The chairman of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly Naser Abdel Aziz al-Naser said that so far there were no requests from the Palestinian National Administration (PNA) on membership in this organization, Echo of Moscow reports. Earlier reports appeared that the head of PNA Mahmoud Abbas, at a speech at the General Assembly on September 23, would offer to recognize the independence of the autonomy and make it a full member of the UN.

Edward Kevin Dailey, a former bishop of the Irish diocesis of Derry, criticized the role of celibacy in the Catholic Church. "I am increasingly asking myself why celibacy should be indispensable, holy and unchanged aspect of priestly service?" - wrote the Catholic hierarch in his recently published memoirs "The Life Sea: Memoirs of Bishop Derry." According to the bishop, Tselibat stopped many worthy candidates for priests to take a dignity.

In Russia, noticeable restrictions on religious freedoms are observed. Such a conclusion is contained in a special report by the US State Department on freedom of religion in the world posted on the website of the department. On the eve of the report was presented by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "The Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees freedom of religion. However, other laws limit this freedom.

The first racket of the world Serb Novak Djokovic set a record for the size of the prize in one season, having earned more than $ 10 million this year. According to the Association of Professional tennis players (APR), Djokovic, who played 12 tournaments in the current season and won 10 of them, currently earned $ 10,609,318, thus surpassing the achievement of the Spaniard Rafael Nadal (10,171,998 dollars for 17 tournaments).

After the authorities of Belarus were released in the “free swimming” of the ruble, foreign currency did not appear in exchange points of Belarusian banks, RIA Novosti reports. On Wednesday, an additional trading session with the formation of a exchange rate based on demand and proposals was held on the Belarusian currency and funding exchange. The Belarusian ruble exchange rate for the dollar based on an additional session was set at an mark of 8.6 thousand Belarusian rubles per dollar.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine claims that information about the execution of Ukrainian citizens - supposedly mercenaries of the army of Muammar Gaddafi - is not true. This was announced by the press secretary of the department, Alexander Dikusarov, referring to the "preliminary data received from the competent source in the military command of the city of Misurat, " Interfax reports.

Singer Philip Kirkorov decided to pay for the return flight to St. Petersburg to eight Russian tourists stuck in Bulgaria, Life News reports. Tourists, among whom are a small child, for the sixth day can not leave Bulgaria, since their rights were violated by the Bulgarian travel agency Alma Tour. Having spent all the money on vacation, the Petersburgers could not buy tickets home on their own, especially since over the past few days they have risen in price by half.

For the first time, three-dimensional photographs of the leaders of fascist Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, made in the 1930s, were released for the first time. Although they began to learn to make three-dimensional pictures in the 19th century, only in the 20th century they decided to take up the technology seriously, and did the German national socialists in order to propagate.

Mazda showed a long-awaited prime minister to Motorshow in German Frankfurt-a serial model of the new CX-5 crossover. The novelty is the first Japanese brand machine to receive a SkyActiv technology package and the new design concept of Kodo - Soul of Motion. According to the media, in Russia the first CX-5 crossovers will appear in early 2012. The car will be equipped with a choice of a 2.0-liter gasoline engine with Skyactiv-G technology and a 2.2-liter SkyActiv-D turbodiesel.

The deceived equity holders announced their readiness to start mass hunger strikes in different cities of Russia in the near future, Interfax reports with reference to the coordinator of the one -dummers of Igor Guliev. According to Gulyev, deceived equity holders hoped to attract the attention of the authorities with such actions. As the coordinator of the "monociators", "fan hunger are" may be the last way to achieve justice.

Researchers from the Stevens Technological Institute (USA) demonstrated how a harmless toy can be turned into a potentially dangerous variety of computer viruses, reports Securirylab . To do this, they connected a radio-controlled quadrocopter model (i.e. a helicopter with four screws) with a built-in Wi-Fi Parrot Ar.Drone router and a computer tuned to an attack by Wi-Fi-networks.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the asleep of the Moscow City Court to civilian spouses Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Hasis, convicted of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. The cassation appeal of the defense of Tikhonov and Hasis, which contained a request to cancel and send the case for a new consideration, was dismissed, Interfax reports.

YouTube began to delete users' accounts that place cartoons production of Soyuzmultfilm and other domestic studios, writes RBC Daily . As the market participants say, this may be the first step of owners of the rights to the products of Soviet animators to monetize their content on the network. When trying to download remote videos, a message appears: "This video is more inaccessible due to a statement of violation of copyright received from Funtik Entertainment".

Two-time champion of the Basketball Euroleague, nine-time Russian champion and European champion John-Robert Holden, who ended the contract with the Moscow CSKA, decided to complete the player’s career, the club’s official website reports. Holden came to CSKA in 2002, moving from Greek Aek simultaneously with the eminent head coach Dushan Ivkovich, and for several seasons remained the main long -liver in the army.

Local authorities banned the holding of an action to unfold the largest state flag of Ukraine during the visit of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill .