The prosecutor's office of the Nizhny Novgorod region is investigating a criminal case against a local resident suspected of a series of rape and murders, including children. The man was detained in August in the case of the abduction and rape of an 11-year-old girl. As Interfax was reported in the Office of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the detainee is currently suspected of 26 criminal episodes.

In the Supreme Court of Karelia, on Tuesday, hearing on the case of the murder of two local residents near the Chaika restaurant in Kondopoga continued. According to Interfax with reference to the press service of the court, this time all the lawyers of the accused were present in court, but almost the entire meeting was reduced to discussing the indictment options. So, representatives of the defense made a request to return the document to the prosecutor's office.

Greece and China signed a contract for the Olympic fire relay of the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. The agreement was envious of Monday in Athens by representatives of the Olympic committees of the two countries. According to the contract, the Olympic fire of the Beijing Games will be lit from sunlight in ancient Olympia on Peloponnes, the homeland of the Olympic Games. According to RIA Novosti , the ceremony will be held on March 25, 2008.

Hugo Chavez will act in negotiations with the leadership of the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (RVSK) on the liberation of 3 thousand hostages, said Foreign Minister Fernando Arauho. The first meeting of Hugo Chavez with the Commander -in -Chief of the Russian Academy of Sciences Manuel Marunda will be held on October 8.

The Alaska Airlines Alaska Alaska Airlines plans to offer a new service to its passengers - Internet access during the flight. The company plans to adopt a decision from the ROW 44 company, which provides broadband access to the network for airlines. Tests on the Boeing 737 liner will be held in the spring of 2008, and then the issue of equipping the Internet park in 114 liners will be resolved.

Red and White Holdings, an investment company, which is a co-owner of which is Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, announced an increase in its package in the English football club Arsenal up to the 21st percent. This makes the company the second largest club shareholder, notes Reuters . Last month, Red and White bought a 14.6-percent stake in the football club with David Dean, a former vice-chairman of Arsenal, for 75 million pounds.

The contractor of the contract service was seriously wounded by the guard of the watchman who guarded the field with watermelons in the Rostov region, to which four contraceptor military personnel entered. "On the evening of Monday, four contractions from the landing unit went to Bakhch to take several watermelons. The guard passing by took a shot from the hunting rifle, which was charged with a shot.

The 59-year-old American became a victim of an attack by a four-meter alligator when he dived with a mask and a pipe in one of the reservoirs in South Carolin. The reptile attacked the dive bite off the man, but the person somehow managed to get ashore. Witnesses of the incident from among the vacationers provided first aid to the victim and called the salvation service, whose employees on a helicopter brought the victim of the crocodile attack to the Charleston hospital.

In the Chernihiv region, near the 169th training center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Skuter collided with the armored personnel carrier. This was reported in the Center for Public Relations of the UMVS in the region, reports Newsru.ua . According to law enforcement agencies, the traffic accident occurred on the Chernihov-Dryshgorod highway.

Residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region turn to the head of state with a request to check the legality of the land car for the construction of the Moscow-Sank-Petersburg highway, Interfax reports, citing the Presidential Management for Citizens' Appeals. The collective appeals have already collected about five thousand signatures.

In Runet, a second -level million -level domain is registered - Hanti.ru. Did he go to the famous cyberskvotter? Cyberbox Limited. Currently, in Russia, only 500 thousand sites account for a million registered domains. The remaining domains are either used for other purposes or are not used at all, notes CNews . The domain was registered at 01:02 September 17 to Moscow time. The Million Domain Runet became Hanti.ru, registered by Cyberbox Limited.

The biography of the singer Edita Piekhi "Edita", released on the 70th anniversary of the artist , was recalled from the bookstores of Moscow. Piekha was so unhappy with the content of the 400-page edition of the musicologist from St. Petersburg Alexei Lopatin that she intended to redeem the entire circulation on her own, but the Eksmo publishing house, which released the book, went to meet her and responded a biography from stores.

In the next 2? 3 months 30? 40% of mortgage banks will stop the issuance of mortgage loans, said Prime-Tass, Chairman of the Board of the city mortgage bank Nikolai Shitov. It is difficult for banks to find long -term sources of funding, quotes Shitov. After they find funds for refinancing, the operations will be resumed, he added. At the beginning of the second half of the year, the volume of mortgage loans issued in Russia exceeded $ 13 billion.

The United States promised to start an “honest and open” investigation of the incident when the employees of the American security company Blackwater Security Consulting opened fire in the residential quarter of Baghdad, as a result of which 8 people died, another 14 were mainly civilians - were injured. US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice in a telephone conversation with Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Malika apologized for the incident.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko intends to deprive the Cabinet of Ministers of Control of local administrations, reports Newsru.ua . In his secretariat, amendments are prepared for three current laws governing the activities of local authorities. These are the laws "On local state administrations", "On local self -government" and "On the Cabinet of Ministers".