In the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, the work of the famous Michelangelo is encrypted "not only Jewish, Kabbalistic and pagan symbols, but also insults to Pope Julia II, the customer of the work, and the references to his own sexual orientation." Inopressa.ru writes about this with reference to The Wall Street Journal .

Will Bentley British luxury automaker bring his novelty to Los Angeles to Los Angeles? Azure T. Capriolet under the hood of a car is a 6.75 -liter V8 engine that develops 500 hp. The same motor is now installed on the Bentley Arnage T sedan, reports Worldcarfans . With such characteristics, the power unit allows the machine to accelerate to 100 km/h in 5.2 seconds and dial a maximum speed of 287 km/h. He works together with a German 6-speed automatic gearbox of the ZF brand.

To solve in one fellow the issue of unemployment during the financial crisis and the problem of lack of personnel in the municipalities proposed on Thursday the commission on local government and housing policy of the Public Chamber, writes "News Time" . According to the chairman of the commission, Leonid Davydov, thrown out onto the streets of Office Plankton can, for the benefit of himself and the country, to leave the crisis in municipal positions.

The opponent of the St. Petersburg Zenit to fight for the exit to the playoffs of the Champions League - Madrid Real Madrid - lost one of his brightest stars. The Dutch striker Ruds Van Nistelra dropped out until the end of the season due to her leg injury. He needs an operation on the right knee, which means that for the 32-year-old striker the season is completed.

The Abkhaz side will take part in the second round of international consultations devoted to security issues in the Caucasus. On Friday, Sukhumi received an invitation from the organizers of the discussion, said ITAR-TASS Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba. Consultations will be held on November 18-19 in Geneva. There are two main issues on the agenda - issues of safety and return of refugees. The Abkhaz delegation will be headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Gwinjia.

The Russian Bank of VTB transfers its move to the Tower of the Business Complex of Moscow City. The transfer date is postponed from the previously planned beginning of 2009 for 2010, Rosbalt reports with reference to the bank's press service. "In order to reduce the share of the VTB administrative and economic expenses, the total cost is supposed to introduce a moratorium on an increase in the number of personnel and the wage fund, as well as the refusal of additional bonuses of employees.

The press secretary of the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov called the article and provocation an article in the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur , especially "taking into account the moment of its appearance" ( on Friday in Nice, the Summit of the Russian Federation, at which the European Union is represented by the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy-approx. Ed. ).

After a long illness at the 51st year of his life, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the USSR State Prize Sergey Stanislavovich Bekhterev died. The funerals and funerals of the actor will take place on November 17 in St. Petersburg, the artist of the St. Petersburg small drama theater Sergey Muchenikov told RIA Novosti . "The funeral service of the artist will be held in the Vladimir Cathedral on November 17, he will be buried in the Volkovsky cemetery," Mochenikov said.

Unfortunate people watch TV noticeably more than happy, installed American scientists. Those who are satisfied with their lives, in turn, are more actively reading newspapers, communicate more and have sex more often, says The Daily Telegraph . But the Internet does not make a person happier or more unhappy, experts believe.

The chairman of the trade union committee of the Russian Ford plant Alexei Etmanov was attacked by unknown people after returning from the night shift, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, police officers came to the place very quickly, who detained the attacker. “Tonight I was attacked again. I climbed the stairs to my house, suddenly turned off the light, and I saw some shadow. Some man tried to pounce on me with a metal reinforcement. Again I had to apply a traumatic gun.

The UK commercial real estate sector is preparing for a recession in the country's economy, Zagrandom.ru reports. Due to the actual impossibility of getting a large loan or refinancing the old one, many companies close their main projects. Stop building a multifunctional complex in Cambria, worth 80 million pounds, has become another consequence of the credit crisis. Analysts warn that many such projects in the UK, will also most likely suspend their activity.

Israel regards missile shelling from the gas sector as terrorist attacks and considers them egregious violation of the conditions of a truce. As the Interfax reports, the Prime Minister of Israeli Ehud Olmert made on Friday, following the meeting with the Minister of Defense, Ehud Barack, the chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Army Gabi Ashkenazi, the head of the Shin-Bet intelligence service, Yuvulam Diskin and other security forces.

The European Union and Russia, at the summit in Nice, decided to resume negotiations on the development of a new basic bilateral agreement. This was announced on Friday by the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroza after the summit. The discussion of the new agreement was one of the main topics of the summit. Barrosa, noted that the EU sees strategic importance in the new agreement.

Hundreds of employees of one of the large Bashkiria enterprises are announced by the upcoming dismissal. The main economic troubles are still ahead, but many Russians managed to feel all the charms of mass reductions. Today, it is this category of citizens that looks the most unprotected, writes "Independent Gazeta" .

The Senator from New York Hillary Clinton is considered as a contender for the Secretary of State in the Administration of the New President of the United States. The name of the former “First Lady” and Obama Obama, on the election campaign, appears in the list of candidates for this post, was confirmed on Thursday by two representatives of the Democratic Party of the country who spoke on the condition of maintaining anonymity.