At the 65th International Film Festival in Venice , which will be held from August 27 to September 6, 2008, Russia will be presented with the film "Wild Field" directed by Mikhail Kalatozashvili, the grandson of the famous director Mikhail Kalatozov, the Echo of Moscow radio station reports. Recall that at the last "Kinotavr" this film received the most prizes of the film festival.

CJSC Mian is in the process of bankruptcy, Kommersant reports. On May 20, the Moscow Arbitration Court introduced observation in Miana, appointing the temporary manager of Anatoly Kropotin from the Saratov region. The court will decide whether to recognize Mian bankrupt, October 30. Before this date, the temporary manager will have to form a register of creditors' claims and hold their first meeting.

UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon urged to stop any fighting around the world during the Olympics in Beijing, ITAR-TASS reports. "Such an Olympic truce, being limited in time, nevertheless, can make you think about the difficult consequences of the war, to open opportunities for the start of dialogue, give a respite to the suffering population, - in particular, in the Emergency of the Secretary General, widespread on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York.

In South-West Asia, in the state of Qatar, an incident occurred in mid-July, as a result of which one of the most famous sports cars in the world, the Mercedes SLR McLaren, crashed, reports Carscoop . The 22-year-old driver who was driving the car lost control and at full speed crashed into a camel passing nearby, whose appearance on the roads of Qatar is not uncommon.

The Russian banking community is preparing to repel the blow of Rospotrebnadzor. On July 29, in Yekaterinburg, bankers announced that if the agency of Gennady Onishchenko will oblige credit institutions to abandon the practice of insurance of mortgage loans borrowers, they will respond with an increase in interest rates.

The American space department celebrates its 50th anniversary on Tuesday. The birthday of the National Aeronautics and Space Research Directorate ( NASA ) is considered July 29, 1958, when President Dwight Eisenhower signed the law on a specialized institution, which is necessary for the development of space by Congress.

By 2015, Muslims will compile the majority in the Russian army, and after another five years - by 2020 - the fifth of the entire population of Russia. The Muslim population in Russia over the past two decades increased by 40 percent. These data, as the Echo of Moscow radio station, cites the British magazine Economist. According to the publication, about 25 million people professing Islam live in our country, ISLAM News reports ..

In Moldova, people from possible flooding zones in the coastal zone of the Dniester and Prut are forced to evacuate. Such an order was given by President Vladimir Voronin. “We are obliged to warn and save the inhabitants of settlements that can be flooded, and people who do not want to evacuate must be taken out for a forced manner,” he emphasized.

The winner of the international competition of young performers of popular music "New Wave 2008" was the GEORGIA duo from Georgia, which scored 352 points and received the first prize of the competition - 70 thousand dollars. In second place was the Russian Iris (Irina Rosenfeld) with 347 points. She received 40 thousand dollars and the prize of the agency "Person" as the most stylish contestant.

Hundreds of people said goodbye to the king of Soviet comedy, People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Pugovkin. The civilian memorial service took place in a crowded hall of the Cinema House, where the coffin with the body of the actor was installed right on the stage. The funeral was held at the Vagankovsky cemetery, reports ITAR-TASS. The actor, who went through the Great Patriotic War, was buried with military honors - an honorary guard was put up at his head.

Syrians are tired of international isolation and sanctions. They are ready to reconcile with Israel and expect that the world will bring an improvement in the economic situation in the country. The article in The New York Times , which is quoted by Newsru Israel , is devoted to evidence of this thesis. The authors of the publication of Naur Mahfood and Robert Wart approached the consideration of this topic from the standpoint of economic feasibility.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held on Tuesday in the Kremlin a meeting with Russian athletes who will take part in the 29-year-old Olympic Games in Beijing, Interfax reports with reference to the presidential press service. Speaking at the wire ceremony in the Kremlin, the banner of the Russian national team basketball player Andrei Kirilenko noted that although the athletes represent different sports, they are united by one thing - they are members of the Russian national team.

Residents of Northern London Stephen and Mary B. have been refused to bury the body of their 4-month-old son Christopher, who died in 1987 after vaccination against whooping cough, tetanus and poliomyelitis. Parents are sure that the cause of the death of their child is the mistake of doctors, and are not going to betray his body to the earth until they prove the guilt of the doctors.

A powerful explosion and a fire followed by him occurred in the chemical center of the South Korean city of Ulsan. According to ITAR-TASS, one scientist died, two employees were seriously injured. The victim of the incident was the 35-year-old research scientist who worked in the analytical laboratory of the Ulsansky Center for Precise Chemistry. Firefighters to combat fire required only half an hour. But, according to the fire service, losses exceed the amount of $ 772 thousand.

The operatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia detained all four suspects in the robbery of the metropolitan branch of CJSC Russian Posandard KB and the murder of a collector. The attack on the collectors was committed on June 25, 2008 in Moscow. Unknown people fired at collections, stole more than 2 million rubles and disappeared into the car. During the attack, one collector died, the second received severe injuries.