All systems of the unmanned spacecraft “Shenzhou-8” running in China function in normal mode. The start, held at 5:58 local time (1:58 Moscow time) from the Zyutsuan cosmodrome in the northwestern province of Gansu, was broadcast by the central television of China on the air. According to messages from the flight control center, the device safely disconnected from the launch vehicle, went into a given orbit and deployed solar panels, ITAR-TASS reports.

South Korea will create a fund of $ 50 billion, which is planned to be used to finance the programs for unification of North and South Korea, Bloomberg reports. The Minister of South Korea for the Affairs of the National Association of the WU IK expects a legislative solution to the issue of the fund during the year. In addition to budget money, citizens of North and South Korea will be able to pay funds to the fund. However, he did not specify the program for spending this financial package.

Passenger of the bus, Tomsk-Novosibirsk, planted for obscene behavior He died under the wheels of cars - he moved several times. According to Interfax , the emergency occurred at 26 km of the M-53 Tomsk-Novosibirsk highway. A man and two friends were planted from a regular bus following the Tomsk -Novosibirsk route, for drinking alcohol and obscene behavior. Soon after this, a man on the highway was shot down by a car that disappeared from the scene of the accident.

The Central Bank revealed the detailed data of the stress tests of Russian banks, which showed that there are several out of the thirty largest credit organizations in the country, which literally "got into the foundation pit", that is, are at risk of reducing capital sufficiency precisely because of active investments in the construction sector.

Last Monday in Moscow, on the old Arbat , a flash mob dedicated to the Day of Reformation was held. The basis of the action was a real event. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, Martin Luther, nailed his "95 theses against Indulgenius" to the door of the castle church in the small German town of Wittenberg Augustine.

On Tuesday, the Tver court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the activist of another Russia Dmitry Putenikhin (pseudonym - Matvey Krylov), who splashed water in the prosecutor of Alexei Smirnov after the verdict to the participants of the riots in the Manezhnaya Square. By the decision of the judge at the request of the investigation, Putenikhin will remain in custody for two months - until December 30, 2011.

To 10 years in prison, a 21-year-old private from the 2nd Infantry Division of the US Armed Forces, located south of the demilitarized zone in the city of Tonduuchon, was sentenced in South Korea. The American soldier was accused of rape, the threat of death and robbery of a minor of an 18-year-old girl (adulthood in South Korea occurs at the age of 20).

The conference of the Catholic bishops of the United States has extended a warning against the book “Quest for the Living God”) nun Elizabeth Johnson. American bishops considered that its content is contrary to the key moments of Catholic teaching. One of the main controversial moments, according to bishops, is that Elizabeth Johnson criticizes the choice of masculine to designate God.

The plane of the Polish National Air carrier - LOT airline - circled over Warsaw. As Gazeta.pl reports, ground services expected an emergency landing. The Boeing 767 liner, flying from New York, had problems with the chassis. According to the press secretary of the airport Pshymislav Pshibilsky, the plane was supposed to land in Warsaw at 13:35 in the Middle European time (16:35 in Moscow).

The Russian bloggers found that the article about Pushkin of the main character of the “Spy Scandal” by Anna Chapman, published on the website of the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, is an almost complete quote from the book of the scandalous political strategist Oleg Matveychev “Sovereignty of the Spirit”. The famous journalist Oleg Kashin wrote about this in his blog . The column was published on October 31.

The authorities of the Russian capital promise to increase the number of Wi-Fi points in the city, so that wireless Internet appears in all places of mass accumulation of people and in all social institutions of the city. And part of the new points will provide the Internet to citizens for free.

The US administration has begun to implement the updated strategy of the "political end" of the war in Afghanistan, according to which the Americans will directly conduct a dialogue with the Taliban. Such an opinion, according to RIA Novosti , says The Washington Post , emphasizing that the White House expects the strategy to support in the region. In particular, the elements of the new strategy include the strengthening of military pressure on the Pakistano-Afghan Stoliban group "Hakkani".

The British court began consideration of the case of a serious accident: 45-year-old Caroline Miking killed her husband, pulling the “handbrake” at a speed of 100 km/h due to a quarrel that broke out in the cabin. The car with blocked rear wheels went to the yuz and after 20 meters collided with the Rover car. Alan Miking died on the spot.

The Cameronic striker of the Makhachkala “Anji” Samuel Et'o is included in the short list of nominees for the “golden ball” - a prize handed by the best player in the world of the International Football Federation (FIFA) together with the publication France Football. ETE'O became the only representative of the Russian championship among 23 applicants for a prestigious trophy.

On the fact of the explosions that thundered on October 31 in the city of Atyrau, the administrative center of the Atyrau region in the west of Kazakhstan, a criminal case has been instituted under the article "Terrorism using explosive or explosive devices", the Tengrinews.kz portal with reference to the regional prosecutor's office reports. The Islamists took responsibility for the explosions in Atyrau.