Tokyo took first place in the world in terms of the volume of investment transactions in sales of office real estate in the first half of this year, writes RIA Novosti , citing a study by the international consulting company Colliers International. As follows from the company's materials, office sales in this city amounted to $7.674 billion in the first half of the year. Moreover, they turned out to be 1.1% lower than the same indicator in 2009.

In the Balashikha near Moscow, unknown people, with the participation of the police and by order of the local authorities, were reddened with the ground of 222 private houses. People who lost their legs have nine decisions of the court in their favor. About this writes "New Gazeta" . According to the newspaper, on September 30, structures were demolished in the territory of the Balashikhinsky district on 222 sites of the Garden-Ogorodniki partnership (COT) Metallurg-2.

In the Ulyanovsk region, two law enforcement officers are accused of extorting and abduction of a person. Attackers beat the victim directly in the police department and demanded 350 thousand rubles for the liberation.

In the Stavropol Territory there was another incident related to the uncontrollable love of Caucasians to national dances. Unknown people in Stavropol opened the shooting of traumatic weapons at the crowd of young people who, at night, were dancing Caucasian dances at the loud music, Interfax reports. A criminal case has been opened.

The Japanese Honda auto giant announced in the United States about the impending large-scale recall of his machines due to the discovered defect in the brake system. Recall, due to a similar problem with the brakes, just a few days ago, another Japanese manufacturer, Toyota, announced the recall. The Honda Service will affect 471820 Acura RL and Honda Odyssey cars produced from 2005 to 2007, CNN reports. The cause of the defect lies in the oil used for the brake mechanisms of the above cars.

In Makhachkala, the FSB sappers managed to neutralize an explosive device that was laid near the central juma mosque. The power of the bomb was up to one and a half kg in the TNT equivalent. In addition, the device was equipped with damaging elements, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan. The explosive device was found on Monday evening at the intersection of the streets of Imam Shamil and Abubakarov.

Six military police officers of the Philippines died as a result of the shooting opened by their colleague, which was then destroyed during the detention. This was reported on Monday in Manila by representatives of the Armed Forces and police of the country. The incident occurred in the area of ​​the village of Ipil of the Southern Province of Zamboang. During the evening Sunday duty, one of the military police officers unexpectedly opened shooting from an automatic rifle at his colleagues.

Among the members of the British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair, a transition to another religion is practiced. As already reported, the former head of the Cabinet of Ministers, having left the chair on Dauning Street, 10, officially became Catholic. True, he still remained a Christian, moving from the Church of the Church to the Catholic. Now it has become known that his wife Lauren Bout's wife decided to change faith in the root, becoming a Muslim.

In the east of Pakistan, terrorists blew up a Muslim shrine on Monday: in the police, as a result of the explosion, at the Farid Shakar Ganj mosque, eight people died in the city of Pakrattan and 20 more were injured in varying severity. The explosive device was laid in a motorcycle parked near the mosque that transported milk. The mosque has a tomb of one of the revered Islamic saints, RBC reports. The explosive device worked at a time when many believers gathered in the mosque.

In Belarus in Pinsk, an explosion occurred at the Pinskdrev woodworking factory. According to official figures of the Belarusian Ministry of Emergencies, one person died. Meanwhile, witnesses say at least five victims, reports Radio Liberty . Data on the victims also diverge. According to the Hartia'97 portal, 18 people were taken to the hospital with injuries received as a result of the explosion and the followed fire.

On Monday, the Office of the Singapore Stock Exchange, announced the offer to buy the Australian ASX LTD stock exchange for 8.4 billion Australian dollars ($ 8.3 billion). According to Reuters, the merger of SGX and ASX is caused by the threat of alternative trading systems and should serve to build a new growth strategy and reduction of expenses. Such a step can lead to the emergence of the fifth largest trading operator.

Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" on its ice with a score of 8: 3 defeated the Cherepovets Severstal in the next round of the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and strengthened leadership in the standings. The winners scored by the pucks were noted by Yuhamatti Aaltonin (13th minute), Alexei Kaigorodov (22), Lass Kukonen (39), Petri Contiol (47, 54), Yannah Niskila (53), Denis Platonov (55) and Yevgeny Biryukov (59).

Prince Sixt-Henri de Bourbon Parsky, a descendant of Louis XIV, the first owner of the Versailles Palace, filed a lawsuit in order to achieve a court prohibition of the Takashi exhibition by Murakami, the OpenSpace reports with reference to ABC. A noble plaintiff requires respect for the palace and his ancestors.

Qatar is ready to buy a Christie's auction house in an attempt to become a center of culture among the Gulf countries, the Vedomosti newspaper writes with reference to the Financial Times. The formal sentence of Christie's from Emir Katar Hamad Bin Caliph al-Tani has not yet been received. However, as he said in an interview with the publication, he would be ready to participate in the auction for the auction house itself.

On Monday, October 25, a mass action was held in Queenstay, the participants of which set a goal - to convince Peter Jackson producer to shoot the film "Hobbit" in New Zealand, reports Newsru Israel . Participants in the action held in Quinstown showed commitment to “hobbits ideas”: dressing up in costumes like Bilbo Baggins clothes, they kept posters with inscriptions: “New Zealand is Middle -earth”, “Ae, Warner, we are all brothers” and “We love the hobbits”.