Despite the numerous ultimatums, as well as the decision of the Thai Civil Court to leave the territory of the Government House no later than the evening of Wednesdays, about 40 thousand activists of the People’s Alliance for democracy (above) continue the protest. Demonstrators say that they will not leave a position until the head of the Samak Government, the Suntaravet will put up the premiere powers.

The two most important works of the Italian artist of the Renaissance of Titian, belonging to the national treasures of Great Britain, can forever be lost to the British. The Scottish Duke of Sasraland, who owns the masterpieces, announced his desire to sell paintings, reports The Times .

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal , how the war in his country began "in fact". "Anyone who believes that Moscow did not plan this invasion, that we, Georgia, unjustified him unjustifiably, are largely mistaken," the Georgian leader said. “Would we provoke a war when all our Western friends went on vacation? Proceed from common sense,” he emphasized.

The intercontinental ballistic missile "Topol" (RS-12M), equipped with special means of overcoming the PRO, which was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on Thursday, struck a conditional target at the Kura (Kamchatka) training ground, flew about 6 thousand kilometers, said in the Strategic Missile Forces.

The scandalous idea of ​​US presidential candidate John McCain to recognize the independence of "a bloody violence by Russia" Chechnya liked the Georgian Chechens who asked the Chechen Republic from Georgia and the "entire civilized world", RIA "New Region" reports. The reaction of President Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is still unknown to this.

The leadership of the American CHRISLER Automobile Conceived on Wednesday announced that he was seriously considering the possibility of selling a project of a super-known Dodge Viper car. Such plans of the car manufacturer are dictated by the current program - the Chrysler anti -crisis strategy, which provides for getting rid of incomprehensible models.

Claims against OJSC Mechel were presented by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), not the state, said the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Igor Sechin. "You (to journalists - approx. Ed.) Lack of communication with Zyuzin Igor Vladimirovich (General Director of Mechel - Ed.). I will definitely say (ed.) About this at a meeting," Igor Sechin said on Thursday on the sidelines of the Moscow International Autosalon -2008, Interfax reports.

In New York, a press conference was held at which it was announced that the fight between the WBC champion in heavyweight Samuel Peter and the owner of the honorary championship title according to this organization Vitaly Klitschko will take place on October 11 in Berlin.

Rosstat noted the zero level of inflation. In 2008, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, zero inflation was recorded in a week twice: from July 22 to July 28 and from August 5 to 11. Now this event is recorded for the third time. Specialists received this information on the basis of weekly registration of consumer prices of 50 of the most important names of goods and services, which is carried out on Mondays in 265 cities of Russia.

The last film about Batman "The Dark Knight" is the lead at the Russian rental for the second week, collecting $ 1.76 million for the last weekend. The total blockbuster box office in Russia is currently $ 6.67 million, RIA Novosti reports. In America, the story about a man-flying mouse continues its victorious procession, experts believe that this week fees will exceed the mark of half a billion dollars.

The main negotiator of the Russian WTO, the director of the Department of Trade Directorate of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim Medvedkov, told the independent newspaper how he fulfills the instructions of Putin Prime Minister’s audit of Russia's agreements with other states on the conditions of the country's admission to the WTO. Russia went to some concessions and made changes to its trade regime, believing that the process of joining the WTO will end quickly, Medvedkov explains.

The UK canceled the previously planned joint military exercises with Georgia. In September, the British units of the territorial army were supposed to arrive in Georgia in order to participate in joints with the Georgian units for peacekeeping operations. Now these maneuvers have been postponed indefinitely, the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom reports.

The strongest flood in the north-east of India claimed the lives of at least 87 people, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. More than half of the deaths in Bihar were recorded per day from Tuesday to Wednesday, CNN reports. The cause of the flood was the strongest spill of the Kosi River. After prolonged rains, the river, originating in the Himalayas and flows into the gang, broke through a three -kilometer protective coastal dam near the border with Nepal.

The Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel again, the third year in a row, headed the list of the hundred most influential women in the world, published on August 27 by Forbes magazine. Merkel’s merit is the prosperity of the German economy, the gross domestic product of Germany in an amount adequate $ 3.3 trillion, a decrease in unemployment in the country.

Russian peacekeepers put up 21 observation post in South Ossetia, the General Staff reported. According to the agency, the Georgian military blocks the Leningrad district of Yuo in order to displace the power structures of the republic from there, Interfax reports.