By the end of this year, Georgia is going to send 400 troops to participate in Afghanistan to participate in NATO. "At present, we are consulting with the French and Dutch sides, with whom we plan to participate in the operation. Presumably by the end of the year, 400 Georgian military personnel will go to Afghanistan," the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia Batu Kutelia told reporters.

The REN TV television channel and the Alfa Capital management company rented about 10 thousand square meters. meters of office space in the skyscraper "Nordstar Tower". In particular, the television channel rents 6.105 thousand square meters. meters, and Alfa Capital - 3.854 thousand square meters. meters. This was reported by the magazine "Quadrum" . The 42-story business center is located next to the 3rd transport ring, Khoroshevsky highway and Zvenigorodsky Prospekt Moscow.

The Special services of Spain was detained by eight members of the Basque separatist organization this night. This was reported by the command of the Civil Guard (militarized police). Caught militants belong to the so -called "Biscay group" inside this one. On Sunday, in the northern province of Biscay, which is part of the Basque Country, an explosion in the BarClays Bank was thundered . Earlier on the same day, a number of explosions organized by terrorists thundered in Spain.

Sapers have been traveling to the Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg for the second time in two weeks: the second shell of the Great Patriotic War was already found on the flight field. The builders found a shell of the Great Patriotic War during the repair work on the flight field of Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg last Monday evening, Interfax was told in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the city.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko issued a decree in which he instructed the government and regional administrations to urgently take measures to prepare for the 2012 European Football Championship, which is planned in Ukraine and Poland. "The Cabinet of Ministers, in particular, is obliged to take measures to increase the efficiency of training and conducting the final part of the Euro -2012 championship in Ukraine until September 1, 2008.

The Indian parliament failed to endure a vote of distrust of the government. The opposition was not enough only a few votes, the Russian BBC service reports. The radio station clarifies that the clouds over the office of Manmokhan Singh thickened because of the intention to sign a special agreement with Washington on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.

The brief socio-economic results of the first half of the year, published on July 21 by Rosstat, confirmed: the Russian economy went down. According to Vedomosti , the first symptoms of the problem appeared in April-May, when the growth curve of investment, and then industry began to bend down . The June decline in the growth of the industry confirmed the fears (it added less than 1%). Reducing the growth rate of investment continues.

The Commander -in -Chief of the Army Ground Forces, Army General Aleksey Maslov, is expected to be appointed by the Chief Military Representative of Russia at NATO, an informed source in diplomatic circles said on Tuesday Interfax . "It is assumed that General Maslov will arrive in Brussels in August -September," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Democrats of the Democrats of Barack Obama and Republican Candidate John McCain, being at the last stage of the election presidential race, are trying to conquer the votes of American Jews from each other, which, according to various estimates, up to 7 million-2.5% of the US population. Obama goes to Jerusalem, and McCain on the eve of the competitor's visit gave a television interview with the Israeli channel.

According to the British The Times , Skidmore, Owings and Merrill from the United States, which came up with the design of the Burj Dudai skyscraper, the highest man -made building on the planet, will build new housing for 125 thousand inhabitants of the slum in the Indian Mumbay (former bombi). It may seem that a large company has come down to the help of the poor, however, as the publication writes, this is not so.

The German concern Volkswagen in cooperation with North Sails, which produces yacht equipment, created its first joint project - an exclusive version of the Touareg SUV, which received a prefix to the North Sails name. The car really resembles a luxurious white yacht - the interior decoration is made in the style of a real cabin. The company's North Sails project inspired the Audi Q7 Coastline concept, which also connected the marine and automobile worlds.

Israel and Palestinian autonomy hope to conclude a peace agreement before the end of this year according to the intentions stated at the Middle Eastern Conference in Annapolis in November 2007. This was announced on Tuesday after a meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli President Shimon Perez the head of the Palestinian National Administration Mahmoud Abbas, ITAR-TASS reports. “We are sentenced to the story of living in peace, security and coexistence,” the Palestinian leader emphasized.

With the initiative to cancel the medieval laws that are still in force in the UK, which prohibit the state of the country and “idiots” to elect the country's parliament. According to the BBC radio company, the corresponding bill has already been prepared and in the near future will enter the approval of the House of Commons.

The United Nations (the UN) published a report in which she estimated the damage caused by Myanmar (Burma) by the Nargiz tropical cyclone . According to international experts, he reached $ 4 billion, reports The Financial Times . The Government of Myanmar and the Association of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) also participated in the preparation of the report.

The Internet company Yahoo Inc went to a compromise with the billionaire investor Karl Ikan, promising to include him and two other candidates in the board of directors and save the current management of the company, Yahoo reports in her official statement. The board of directors, thus, will be expanded from the current nine to 11 people, since one of the managers of the current composition does not intend to participate in the re -election, the message reports, RIA Novosti reports.