The religious police of Saudi Arabia banned the sale of domestic cats and dogs, as well as their demonstration in public in the capital of the country-Riyadh. Local guards of morals are convinced that with the help of these animals, men are trying to get acquainted with women.

The Presidium of the Political Council of the Sverdlovsk regional branch of United Russia on Thursday excluded Nikolai Didenko from the mayor of Nizhny Tagil. He was also dismissed from the post of head of the Nizhny Tagil Political Council of United Russia, said the press secretary of the regional branch Andrei Rusakov, Interfax reports.

The son of the Palestinian radical leader adopted Christianity and went to live in the United States. According to Newsru Israel , we are talking about Masab Yusuf, the son of Hassan Yusuf, one of the leaders of the Palestinian Hamas terrorist organization on the western shore. Today he lives in California and leads a religious Christian way of life.

In Penza, an 8-year-old child died under the fallen metal-football gates, Interfax reports. "The metal gate fell on the girl left unattended in the gym of the training center at the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Penza Region," said Alexei Shatsky, senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Penza Region.

The governor of the Astrakhan region, Alexander Zhilkin, announced that Astrakhan, who was preparing for the celebration of the 450th anniversary in October of this year, was going to celebrate more than 2500 years from the date of founding. The governor promises to continue construction work at facilities that will not have time to hand over by October, and start new projects-already by the 2500th anniversary, Rosbalt reports citing Kommersant-Volgograd .

According to representatives of the Japanese media, the new Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback hatchback , whose premiere is outlined on the Paris car dealership in October this year, will not be the last Lancer that will enter the market. Apparently, the company is preparing to release closer to 2010 a small Lancer Sportback X, the basis of which will be the hatchback of the same name.

The organizers of the "financial pyramids" in Moscow most often attract citizens with promises to give a loan on housing at a low percentage. On this yesterday, July 30, said Viktor Vasiliev, Deputy Head of the Moscow Military District for Economic Security. To date, the most criminal variety of "financial pyramids" has become consumer mortgage cooperatives.

Vladimir Potanin turned out to be a co -owner of the apartment and house of Mikhail Prokhorov. Together with other common assets of businessmen, two billion dollars belong to a trust under the control of Andrei Klishas, ​​Vedomosti reports.

The President of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma a bill on ratification of an agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on ensuring equal rights of citizens of the two countries to freedom of movement, choosing a place of stay and residence in the territory of the state -owned state.

Pure loss of Starbucks Corp. In the third quarter of 2008, it amounted to $ 6.7 million. A year earlier, the coffee shop network earned $ 158.3 million in the third quarter, the BBC recalls. The expenses exceeded the income due to the fact that the company spent $ 168 million to close 600 unprofitable coffee houses in the United States and the payment of the weekend of 12 thousand employees.

The Moscow City Court recognized the refusal of the district court to satisfy the claim of the Tretyakov Gallery to protect honor and dignity to the former Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Alexander Sokolov. "The collegium of the Moscow City Court ruled: the decision of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow dated April 24 of this year is to be left unchanged, and the cassation appeal of representatives of the Tretyakov Gallery is dismissed, " Interfax quotes the judge's statement.

The Prikuban District Court of Krasnodar softened the punishment to the doctors of the children's hospital, previously convicted in the so -called "case of Sonya Kulivtsa." The doctor of the anesthesiologist, the resuscitation of the children's infectious diseases hospital of Krasnodar, Vladimir Pelipenko, was reduced by one month, the nurse of the same hospital Elena Senicheva - for two months.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is not satisfied with the heads of a number of regions who declare the impossibility of paying for the Internet in schools, Interfax reports.

The Moscow City Court refused the prosecutor’s office and the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital in the arrest of the assistant notary, Inna Ermoshkina, known for his attempts through the court to cancel the appointments of persons who, in her opinion, got there with the help of influential relatives and good ties, writes “News Time” .

US President George Bush signed on Wednesday an executive decree regulating intelligence operations within the country and abroad. This was announced to reporters by the official representative of the administration, who wished to remain unnamed, since the document has not yet been made public, AP reports.