The International Sports Federation (FIS) refused a request to a query of the four -time owner of the World Cup Lindsay Vonn, who hoped to take part in the male high -speed descent within the framework of the World Cup. "Only athletes of the same gender can take part in competitions under the auspices of FIS. According to the rules of the Federation, there can be no exceptions," the FIS statement said.

Participants in the Russian March action, unauthorized by the authorities of St. Petersburg, tried to start moving along Nevsky Prospekt, but were detained by the police. According to Fontanka.ru , about 40 people were detained. In Nizhny Novgorod, at least 20 participants in an inconsistent action were detained, Interfax reports. The detentions were also held in Kazan, and most of all the detainees in Yekaterinburg - about 90 people . In St.

The commander of the US Navy missile, the second rank captain Joseph Darlak last Friday was removed from the service, because he failed to ensure the proper behavior of subordinate sailors during his stay in Vladivostok in September 2012, the US Navy said. The ship is on a seven -month campaign, USS VandeGrift will arrive in the USA in November. Captain Thomas Warcman was appointed temporarily commanding the vessel, Interfax reports.

In the capital of Katar, Doha opened the "Unification Forum" of the Syrian opposition. It will be held under the auspices of the Syrian National Council (SNA), and it is expected to be elected by the new leadership of the opposition, ITAR-TASS reports. Recently, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the council compiled from emigrants - opponents of the Bashar al -Assad regime, so the Syrian opposition decided to establish new governing bodies of the Syrian Revolution.

The famous British singer Sir Elton John won the lawsuit on charges of copyright violations when composing his famous Nikita song, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the TMZ portal. In April 2012, the author of the songs Gai Hobbs appealed to the Illinois Federal Court with a lawsuit against Elton John, saying that the famous singer used them composed lyrics in his song.

In Moscow, the driver of the Automobile Construction Affairs of the President of Russia (UDP) was killed, a law enforcement source told Interfax . According to him, the body of the head of the head with a chopped wound was discovered in the south of Moscow in a ravine opposite the house 13 A along the street of the Red Lighthouse.

The counting of votes in the Parliament of Ukraine is almost completed, but now representatives of the opposition parties do not agree with the results. The parties Vitaly Klitschko and Yulia Tymoshenko intend to hold congresses in order to reset lists so as not to go to the Rada of the new convocation. On Monday, a rally is being prepared by the CEC building in Kyiv.

Police officers detained about 90 people who gathered on Sunday afternoon for an unauthorized rally on Kirov Square in Yekaterinburg as part of the "Russian march". Mostly minors were detained, noted in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Sverdlovsk region, so the parents of young nationalists will be notified of the detention.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 4, on the day of popular unity, laid flowers to the Minin and Pozharsky monument on Red Square in Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports. Red carnations, in turn, laid the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and the heads of other religious faiths of Russia, said RIA Novosti . In addition, the participants of the Movements “Our”, “Young Guard of United Russia”, “Fatherland”, “St.

The Russian Federation filed a lawsuit against the municipality of Jerusalem, demanding that the exemption from the payment of the municipal tax from Sergiev was for the period of work on the restoration of the complex. This is the second in a day a conflict affecting Moscow and Jerusalem temples.

As a result of air intelligence by the Be-200 emergency, in the Shangraskiysk Islands in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, where the Amurskaya dry truck with nine crew members disappeared a week ago, oil spots were discovered on the surface of the water, the representative of the DVRC of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia told the Interfax on Sunday. The dry cargo transported 700 tons of gold -containing ore . “Rubin’s rescue vessel approached the place of detection of spots.

The stars of the American stage raised almost 23 million dollars for the Sandy injured from Hurricane, having conducted an hourly charitable television department , which broadcast the NBC channel, ITAR-TASS reports. “We are incredibly grateful to everyone who responded to our call for helping this monstrous hurricane,” Peggy Dayer, marketing director of the American Red Cross, who, together with NBC, organized a concert held on Saturday.

In Moscow, there was a clash of nationalists with anti -fascists. In time, the end of the rally after the “Russian march” coincided with the action of the anti -fascists on Suvorovskaya Square, and activists who gathered for a rally in the nearest Dostoevskaya metro were met by a group of aggressive people. There is no official information about the incident yet.

On Sunday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monty suddenly arrived on a visit to Afghanistan, where he met with Italian military and held negotiations with the country's president Hamid Karzai. In advance about the visit of the Italian prime minister to Afghanistan, who coincided with the Day of the Armed Forces of Italy, was not declared due to security reasons, RIA Novosti notes.

Iran created his own drone with a vertical take -off, one of the participants in the Abbas Jam project agency said on Sunday. “This drone was created using advanced technology and has no analogues in the world,” Jam said. Created the device Mazandaran. Jam assures that the device takes off not only vertically, but also absolutely silently. The drone will be presented to the public in 2013, and closed tests were held on November 3. They were attended by the country's military elite.