St. Alfons became the first Christian, in honor of which a coin was released in India. The Minister of Finance Pranab Mukheerey officially presented the coin on August 23, 2009 as part of the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the birthday of the First Indian Catholic Saint. About 1000 visitors, including church and political leaders, participated in the ceremony held in the village of Bharananganians, near G.

The investigation does not exclude that not only the forest was carried on the captured ship Arctic Sea , and intends to conduct an inspection of the vessel in the Russian port after its delivery. This was in an interview with Rossiy Gazeta by the chairman of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office (SCP) of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin. “That's why we must certainly inspect the ship so that there are no dark spots in this story.

The most calm for life in the USA is recognized by Hawaii. There, people are least stressed. This statement was made by the experts of the Gallup research service, who made public the results of a public opinion poll. During the study conducted among residents of all American states, respondents were asked to answer the question of whether they were in a stressful situation the day before. In Hawaii, an affirmative response to this was given 31.4% of respondents, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Russian airports, during sanitary-case control, five more passengers were identified with suspicion of pork flu. Four of them are in Moscow, according to the official website of Rospotrebnadzor . According to the message, three cases were identified at the Sheremetyevo -2 airport (flights from London and Paris), at the Domodedovo Airport (Bangkok -Moscow flight) - one and another at the Yakutsk airport (flight from China).

On Tuesday, with the beginning of the tide, the rescuers resumed the operation to remove the tanker from the mouth of the Kukhtui river near the Port of Okhotsk. Pre-cleansing of sand and soil around the vessel is carried out, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies of the Khabarovsk Territory. On Monday, attempts to remove the tanker with shallows with two tugboats were unsuccessful.

On August 25, the Ministry of Justice instructions on the procedure for the execution of alternative punishments, such as mandatory and correctional labor. The prison population of Russia, which today is 900 thousand people, can be reduced, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta . Representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service explained how alternative punishments will be applied.

The prosecutor's office of the city of Mogilev charged a mentally sick man who caused stabs to the church hierarch right in the holy monastery. The attacker is taken into custody. At the moment, investigators are trying to find out the motives of the act of the arrested.

In one of the military units near Saratov, a 19-year-old soldier from Penza died. According to the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda in Saratov , Evgenia Avdonin was scored to death. The soldier recorded hemorrhage in the heart and abdomen. Avdonin served in the missile forces in the village of Svetly. The military prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "causing serious harm to health that caused death.

In the Trans -Baikal Territory, the police are looking for robbers who stole their jewelry store almost 7 million rubles. The robbery of the jewelry salon was committed on Monday in the city of Hilka, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies of the Trans -Baikal Territory. “Unknown, breaking through the floor, entered the room of the ladies' store, opened the storage, from where they stole jewelry and disappeared,” the operatives explained.

NASA transferred the American space department to Wednesday, August 26, the launch of the Discovery spacecraft from Cape Kanveral (Florida). The reason for the transfer of the start was a strong thunderstorm. The crew of the shuttle, consisting of seven people, will go to the International Space Station (ISS). It is assumed that the flight of a spacecraft will last 13 days, reports ITAR-TASS.

In the capital, a verdict was sentenced to a man found guilty of the murder of a Catholic priest. The prosecutor could not prove the involvement of the convicted person in the death of the second pastor. On Tuesday, the Moscow City Court sentenced 39-year-old Mikhail Orekhov, who was accused of double murder of priests of the independent Russian regional society of Jesus. The convict will serve his sentence in a maximum security colony, Interfax reports.

The church should prepare secular teachers of the subject "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" (OPC) for a comprehensive school. Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, the rector of the Orthodox Holy Tikhonovsky Humanitarian University, was convinced, RIA Novosti reports. In 18 Russian regions, an experiment on teaching the foundations of religious culture, the history of religion and the foundations of secular ethics in July this year , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

On Monday, the South Korean Auto Company has officially introduced the new Tucson SUV for the Korean market. The updated crossover is built on the basis of the IX-Ric Concept concept shown in Geneva on Motorshow in the spring of this year. According to WorldCarfans , Hyundai Tucson, which in Europe will be sold under the name IX35 , received a 2.0-liter 166-horsepower engine and a 6-speed transmission under the hood. Such equipment is available only with front -wheel drive.

Biathlonist Dmitry Yaroshenko will not apply to the sports arbitration court (CAS) in Lausanne with an appeal for a two -year disqualification, as his colleagues in the Russian national team Ekaterina Yuryev and Albina Akhatova did on his official website . “I’ll say right away that I don’t consider myself guilty, I’m just objectively considering the situation,” Yaroshenko noted.

The new weekly program "Church and Mir" will be released since September this year on the Vesti television channel, the host of the program is the chairman of the department of external church ties of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP) Archbishop Ilarion, RIA Novosti reports.