The number of African inhabitants reached a billion people, and increases by 24 million a year, according to a report by the American government agency of USAID, which is engaged in the provision of economic and humanitarian assistance to the poorest countries. If such a pace is preserved, by 2050 the population of the Black Continent will double, BBC reports.

In the Ryazan region, they are looking for a soldier who left a part of the weapons, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Sunday. According to him, the soldier left his post on Friday, taking with him a Kalashnikov assault rifle with two cartridges stores. The incident occurred in the Zheleznodorozhny district of the city, on the street of the Oktyabrsky town. In stores -60 rounds of caliber 5.45 mm, the agency’s interlocutor said. In the Ryazan region, such cases have repeatedly occurred.

The first case of death from the A/H1N1 influenza is registered in Greece - from the complications caused by the disease, a 23 -year -old man died in the hospital, Greek state television reported on Sunday. In Greece, about 1.7 thousand cases of the "new flu" were registered, and at present expensive diagnostics is carried out only if there are medical indications, RIA Novosti reports.

Three boys who disappeared on August 16 in the Sverdlovsk region were found on Saturday evening in the taiga, 25 km from the village from which they left. The children are alive and healthy, writes Interfax with reference to the head of the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk Region Valery Gorely Search of an 11-year-old girl who was with them continues. “The boys were found in the taiga, in a hunting house, they ate supplies that always leave huntsmen.

Two Athenian matches of the Higher Football League, in particular, derby between the champion of the Olympiacos country and the AEK club, were canceled on Sunday due to forest fires, the Greek football super-league said. "The Super League decided, taking into account the state of emergency in the field of Attica due to fires, to postpone the matches of AEK -" Olympiacos "and" Panionios " - PAOK," the league said.

The police of several American states were mobilized to search for a former participant in a television reality show suspected of brutal murder of Playboy model. The body of a busty blonde turned out to be so mutilated that they could only identify it by implants, writes Infox.ru . In the United States, the search for the alleged killer of the Playboy model Jasmine Fior, the disfigured bare corpse of which was found in mid -August in the garbage container, is activated.

On Saturday, Elena Dementyeva defeated the American Seren Williams in the semi -final meeting, “taking revenge” for defeat at the last Uimbildon, and Maria Sharapova won the compatriot Alisa Kleibanova in a more stubborn duel. The dispute between the representatives of the Russian School of tennis lasted more than two and a half hours and ended in favor of a more experienced Mary, which is currently only 49th in the WTA ranking.

The pilot "Brown" Rubens Barricello became the winner of the 11th stage of the World Cup in the Spanish Valencia-the Grand Prix of Europe. Following the Brazilian, Maclaren, Lewis Hamilton, came to the finish line, and closed the top three of the best Kimi Raikkonen on Ferrari. As expected, both McLaren, not without the help of Kers, left the start to the gap, not paying any attention to the rest of the peloton.

US President Barack Obama goes on vacation on Sunday, the press service of the head of state said. The vacation of the 44th US president will last until August 30. Obama will rest on a quiet farm on the island of Martas-Vyard (Massachusetts) in the company of his wife, children, special services and assistants. The President of the United States spent the last "working" Saturday at a suburban residence at the Camp David.

After the victory over Khimki with a score of 2: 1, CSKA Mentor Ziko accused his football players of unprofessionalism, adding that this would no longer happen again, and the coach of the team of the team, Konstantin Sarsania, invited his players to go on the field in diapers. “We failed the first half,” says the words of the head coach of Khimki Konstantin Sarsay Rusfanat.ru . “Some football players need to go out in diapers. There was no point in playing in the second half.

In connection with strong forest fires raging in the surroundings of Athens, President of Greece Carolos Papoules interrupted his vacation and hurriedly flew to the capital, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Greek state television. The head of state returned to his workplace in the afternoon. On Sunday, the flame came close to Athens. Local authorities ordered to evacuate the residents of the suburbs - a total of 10 thousand people, ITAR -TASS reports.

The number of Typhoon "moral", which swept over the island of Taiwan on August 8-9, increased to 650 people. The authorities reported the discovery of the bodies of another 160 people who died as a result of a typhoon and the landslides caused by it. Another 490 people are missing and considered dead, RBC reports with reference to AP. To identify the dead, DNA tests will be carried out. The soldiers began to excavation of the mudflows in search of the bodies of the dead.

In the capital of Hungary Budapest, a boxing show took place, in the main duel of which the WBO champion in the second middle weight of Karoli Balzai conducted a second defense of his title against the former contender for the IBF title in the same weight of Robert Stieglits. In the course of the battle, Stieglitz increased pressure on the champion, and starting with the ninth round the fight took a unilateral character.

The Taliban terrorist group chose Khakimulla Mehsud as a new leader instead of the Baitulla Mehsuda Baytullah, who was killed last week, on Sunday, with reference to representatives of the terrorist group.

The Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko will soon fly to the Kanda’s oilfield, where a strong fire began on the eve. The press service of the governor said that as soon as the head of the region arrives at the place, he will make all the necessary decisions related to the elimination of the consequences of the emergency, RIA Novosti reports. "When the reservoir was destroyed, one person died, two firefighters disappeared, five were injured," the Ministry of Emergencies said.