Mail.ru bought 30% of the shares of a network of dating sites Mamba.ru from the Finams investment company. Market participants estimate the deal of $ 15 million. According to industry experts, Mamba.ru risks losing partnership with another major ally - Rambler, which now brings the network 25-30% of the audience, the newspaper RBC Daily writes. The audience Mamba.ru, according to the company's website, is 9.8 million people. In 2007, the company's revenue exceeded 300 million rubles.

In the Ingush village of Surhahi, a counter -terrorism operation was terminated, which the security forces announced earlier. "The measures and temporary restrictions introduced within the specified territory for the period of the counter -terrorism operation were canceled, " Interfax quotes the operational headquarters in Ingushetia. Law enforcement agencies are transferred to the usual service regime. No operations are reported.

NATO fighters continue flying over the capital of Latvia, reports DELFI . So, training flights in the Riga area are held for the fifth time within two weeks. At the same time, the leadership of the Air Force notes that residents have no reason for concern. The training flights of German F4 fighters, which guard the NATO airspace in the sky over the Baltic countries, took place on August 19, 21 and 22.

In France, a daring group rape of a Canadian citizen was committed. The student was attacked during photography in a refugee camp. At least six unknown people attacked a young journalist when she made a photo report from the refugee camp located in the coastal part of the Pa-de Cale department. Residents of this impromptu settlement in the future intend to cross the La-Channel to the UK, the BBC television company reports. According to preliminary information, the rapists were Afghans.

US presidential candidate John McCain as his partner and vice president chose Sarah Palin, a little -known politician, Governor of Alaska. This was first reported by American agencies with reference to sources from the surroundings of the senator. Then this news was confirmed by McCain himself at the election rally in Deuton (Ohio). Sarah Palin, who is 44 years old, is the first woman-governor in the history of Alaska. True, in this position it has been working for less than two years.

On the night of August 25 in Rostov-on-Don, two local residents, while intoxicated, burned 5 cars, 4 more lit up from the cars already covered by fire. One of the culprits is 19 years old, the other is a minor, reports REGNUM.RU . As the girls said during interrogation, on the night of August 24 to 25, they drank alcohol in the courtyard of one house. For some time before that, they watched on TV stories about the numerous arson of cars that took place in recently in Moscow.

In Berlin, an international exhibition-fair of entertainment and household electronics IFA-2008 was opened in Berlin. In this oldest and largest industry review in the world, held for the 48th time, 1245 exhibitors from 63 countries participate, ITAR-TASS reports.

The accident at the gas pipeline in Stavropol: the excavator, who had a navigated pit for a new building, caught a pipe, reports Interfax with reference to the law enforcement agencies of the city. The incident occurred at the intersection of Oktyabrskaya Street and Boulevard Green Grove. There were construction work on the construction of the building of the shopping center. "A hole formed in the gas pipeline pipe. Gas under a high pressure of six atmospheres flies out of the pipe.

In Berlin, a final press conference was held, dedicated to the duel appointed on August 30 for the vacant temporary WBA title between the two former owners of this title - Russian Nikolai Valuev and American John Ruise. The Russian boxer said he was confident in his victory in the upcoming battle.

The collapse of the atomic energy agreement, which was previously one of the priority tasks of Bush, is the most specific victim of the deterioration of American-Russian relations after the Russian war with Georgia, writes New York Times (full text on Inopressa.ru ). The breakdown of the agreement on atomic energy involves the tangible consequences that can potentially cost Russia billions of dollars.

In the Republic of Fiji, 10 people were killed as a result of a transport accident, including children. They burned alive in an inverted bus, reports AP. The incident occurred on the main island of the Pacific state Fiji Viti Levu. At the time of the incident, the bus was more than 50 people who were heading for a funeral to the city of Nadi. For reasons unexplained so far, the cabin of the bus suddenly swept the flame, he flew off the track to the side of the road and rolled over.

The Zamoskvoretsky court of the capital issued the arrest of Alexander Kutumov, an assistant to the former general director of the company ATK Aviamsnab LLC, accused in the case of theft of MiG air corporation for the supply of spare parts for combat aircraft.

The competitors of the St. Petersburg Zenit in the Champions League group will be the Spanish Real, the Italian Juventus and the Belarusian BATE. This became known after the drawn up of the Euro -Tournier in Monaco. The Russian champion in front of the draw was “sent” in the third most basket (clubs were distributed according to the UEFA rating). From the first basket to Group N to Zenit came the Madrid Real Madrid, from the second - Turin "Juventus", and from the fourth - the Belarusian BATE.

A draw took place in Monaco, as a result of which the rivals of Russian clubs were determined in the first round of the UEFA Cup: Spartak received the Czech Banik rivals, CSKA will meet with the Croatian Slavyen, and FC Moscow will play with the Danish Copenhagen. The General Director of the Moscow Spartak Valery Karpin believes that the red and white are obliged to beat the Banik's rivals in his rivals.

In Runet on September 1, the official opening of the first Russian -speaking general Christian search system http://www.wwjd.ru will take place. This was reported in a press release . The name of the site - wwjd.ru - is formed from the abbreviations of the English -speaking phrase "What Woold Jesus Do?", Which became popular in the United States in the 1890s, as a personal motto for thousands of Christians. Translated, it means: “What would Jesus do?” If he was in our place.