President Nicaragua Daniel Ortega issued an official decree on the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the country's message quotes the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Recall that Nicaragua has become the first and so far the only country, after Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which the rest of the world considers the territories of Georgia.

Balashikhinsky City Court sentenced the 33-year-old migrant worker from Moldova Andrei Kovalenko for the arson of three foreign cars to imprisonment. As reported on Thursday in the prosecutor's office of the Moscow region, the investigation established that on the night of May 14, 2008, Kovalenko, using a flammable liquid, set fire to the Toyoyta Rav4 car, parked near one of the residential buildings in the village of Zarya.

The Foreign Ministry of the United Kingdom forbade the two British military orchestras to take part in the Second Moscow International Military Festival "Kremlin Tattoo" on September 11-14 on Poklonnaya Gora. 40 Volynshchiks from the Royal Rifle Regiment of the Gurkhas and the Royal Regiment of the Irish guards were supposed to fly to Moscow on Monday, ITAR-TASS reports. The British The Times also reports that the trip to Moscow was canceled 20 Canadian soldiers.

On Thursday, the Japanese company Honda presented the first official photographs and information about the new conceptual hybrid InSight 2. As CAR is increasing, the serial version of this car will be the cheapest car in the world, equipped with a gas-electrical power plant. The premiere of the concept will take place at the upcoming October Parisian car dealership, and the option for mass production will debut soon after that? Perhaps in November 2008 as part of the auto show in Los Angeles.

The State Duma will limit the Russian Internet by national legislation. At the end of September, a specially created working group developing a new edition of the Media Law will submit the concept of a bill regulating the Internet space to the deputies, the Independent Gazeta writes.

The US Navy Management ship Mount Whitney on Friday stood on the raid of the Poti Sea Port in the territorial waters of Georgia. It should be noted that this is the seventh naval ship, NATO, not belonging to the countries of the region. The official purpose of the visit is humanitarian assistance, but the power structures of the Russian Federation, speaking of the capabilities of ships, noted that they are intended for intelligence.

At the final Moscow International Motor Show for Chinese-made cars, almost a quarter of all areas of the Crocus-Expo exhibition complex was allocated. Indeed, is China’s auto industry developing rapidly? Many cars are already sold in full swing in Russia, using our market as a testing before a massive "attack" on the USA and Europe. How do experts assure, the arrival of the Chinese to the rest of the world markets? Only a matter of time, reports Autonews.ru .

Claims of the Prosecutor General’s Office to the work of the Federal Air Transport Agency and its leadership due to mass delays in Airunion aircraft, rather, political than a legal character. “We are ready to be responsible for our actions, and we will answer if this is proved,” said the head of Rosavicia Yevgeny Bachurin at the press conference of Interfax on Friday. However, in this situation, “it is necessary to be based on a legal framework, and not on politics,” the official believes.

The Severstal group, according to the general director and main shareholder of the company Alexei Mordashov, will continue to invest in Russian assets that show good results. "The investment program in Russian assets until 2012 should amount to $ 8 billion," Mordashov quoted "News Time" . She also intends to seriously develop foreign assets.

The famous actor Robert de Niro refused to participate in the filming of the new picture of director Martin Campbell Edge of Darkness just a week after the start of the project. His representative explained the decision of the actor with insurmountable "creative disagreements" that arose on the site, writes The Guardian . De Niro was supposed to play the role of an FBI officer sent by the et of traces after the murder of a girl.

The US administration in the coming days is going to withdraw from Congress an already signed agreement on cooperation with Russia in the field of civil nuclear energy. This was reported by senior representatives of the White House, asking not to call their names in the press, since the final decision has not yet been made.

The UN, the African Union and the League of the Arab states (LAG) "urge military junta in Mauritania to free the overthrown President Sidi Ulda Sheikh Abdallahi, under house arrest." This is stated in a statement published following a meeting of representatives of three organizations in Addis Ababa.

The Government of South Korea on Friday protested in connection with the next manifestation of Japanese’s disposals to the controversy islands of Toktok, located in the western part of the Japanese Sea. This was reported by the Interfax agency with reference to the South Korean television and radio company KBC .

American astronauts may stop flying to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2011 due to the termination of the flights of shutters in 2010 and the lack of a new contract for their flights on Russian spacecraft. In Russia, it is believed that the United States has long lost interest in this international project and prefer to develop its lunar program.

The United States followed the prime minister of Iraq Nuri al-Maliki and members of his government. Moreover, this happened even at the moment when they were connected by close relations with the administration of President George Bush. According to AFP, such theses are contained in the book that was presented in the United States. The book is called "Internal War: the secret history of the White House in 2006-2008." It was written by journalist Bob Woodword, known for his investigations.