Brazilian President Luis Inasiu Lula da Silva temporarily removed from the performance of official duties the entire leadership of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), including its director Paulu Lasard.

In Kyiv, the Center for Driving Excellence was opened specifically for the fairer sex. Its founder and chief instructor is also a woman. A special approach is used to students - a woman is easier for a woman to understand. As the League is in Baby. News with reference to the Kiev shopping center, the mistress of the driving school Victoria Voznoye prompted the creation of the center of currently the negative attitude of men-drivers to girls while driving.

The British authorities accused of terrorism of the fourth suspect involved in the case of threats of physical reprisals against the prime minister of Great Britain Gordon Brown. According to the police department of the County Lancashir (England), the accusations were brought against the 24-year-old resident of Blackburn Muhammad Ali Mukhtaz Akhmad for owning a certain object that could be used in order to commit a terrorist act.

Russian tennis player Dinara Safina, defeating the German Anna-Leno Grenefeld (7: 5, 6: 0) in the fourth circle of the US opening championship, ended up in the quarterfinals of the tournament, where she now has to meet with Italian Flavia Pennette. Both rivals began the match assembled, demonstrating the entire power of their technical arsenal, especially since both Safina and Greneteld prefer powerful, power tennis.

A group of Swiss and American scientists has developed a DNA analysis method, which allows you to determine the birthplace of a person with high accuracy, according to an article published on the website of Nature magazine. The research group led by John Novembra of the University of California in Los Angeles analyzed the genetic data of more than 3 thousand Europeans and connected them with data on the birthplace of these people, RIA Novosti reports.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a cleaning lady was detained, suspected of unintentional murder of the homeless. The woman injured the homeless when she saw how he littered the stairwell. A criminal case has been opened against a 43-year-old cleaner from Yekaterinburg, Interfax reports with reference to the investigation department at the Prosecutor's Office of the Sverdlovsk Region.

On September 1, a limit was introduced in Tajikistan to supply electricity due to the drought, said Samiev, head of the Barki Toshik energy holding (Tajikistan Energy). In all settlements, except for the capital, regional and district centers, electricity will be disconnected from 22.30 to 03.30 hours, RIA Novosti reports. This measure is caused by dry summer, which led to a decrease in the water resources of the region by 15-20%.

A Chinese hacker received a year and a half in prison for falsely reporting an earthquake. 22-year-old Jia Zhipan from Shaanxi province decided to joke: he hacked the government website of the seismological service and posted a message there that a powerful earthquake would shake the province in the coming hours.

The West, having recognized the independence of Kosovo, "in the answer for all those consequences that many other states faced with the same problems are to be experienced as Serbia with his southern province," said the former president of Yugoslavia, ex-Prime Minister of Serbia and the leader of the Democratic Party, Vojislav Kostunitsa, reports to ITAR-TASS with reference to the Tanjug news agency.

In Berlin, at the IFA-2008 exhibition, a mobile phone is presented for lovers of extreme relaxation. The novelty is called Sonim LM801, reports Pocket-Lint . The phone case is made of rubber and is dusty and moisture-proof. Sonim LM801 is equipped with a compass, laser pointer, barometer, altimeter, thermometer, MP3-player, FM radio and flashlight. The device has a small round display. Currently, the manufacturer is looking for a distributor that will be sales of this phone.

As reported on Tuesday, News-Georgia in the apparatus of the Georgian parliament, in the near future, in the areas of Georgia, namely in the areas where Russian troops are located, it is planned to declare a state of emergency. At the same time, martial law will be abolished throughout the country. On September 3, this decision intends to adopt the Georgian parliament at its extraordinary meeting. - Meanwhile, diplomatic municipality with the Russian Federation is officially torn.

Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Deacon Andrei Kuraev notes the community of the system of values ​​of Orthodox Russia and classical Europe. "For me, Europe is not Europe of the European Parliament, and I would not want some cultural walls to be erected between my Europe Dickens and Hugo and Russia," said Andrei Kuraev, whose opinion was published today in the newspaper -Gzt.ru.

The political opposition of Japan, led by the Democratic Party, continues to accuse today, who declared the resignation of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukudu in "irresponsibility". It requires the ruling coalition to dissolve the lower house of the parliament that is of key importance for the political life of the country and hold universal elections.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the police, after conducting operational investigative events, discovered an 11-year-old boy stolen in Moscow last week. According to law enforcement agencies of the capital, his mother reported the disappearance of his son to the police. According to the woman, on August 29 at about 17:00 the son left the house on Khoroshevsky highway and did not return.

The hurricane "Gustav", raging on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the American state of Louisian, has lost strength. But the tropical cyclone "Hannah", which reached the strength of the hurricane, lingered over the Bahamas Islands and the islands of Terx and Kaikos, CNN reports. The hurricane "Gustav" was assigned the first - the least dangerous - category. The wind speed decreased from 200 to 120 km/h.