Last Sunday, two days before the start of his visit to Turkey, the Pope Benedict XVI announced the "feelings of respect and sincere friendship", which he experiences in relation to the Turkish people and his representatives.

The suicide bomber in a mined car crashed into a convoy of the Western coalition at the entrance to the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan, ITAR-TASS reports. Two military personnel and one peaceful resident were killed. One person is wounded. According to Afghan lawyers, the dead soldiers were Canadians.

In Los Angeles, one of the main engineers of Toyota David Ermans crashed during the collapse of a light sports aircraft. The 59 -year -old engineer headed the center of new technologies in the United States, he was responsible for the promotion of Toyota hybrid cars in Western markets. Ermans called the American father of the Prius hybrid car, who acquired the US market with very popular, AP reports.

The Russian Orthodox Church warns about the danger of replacing the sacrament of repentance with a “virtual” story of a person about his sins.

The famous British singer and composer Elton John arrived in Australia with a concert tour. During his tour, the musician will visit the Australian cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and the New Zealand capital of Wellington. According to the manager of the singer, the program of speeches includes the best compositions written by John for a 35-year career.

At the Christie's auction in Hong Kong, for almost $ 7 million, a picture of the Chinese artist Xu Bayhun called "slave and lion" was sold. This is a record price for the works of Chinese oil painting, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the South China Morning Post . We are talking about one of the early and unusual works of the recognized classic of Chinese painting of the 20th century, which performed it in the European manner in 1924, being in Berlin.

The motorcyclist from George Bush, who suffered in an accident last week, died in the hospital on Sunday. According to AP, 30-year-old Steve Fevela and his two colleagues had an accident in Gonolulu (Hawaiian Islands), where Bush flew after the Asian tour. The presidential motorcade was driving through the territory of the military base, and three motorcyclists collided with each other. Fevela received internal damage and in critical condition died in the hospital.

The Sambo and Judo coach of the Center for Physical Culture and Sports "Narva Zastava" Andrei Larin was detained on suspicion of committing violent acts of a sexual nature regarding his students 8-12 years old, Fontanka.ru reports. According to the Main Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, the 38-year-old coach was detained last Friday after the grandmother of one of the victims turned to law enforcement agencies.

In Ingushetia, a traffic accident occurred with the participation of the presidential motorcade. In the car of the President of Chechnya, the Volga car crashed in the car of the President of the Chechnya. The press service of President Chechnya claims that the driver of the Volga car, which crashed into the ALU Alkhanov motorcade, was intoxicated. As a result of the car accident, one police officer from the escort of the column of the President of Chechnya died, three were injured.

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation advocates the introduction of religious subjects into the school curriculum only on the basis of the voluntary choice of students. A joint meeting of the commissions of the Public Chamber on Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience, on the intellectual potential of the nation, as well as on the issues of cultural and spiritual heritage, took place today in Moscow.

The American currency continues to be rapidly cheaper in relation to all world currencies, as well as the ruble. In the global foreign exchange market, the American dollar has reached a half -year minimum in relation to the euro. In Russia, the ruble again updates seven -year -olds. At the MICEVB morning, on Monday, November 27, the dollar lost more than 15 kopecks compared to the level that formed by this time the most large -scale decrease in six months, the Finnmarket reports.

The company "Gazprom" is going to sell gas to Europe for $ 293 per thousand cubic meters in 2007. Blurussia of blue fuel will be obtained at a price of $ 200. Russia - $ 49 per thousand cubic meters. Such indicators were laid down in the Gazprom budget for 2007, the Vedomosti newspaper reports. Despite the record profit for the company, the company's expenses will exceed income by $ 3.4 billion.

Last weekend in St. Petersburg on the fifth floor of the 9th house on Marat Street, a memorial apartment was opened-the Dmitry Shostakovich Museum. At the house where the young years of the composer passed, a bronze memo is solemnly opened - a memorial plaque. For Petersburgers, the Museum apartment is still closed, according to Fontanka.ru . However, the reconstruction of the premises was completed in the year of the 100th anniversary of the composer's birthday.

Olympic champion-2006 in solitary skating Evgeny Plushenko was a guest of the Grand Prix of the Cup of Russia figure skating in Moscow, having visited, first of all, competitions in men's single skating. This was reported by the Sports Information Agency "All Sports" . “I specifically got out to look at an arbitrary program for men,” said Evgeny Plushenko. “I am still interested in what is happening in male single skating. I did not leave amateur sports.

Australia and New Zealand called on Monday tourists not to visit the neighboring island country of Fiji, which is famous for its beaches and resort complexes. "There is tension between the government and the armed forces, there is a probability of a military coup," the Australian government said.