Thousands of Bavarians and guests of this largest German federal land rushed to the Munich Terezienviz (Lug Teresa), where on Saturday on an area of ​​34 hectares under the blue-white Bavarian flags, Oktoberfest was launched. Oktoberfest opened, according to tradition, exactly at noon (14:00 Moscow time) with a solemn ceremony of printing a wooden barrel of freshly brewed beer with the participation of Ober-Burgomaster Munich Christiana and honored guests.

A series of explosions thundered in a resort city in the south of Thailand. As a result of the attack, four people died, including a foreign tourist, another 50 were injured. 16 of them are in critical condition. According to available information, three radio -controlled explosive devices were hidden in motorcycles and put into effect with an interval of 40 minutes in the tourist town of Sungai Kolk in the south of the country.

The Internet portal of political revelations WikiLeaks is going to earn on the sale of collection things related to the founder of the resource by Julian Assange and his activities to release the leakage of the secrets of American diplomacy last year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the New York Times . On the EBAY Internet ashes, ten lots are exhibited, among which is one of the bags of coffee, which Assange grabbed from a London prison, where he spent 10 days in December 2010.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is nominated for the Confucius Chinese Award, RIA Novosti reports.

President of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov took under the personal control of the investigation of the attack on the NTV correspondent in the Republic of Omar Magomedov, the head of the press service of the head of Dagestan Rasul Khaybullaev told Interfax . "The president personally knows Omar as a professional journalist, non -conflict, intelligent person.

In the Pacific Ocean, 460 km southeast of the city of Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Kunashir island) this morning an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in the Sakhalin Region, the earthquake was registered at 06:36 local time (23:36 in Moscow). And after that, within two hours there were three more earthquakes with magnitudes 5.8; 6.0 and 5.9.

The leader of "Fair Russia" Sergei Mironov was presented with mourning wreaths during a visit to Khabarovsk. This is not the first incident of this kind that has happened to Mironov recently. His associates believe that in this way the parties make it clear that they do not want to see her in the State Duma, Kommersant reports. The Congress of Deputies of Fair Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District began with a scandal.

The London Arsenal in the fifth round of the championship of England lost to the guest match "Blackburn", scoring three goals into other people's gates and two more in his own. The “gunners” began the match confidently, and already in the tenth minute they led in the account: Devinho distinguished himself. After that, the guests did not calm down and continued to attack, Andrei Arshavin and Zhervinho had good moments, but in both cases the hosts helped out the goalkeeper.

Forward of the Club of the NBA "Los Angeles Lakers" Ron Artest officially changed his name to Mett, and the surname - to Warld Pis. This decision was issued by the head of the Supreme Court of the city of Angels.

Three people from Chechnya, who, presumably, at one time fought on the side of the separatists against the Russian federal forces, were killed on Friday in Istanbul, local media reported with reference to sources in law enforcement. According to Turkish television channels, the unknown shot all three in the parking lot in the Zeyitinburn area in the European part of the city on the banks of the Bosphorus. The criminal disappeared from the scene of the crime.

The leader of the Palestinian autonomy, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Friday that he would apply for membership in the UN, the British television and radio broadcasting corporation of the Air Force reports. The intention of Palestine authorities is concerned in the USA and Russia: the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Sergei Larov, discussed the situation with the State Secretary of Hilary Clinton.

On Saturday, a socio -conservative union was created in Moscow - the organization will work under the auspices of United Russia. The functions of the organization are foggy, but pan -Slavic ideology is clearly visible: Russia must develop successfully without looking at Europe and Asia.

The passenger plane of the SRG-200 Iraero Airlines, which performed the flight with the Irkutsk-Omsk-Rostov report, made an emergency landing at Omsk airport. "The incident occurred on September 17, 2011 at 8:25. On board the aircraft were 3 crew members, 23 passengers. No one was injured, " Interfax quotes the message of the Investigative Committee.

The Honorary President of the Tennis Federation of Ukraine, known in the past, tennis player Andrei Medvedev in his car shot down a 28-year-old man at a pedestrian crossing of a pedestrian in the village of Glevikha Vasilkovsky district of the Kyiv region. From the injuries, the victim died on the spot. A criminal case has been opened, Medvedev took blood samples for an examination for alcohol.

The World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) in Switzerland will discuss the controversial issues of the rules that regulate the use of foreign drugs athletes. The apple of contractions was the substance of the Klenbuterol, which was found in the blood of an alberto Contador , reports the Air Force . Many athletes “pierced” with “Klenbutherol” stated that their positive results of doping industry were caused by the use of beef.