The Association of Professional Tennisists (APR) on Monday published a rating of the championship race. According to the results of the final tournament in Chinese Shanghai, Russian Nikolai Davydenko retained fifth place in it. The winner of the season for the first time became Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who managed to go around the Swiss Roger Federer in the championship race for 274 points.

As a result of the discussion in the State Duma proposed by the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, amendments to the Constitution, which increase the deadline for presidential and deputy powers, the presidential term may increase not to six, but to seven years. Such a proposal was made by deputies from the factions "Fair Russia" and the LDPR, writes "Independent Gazeta" .

The Hague Tribunal should not complete the work before the former head of the General Staff of the Bosnian Serbs, Ratko Mladich and the ex-president of the now-not-free Republic, Serbian Kraina Gran Khadzhich. Such statements, as ITAR-TASS reported, made the new chairman of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (MTBU) Patrick Robinson. On Monday, he officially entered this position, becoming the sixth chairman of the MTBU.

The famous Milan Opera Theater La Scala was forced to cancel the last three performances of the Operetta "Merry Widow" Franz Legar due to the ongoing strike of employees, the AFP agency reports. The protest, as a result of which the work of the most famous opera theater was practically paralyzed, was organized by the Fials union, uniting most La Scala workers, including musicians.

The editor -in -chief of the newspaper Khimkinskaya Pravda, near Moscow, Mikhail Beketov, beaten by unknown last week, is still in very serious condition. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Monday employee of the Sklifosovsky Institute. "Beketov is in emergency resuscitation in the reception department. The condition is very serious," said the agency’s interlocutor. The victim was transferred to the Sklifosovsky Institute on the eve of the City Hospital Himok.

In Kaliningrad, unknown attackers tried to promote marijuana with the help of urban traffic lights, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional department of the State Directorate. "The time ago in the State Directory Monk was received information that at several traffic lights of Kaliningrad, the green light was on in the form of a sheet of marijuana.

The correspondent of Greek state television Georgios Kiliaris, who was injured in Afghanistan, died in the Athenian clinic. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to Greek TV channels. A 53-year-old journalist specialized in reports from various zones of hostilities around the world, including the Balkans, the Middle East and the Caucasus.

The WBA world -weight champion coach Nikolai Valuev Alexander Zimin believes that the fight against Evander Holifield will be difficult for his ward. “Evander Holifield is a very experienced boxer, careful, feels a good distance. He is an age athlete, but is still in good shape,” Zimin said in an interview with Sportbox.ru . “In the last battle against Sultan Ibrahimov, he looked very worthy.

The seven-time winner of the Dakar Super Rossiyskoye team Kamaz-Master is taking part in Dakar 2009. On Monday, she leaves the Naberezhnye Chelny to South America, the press service of the team reports. KAMAZ-Master will participate in rally on serial trucks converging from the main conveyor, three crews. They are led by famous athletes, participants in international races.

Hillary Clinton can become the "great US Secretary of State" if Barack Obama offers her this post. This was stated in Kuwait by the ex-president of the United States Bill Clinton. He visited the emirate on a one -day visit, during which he performed at the International Symposium organized by the National Bank of Kuwait. “After the primary elections, she did a lot for his (Obama) election, I did the same. We are very glad that he won, and we are sure that he will work well,” Clinton said.

The secrets of the personal protection of the elected President of the United States Barack Obama were revealed by the Italian newspaper La Stampa , writes Inopressa.ru . The article refers in detail about the SECRET SERVICE agents, a service that belongs to the national security department. Their unit was formed in 1865 to combat counterfeiters and manufacturers of fake state securities.

The Pentagon apologized to the UN to provide incomplete data about how many children and adolescents were in a military prison at the American base in Guantanamo (Cuba). As the official representative of the US Department of Defense Jeffrey Gordon told reporters, 12 minor prisoners were in different periods of time - those who were not yet 18 years old at the time of arrival in Guantanamo.

The new book of the famous French art critic Katrin Mille “Dali I”, which studies the work and psychology of the great mystifier artist, was published in the publishing house “Limbus Press” , RIA Novosti reports.

Specialists of the German tuning atelier 9FF spent no six months on the development of the 987-horsepower Porsche GT9 sports car . As a result of the efforts of the tuners, the car was able to develop a speed of 409 km/h, which then 2 km/h exceeded the maximum speed of the French Bugatti Veyron, but inferior to the "American" SSC Ultimate Aero, which develops about 412 km/h, reports Worldcarfans . And August of this year, Ultimate Aero set a new high -speed record ?

The Finnish media accuse the Russian army of plagiarism. According to reports, during the August war in the Caucasus, the Russian special forces used camouflage, copying the fresh invention of the Finns, the New Izvestia writes. Having studied the photo and video materials, Finland found out that the Russians “fed” the four-color camouflage M05, which complicates the detection of fighters even with the help of night vision devices.