the Council of the Regional Branch did not have the right to make a decision on the conference at which the party list was determined.

Hundreds of people gathered on the beaches of Bombay after the rumor flew around the financial capital of India that the waters of the Arabian Sea had become sweet. Many regarded this as a miracle and regard it as a special arrangement of deities. Crowds of people arrived here late in the evening last Friday. People collected water in bottles and flasks, someone without leaving the shore eagerly drank it, someone plunged into the sea waves.