The world-famous Stuttgart chamber orchestra, leading Christophe Altstedt, will perform in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after Shostakovich on October 3, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the organizers. The program in the program: Mendelssohn - Symphony for the string orchestra No. 11 "Swiss", Bach - concerts for the piano with the orchestra La Major, FI Minor and Reinor.

In March 2009, the Italian automaker Lancia will release a new limited version of the YPSILON model, the creation of which was attended by the famous Versace Fashion House. The novelty received the name - Lancia Ypsilon Versus, reports brakes.ru . This car is limited and is only 500 copies. And his premiere will be held next month at the Paris Motor Show. Ypsilon Versus will appear before the public in glamorous bronze color with Versus logo on the roof.

Representatives of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BUT) told why they refused to include funds to the draft budget for 2009 to pay off gas debt to Russia and began negotiations on raising the price of the Black Sea Fleet base, as President Viktor Yushchenko demands, the New Region reports. According to the deputy from Beth Anatoly Seminoga, "our president has recently been some kind of strange.

Ossetian by nationality Lazar Gadaev was born in 1938. He studied first in Vladikavkaz (then-Ordzhonikidze) at the Faculty of Art and Grandmother of the North Ossetian pedagogical school. In 1960 he moved to Moscow, to the Surikov Institute. His teachers were painter Dmitry Zhilinsky and sculptor Matvey Manizer, Kommersant writes. As a sculptor began to exhibit in the 1970s, mainly in the genre of small plasticity.

The Federal Financial Market Service (FSFR of Russia), along with a ban on "short" sales and marginal transactions, introduces a ban on unsecured transactions from 9.00 to Moscow time, a representative of the service told RIA Novosti . "The innovation in today's order of the FSFR is the introduction of a ban on unsecured transactions," the agency’s interlocutor said on Monday.

The Canadian police in the city of Redlana detained an armed man who tried to capture hostages at a local school, CBC television and radio corporation reports. The school principal said that the man tried to hold about 300 teachers and students in the gym. According to some reports, it was her former student. The police came to the school building when they received reports that a man with a gun had entered there. After 40 minutes, the suspect was detained.

In the Kursk region, three young people were detained who are suspected of robbing a trade pavilion. For abducted roses, criminals are facing imprisonment for up to seven years. At the moment, the police are deciding on the initiation of a criminal case against the detainees, the weekly "for each other" reports with reference to the press service of the regional Internal Affairs Directorate.

An employee of the British special services Mi6 revealed himself right during an interview on the BBC television channel. The fact is that the mustache that he glued to change his appearance unexpectedly disappeared. The incident occurred at the moment when the agent talked about the role of Mi6 in explorations, writes The Daily Telegraph .

On Tuesday, at the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly, a general political discussion opens in New York, which is supposed to be the first to perform US President George Bush, Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili and President of Iran Mahmud Ahmadi Nezhad. The head of the Russian delegation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will perform on September 27.

College students are the most "Internet" category of US residents. In 2008, 95.7% (17.4 million people) of them entered the Internet at least once a month. This was reported by Media Revolution with reference to the Emarketer report. By 2012, the number of users of the network - students will grow to 18.6 million people, and the share of users among students - up to 97.8%. Almost all colleges in the US have a laptop or a desktop computer, and about 90% are cell phones.

The “Izzeddin al -Kassam” brigades - the combat wing of the Islamic resistance movement “Hamas” - took responsibility for the terrorist attack in Jerusalem on Monday, as a result of which more than 10 people were injured. This action means "the continuation of the intifada (Palestinian uprising) in order to liberate Jerusalem and protect the legitimate rights of Palestinians," ITAR-TASS quoted the group of the group, published on Tuesday.

Russia continues to carry out transit through its territory of non -military cargo for NATO forces in Afghanistan and does not intend to cancel it. This was stated by the head of the organization of collective security agreement ( CSTO ) Nikolai Bordyuzha. "Today, non -unit transit through the CSTO member states regulated by agreements, recently signed between Russia and representatives of NATO, as well as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, are conducted.

The baby Leopard Sakumi was declared the official talisman of the 2010 World Cup, which will be held for the first time in South Africa. The ceremony of the presentation of Talisman took place at the headquarters of the State Television and Radio Company SABK in Johannesburg. It is no coincidence that the organizers of the festival of football chose a leopard - in the African tradition it is a symbol of power, and only leaders have the right to walk in leopard skins.

In the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Russian Cup, Moscow "Dynamo" in its field confidently beat the Rostov army with a score of 2: 0. The first goal of the blue and white, as noted by the Sport TV channel, was almost alone by Markin Kovalchik. Having received a program on the right flank from Kirill Kombarov, he picked up the ball, left the defender and tried to execute the feed to the penalty area, but was shot down by Ilya Kalashnikov.

If the Ukrainian authorities begin the physical destruction of the Russian population or repression against it, Russia has the right to carry out armed invasion. About this, as reports by the New Region IA, on the air of the Ukrainian television channel, the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky stated. "It all depends on the population of the Crimea and other eastern, southern regions of Ukraine, there are a lot of citizens who are either Russians or advocate for the closest relations with Russia.