The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church at today's meeting elected three candidates for the throne of the Romanian Patriarch, who was released in July in connection with the death of 92-year-old Feoktist I. The three applicants included Metropolitan Moldova and Bukovins Daniil, Metropolitan Cluzhsky Bartholomew and Bishop of Kovasnensky and Hargitan John, Interfax reports.

Six Russian tourists who disappeared in the north-west of China have not yet been found. Almost one and a half thousand Chinese military personnel and local residents are looking for lovers of racing rivers. The Yurunkash mountain river, along which tourists set off, flows in the hard-to-reach mountain regions of the Sinjiang-Uygursky Autonomous Region located in the north-west of China. Chinese rescuers use a military helicopter to search.

The Russian stock market, which demonstrated on Wednesday a moderate decrease in the prices of most papers after European indices and American futures, "jerked" down on the news about the resignation of the government . However, the reaction of the Russian market for the resignation of the government turned out to be negative, but short, speculative sales provoked by news, did not find support; The RTS index resisted above the psychological mark of 1900 points, Interfax reports.

The Canadian government is preparing a bill that will allow relatives of victims of terrorist attacks to initiate claims against foreign states and individual groups supporting terrorism. This was announced in Toronto at the ceremony on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the attacks in the United States, the Minister of Public Security of Canada Stockwell Act.

According to Anatoly Chubais, the Chairman of the Board of the State Electro -Energy Monopoly "Unified Energy Systems", Russia is ready to allow foreign companies to receive property up to a quarter of the rations in the Russian electric power industry. Chubais manages the dismantling of the UES and the privatization of 20 regional electric power companies and generating wholesale companies, reminds the Financial Times (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).

The Conservative Party of Great Britain plans to make a proposal to ban sales of plasma TVs and other household techniques, which ineffectively consuming electric energy in the United Kingdom. In their arguments, the authors of the bill refer to the savings of electricity and environmental protection. British conservatives have developed a bill aimed at household appliances and other consumer goods working from the electric network.

On Wednesday, at the legendary Wembley Stadium in London, the Russian national football team held its first of two paired matches against the England team as part of the qualifying tournament of the European Championship. The second meeting of these rivals will be held on October 17 in Moscow. It is in them that the fate of one of two vouchers for Euro 2008 from the EU group will be decided. Euro 2008.

This year, Rosh Ha -Shan - Jewish New Year - falls on September 12 and 13. Translated from Hebrew Rosh Ha-Shan means "head of the year." According to the Jewish tradition, the score of years is from the creation of the world. As noted in the congratulation of the main rabbi of Russia, Adolf Shaevich , widespread the day before by the Department of Public Relations of Keror , "on this day 5768 years ago, the All -Haughty created the first people - Adam and Hava.

Residents of the Arctic village of Amderma in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug collided with the invasion of white bears. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press secretary of the administration of the Zapolyarny district Olga Krylova. As Krylova said, up to ten individuals of the predator settled in the vicinity. Presumably, white bears sailed to the village located on the coast of the Kara Sea, on an ice floe.

In Moscow, a sentence was sentenced to the senior midshipman of the Pacific Fleet and his brother, who accused of triple murder. The midshipman was sentenced to 21 in prison, his accomplice received a life sentence.

In Yekaterinburg, employees of the patrol service were detained suspected of the murder of a citizen of Tajikistan. Under the gravity of evidence, they began to give conference. The material evidence confirming their guilt was seized from the police department detained on Tuesday, the Viktor Shiryaev, Justmedia , reports their guilt.

Members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the highest church hierarchs, deans of theological faculties of Romania universities will participate in the ceremony of the election of the new patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. During the vote, the candidacy of the one who will become the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church will be determined. The election of her new Primate is fraught with a number of circumstances.

In the United States, the head of the religious community of the Mormons-Monozeni, who is considered an accomplice in rape, will appear before the court. The 51-year-old preacher and spiritual leader of the Christian Church of the Holy Judgment Day, Warren Steid Jeffs is accused of not hindering the so-called "marriage" between a 14-year-old girl and his 19-year-old cousin, writes The USA Today .

The Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexei Miller and the Executive Director of TNK-BP Viktor Vekselberg on September 12 decided to extend until December 1, 2007 the completion of transactions for the acquisition of Gazprom from TNK-BPR 62.8% of the shares of Rusia Petroleum and 50% of the shares of the East Siberian Gas Company. The reason is called "a large amount of work on assessing assets and organization of transactions.

The BMW concern officially introduced a new Mini Clubman model at the Frankfurt . The novelty received a new body, longer than the standard mini by 24 cm, the swing doors of the luggage compartment, an additional Clubdoor door opening against the movement on the right side of the car. The wheelbase and the length of the leg space in the rear seat are increased by 8 cm, reports Carpark . The novelty also has an increased ceiling height, which will add comfort for the rear passengers.