The analytical agency "Avtostat" conducted a detailed analysis of the brand and age structure of the Moscow Park Park. Based on the results, we can conclude how the preferences of motorists are changing over time. So, in the capital, the LADA domestic brand leading for many years last year lost the first place for the sale of American Ford - according to analysts, in 2007, 39,500 Ford cars and only 2,500 LADA were registered in the Moscow traffic police.

Over 200 leading scientists from 33 countries will take part in the 16th Scientific Conference of the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic World, which will be held in Kazan on August 25-28. This was announced today by ITAR-TASS, General Director of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences Monifi Zubi.

The iPhone in Russia will not be tied to a specific operator. MTS, Vimpelcom and MegaFon signed an agreement with Apple and on September 26 should start sales. Operators will buy them for $ 400, and sell them for 1000, reports Vedomosti . Three sources close to different parties to the negotiations were told about signing an agreement between Apple and Russian operators.

A new trend has been outlined in the Asian region? Investments in the expensive real estate of Thailand, Hong Kong and Vietnam and other Asian countries. Due to the growing demand for housing class, Lux Hong Kong Investors are forced to fight for exclusive housing on the coast and in city condominiums with American and European buyers. About this writes RBC-Daily .

The craftsman from Bratsk Irkutsk Region 45-year-old Evgeny Rybachenko expresses his unusual vision of the world with the help of means unusual in the art-mushrooms-tuttoviks (chaga), October icons and toilet covers. Of these, he makes unique and incredible portraits of Soviet and Russian politicians and religious objects, writes the newspaper Friday . The artist’s favorite character is a former president, and now Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

In September, Gazprom can revise its investment program , increasing it by about 25% of the current 822 billion rubles. This figure is given by Vedomosti with reference to the deputy chairman of the board of the concern Valery Golubev. Thus, the total amount of investment can translate for 1 trillion rubles. Investments in 2009 can exceed this figure by another 20%, amounting to 1.2 trillion rubles in the amount of a previous plan of 739 billion rubles.

Passengers of the Samara-Norilsk flight "Krasnoyarsk Airlines" ("Krasaire") for the second day expect a departure from the Samara International Airport "Kurumoch". The delay is associated with the fuel problems of Airunion alliance airlines, the airport said. “The flight 7B-436 Samara-Norilsk was scheduled for August 21 at 00.20 local time.

American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2011, a representative of Baghdad in negotiations with the United States Muhammad al-Hajj Hammud said on Friday in the Iraqi capital. According to him, this will be specified in the "Security Pact between Iraq and the United States", which includes, etc. Sofa's agreement on the status of American troops.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a collection of documents "NKVD-MVD of the USSR in the fight against banditry and armed groups of nationalists." This was reported on her official website by the press service of the department.

The Russian team of Russia, for which Evgenia Polyakova, Alexander Fedoriva, Julia Gushchina and Julia Cherkshanskaya spoke, won the athletics relay race of 4x100 meters in Beijing with the best result of the season - 42.31. Diary of the Olympiad-2008 The sensational success of our girls became largely possible thanks to the misfire of the main favorites of the race - the athletes from Jamaica, who dropped the wand during the transmission of the relay.

Radical Islamists captured Kismayio on August 22 - the third largest city in Somalia, which is also one of the largest ports of the country. According to eyewitnesses, the battles between soldiers and militants of the Al-Shabaab rebel group lasted more than three days, but in the end, the rebels prevailed. As a result of the clashes, more than 70 people were killed, dozens were injured, ITAR-TASS reports.

Austrian doctors concluded that the victims of the maniac Joseph Fritzl suffer from post -traumatic syndrome, like veterans of hostilities. They will have to undergo a course of therapy until the end of their days, experts believe. To prove their point of view, experts give new shocking details of the life of prisoners both before and after their release from the long -term imprisonment in the basement of the Home Home Fritsl, writes The Ave.

The detectives of Scotland Yard are investigating the case of the mysterious disappearance of the flash card, on which the entire secret police database was copied. Information for tens of thousands of dangerous criminals disappeared in the process of "optimizing" the work of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs. Secret information about tens of thousands of criminals was lost last Monday.

The Holland's female team in hockey on the grass won the gold medals of the Olympic tournament in Beijing. Diary of the Olympiad-2008 In the final match, the Gollanders defeated the Chinese national team with a score of 2: 0. In the game for the third place, the Argentines outplayed the noble 3: 1. The fate of a set of awards in the tournament of men's teams will be determined on Saturday, when the national teams of Germany and Spain will converge in the final match of the Olympic tournament.

In the Dutch city of Verden, the test drive of the Audi R8 sports car ended very deplorable, however, not for the driver, but for the car itself. According to Auto.utro.ru , citing Autojunk.nl, the 33-year-old Dane decided to try his favorite sports car, got behind the wheel and accelerated at a speed of 120 km/h, as evidenced by the police report. However, according to eyewitnesses, the "dashing" reached a much higher speed on the new R8 - close to 280 km/h.