A long list of an independent literary prize "Russian Bucher" has been announced, which according to the rules included 24 works. The announcement passed without large surprises and sensations, which is understandable: scandals at the stage of the quarterfinals happen infrequently. At the same time, four of the selected novels are the finalists of the chief competitor of Buker - the Big Book.

The wife of the Perm collector Alexander Shurman , who was suspected of attacking collectors and abduction of 250 million rubles, was released on a recognizance not to leave. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate in the Perm Territory. Elena Shurman was detained on June 27. During the search, she was seized by 9 million rubles. The court took into account the fact that she has a small child.

In the UK, a book was published about how, during the revolution, the British diplomat took to the west the treasures of the imperial family of the Romanovs. It is widely known that the English Queen Mary, the grandmother of the now ruling Elizabeth II, wore a luxurious Vladimir Tiara on her head from the collection of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and then handed her to her granddaughter Elizabeth.

The US naval infantry of the US Army began conducting a large -scale operation against the Taliban terrorist group in the Southern Province of Hilmen in Afghanistan, RIA Novosti reports with reference to AFP. "Operation" Khanjar "(" Khanjar, "Drive of the Sword") differs from the previous size of the power and speed of the attack, "said Lari Nicholson, brigade general general.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, police found a girl with Mowgli Syndrome. The child was found not in the forest, but in one of the private houses of the city of Vyazemsky. The girl is placed in the rehabilitation center. Inspectors for minors were horrified when they saw in what conditions she grew up. They raised the baby's yard dogs, in his six years Veronica does not know how to speak. According to experts, its development stopped at a one and a half year old child, REN TV reports.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District revealed facts of theft of budget funds in the amount of 71.7 million rubles in the construction of metro facilities in Chelyabinsk, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office in the Ural Federal District reports on Thursday.

On Thursday, the semi-final matches of the Wimbledon tournament in which Elena Dementyeva and Dinar Safina opposed the sisters of Williams were held on Thursday on the central court of the All-Tennis Club in London. As a result, not one of the two representatives of our country could break into the final. Like a year ago, the main trophy of the oldest Bolshoi helmet tournament will be played in the family derby of American women. Elena Dementyeva was the first to go to the central court.

At the O'Hara International Airport in Chicago (Illinois), the computer system of the airline United Airlines failed. As ITAR-TASS reports, the incident provoked a large air communication schedule. For several hours, the airport only accepted flights, on the approaches to the runway, a significant number of aircraft accumulated in vain expected permission to take off. The crews of several airliners reported that the malfunction of the computer system interferes with the refueling of cars.

The Russians began to contact the real estate agencies in crisis - if in November 2008 12% of citizens resorted to the services of realtors, then in June 2009 their share increased to 20%, the results of the survey conducted by the Russian Realty Research (R3) indicate.

In the United States, a ferry with almost 800 passengers collided with the pier. The engines on the ferry suddenly turned off, so the ship could not lower the speed and collided with one of the docks of the ferry terminal ST. George, located on the island of New York Staten Island. As a result of the emergency, 15 people were injured, the agency AR reports.

Rabbi Israel Livshits, the head of the Jewish community at the cultural and religious center in Chisinau, was attacked and robbed the day before. “I have no doubt that the attack was anti -Semitic in nature,” the rabbi said on the air of local television. The incident occurred on fishing in the village of Panasheshta, where Livshits went with students to rest, the Interfax-religion portal reports.

"The smell of fear" really exists, scientists believe. Studies have shown that one person can catch the fear of another, thanks to chemicals (pheromones) released through the skin. At the same time, this happens at a subconscious level, the researchers are sure. Moreover, the discovered alarm can apply to a whole group of people, writes The Daily Mail . The study conducted at the University of Dusseldorf in Germany was attended by 49 volunteers from among students. Dr.

The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper decided to find out how much Judas could “earn” for the betrayal of Jesus Christ today.

IBM and NXP Semiconductors began testing a system aimed at solving the problem of traffic jams. The first pilot project of this kind is launched in the Netherlands, reports itoday.ru with reference to the press service of the nxp. Within the framework of the project, a new system for collecting roads was created, setting the amount of payment in accordance with the type of road, the time of day and environmental characteristics.

China stops the purchase of metals in state reserve, explaining its actions by a change in the market conditions. This will entail a drop in world prices for metal and will affect Russian enterprises, writes Bfm.ru. "Under current conditions of the market for the purchase of metals in state racer, they will not continue. Under the current market conditions, aluminum producers began to profit and prices for non -ferrous metals are growing.