From August 1 to 3, the Lokomotiv stadium will once again be played out the Russian Railway Cup for Football. In addition to the Moscow Lokomotiv , the tournament will be attended by such Grandes of European football as the English “Chelsea”, the Italian “Milan” and the Spanish “Seville”. On August 1, Lokomotiv will play with Chelsea, and Milan will meet with Seville.

Five Australian Jewish leaders will meet with Pope Benedict XVI , who arrived the day before in Sydney. The news of the upcoming meeting appeared against the backdrop of fears that arose in connection with one of the events planned as part of World Catholic Youth days - the reconstruction of the Cross Way, Jewish.ru reports with reference to JTA information. In a meeting with a pontiff, 40 representatives of different religions will take part, including Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and others.

Is the Japanese company Honda preparing for a presentation at one of the nearest international car dealerships novelty under the Acura brand? A new generation TL premium sedan, which will appear on sale as a 2009 model. According to the photographs officially provided by the automaker, Acura TL is very similar to TSX and RL sedans. For the first time, the car received the SH-AWD all-wheel drive system. At the same time, the previous front -wheel drive versions of TL will also be available.

The claims of the Minister of Economics of Switzerland, Doris Loithard, who remained unhappy that she was searched and “felt” at the Russian airport, are unfounded. This is stated in the official statement of the St. Petersburg airport "Pulkovo", where the incident occurred. "In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, all passengers and crew members, including passengers with diplomatic status, have diplomatic immunity, pre -flight inspection," the statement said.

The representative of Venezuela, 22-year-old brunette Diane Mendos won the Miss Title Universe in Vietnam. This was announced according to the results of the final of the beauty contest, held in the Primorsky Central Vietnamese city of Nha Trang. Diana Mendoza became the 57th winner of the competition, who this year about a billion viewers watched this year, RIA Novosti reports.

The robbery of the pizzeria in the American state Texas ended with a shameful fiasco for the criminal. At first he was knocked out by the young seller, and random witnesses did not allow him to escape from the scene of the crime. The robbery with a curious end was committed in the Texas city of Denton, where the robber, armed with a pistol dummy, tried to rob a pizza sales store, Fox television company reports.

In the Elbrus, on the basis of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU), the scientific and technical conference "Micro-nanotechnology and photoelectronics" was opened. It is reported by ITAR-TASS. More than 50 specialists from Berlin, Minsk, Samarkand, Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as the Southern Federal District, confirmed their participation in the forum.

In Kaliningrad, as a result of an armed raid on a jewelry store, jewelry for 9 million rubles were stolen. As Interfax was told on Monday to law enforcement agencies, on Sunday two unknown masks entered the premises of a jewelry store on Leninsky Prospekt, 90. From a pistol with a silencer, the raiders wounded the guard’s hand, after which they took jewelry. The cost of the stolen is estimated at 9 million rubles.

The Berlin Organization of Transparency International in a study on the level of corruption in 180 countries, placed Russia in 143rd place in the list (180th place is the worst situation), writes Washington Post (full text on the website inopressa.ru ). “We have many people who worked only in the public service in their lives, but their property does not correspond to very modest official income,” says Elena Panfilova, the head of the Russian branch of the organization.

The ex-head of Rosprirodnadzor Sergey Sai, who died the day before from a heart attack, was a “deeply intelligent person”, whom he did not act very well after dismissal from the state post. It was the fact that his former employees turned away from him that had very much influenced the health of the former head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Management. This was reported to the "New Region" by one of the former subordinates of Sergei Say Oleg Mitvol.

The revival of religion in the modern world dictates the need to “revise the modern system of international relations”, based on the secular principle of the state, according to the Russian Orthodox Church . "The existing implementation of this principle leads to unjustified isolation of religion from international life," said and. O.

UNESCO warns France that over the next 6 months, the famous LASCO caves representing a monument of prehistoric painting can replenish the list of world heritage in jeopardy. This was reported by representatives of the United Nations on Education, Science and Culture during a meeting in Quebec, reports The Independent . According to experts, the legendary cave complex, whose age reaches 17,000 years, threatens a gray and black fungus, rapidly destroying a unique painting.

The investigation of the criminal case against the head of the city of Tver Oleg Lebedev, accused of applying violence against a representative of the authorities, has been completed. This was announced on Monday by the official representative of the SCP of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin.

On Sunday, products and drinking water were delivered to the Lehmann Timber, which lay down in connection with the breakdown of the engine turbine. Meanwhile, the captain of the vessel of the Russian Valentin Bartashov decided to evacuate, but it requires coordination with the boat who arrived to help. "Today, a military helicopter delivered water and products to the ship.

A modest football club called "Church Center San Christobal" from the town of Terrace near Barcelona decided to adequately celebrate his 50th anniversary. He played the longest football match in the history of this sport. The match lasted exactly 50 hours without a break, which is four hours longer than the match of previous record holders from the Argentinean town, ITAR-TASS reports. 870 players (83 of them were women), which amounted to 40 teams took part in the historical match.