The result of the raid of American aviation on the Iraqi city of El Falluja, located west of Baghdad, may have the death of four, including two children, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters. The plaque, according to the same data, was committed this morning to the eastern regions of the city. The American command stated that it did not have information about attacks on the city.

**They were the first to start...** The tension between Georgia and the unrecognized republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which consider themselves independent and are recognized by the world community as part of the territory of Georgia, is developing into a real war before our eyes.

In South Ossetia, the motorcade of the Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab a Zhevkhovka was fired. As the correspondent of RIA Novosti reports from the scene, the Zhivani was not injured. The motorcade of the Georgian Prime Minister, making a trip to the Tskhinvalsky region, was fired from small arms and mortars, when he was approaching the village of Edenwie along the bypass road.

The Minister of Public Security of Mexico Alejandro Merts resigned after the 250 thousand Mexicans took to the streets in protest against lawlessness, betrayed Gazeta.ru .

The police of the North Baghdad district of Sadr City on the side of the people will not make a single shot at the fighters of the "army of Mahdi". About this, according to RIA Novosti, in an interview with Al-Jazira, one of the leaders of the district police, Lieutenant Colonel Kyazim Muhammad Zair, stated. He called on other units of the Iraqi police to follow this example.

In Athens today, the XXVIII summer Olympics begins . It is expected that 202 countries of the world will take part in the games and four million 200 thousand tickets will be sold - these are a record numbers, RIA Novosti notes. In terms of cost and security measures, the Olympics, by the way, will also be record.

Three climbers from St. Petersburg disappeared in Georgia. According to RIA Novosti in the information department of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies, the tourist group did not reach the control period, on August 9, to the camp at the foot of the Ushba Mountain. “The last time the group was seen on August 7 at the foot of the Ushba Mountain,” the Ministry of Emergencies noted. The ministry reported that the Russian side from Georgia received permission to conduct search and rescue operations.

On August 15-22, the first All -Armenian cultural festival “One Nation - One Culture” will be held in Armenia and Nagorno -Karabakh. The opening ceremony will be held at the Yerevan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Spendiaryan. It is expected that in the future the festival will become traditional. For these purposes, the “One Nation - One Culture” Foundation was specially created under the patronage of the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian.

For receiving a bribe, a senior inspector of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation was detained, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. “On the eve of the employees of the organized crime department of the UVDAO Internationalaches for receiving a bribe, they detained the senior inspector of one of the departments of the Ministry of Justice of Russia,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

This morning, the shelling of the Georgian village of Eredvi began, three people were injured, the head of the regional police, Shida Kartli Alexander Sukhitashvili, told RIA Novosti. “At dawn, the shelling of the Georgian village of Eredvi began, they shoot from the Ossetian village of Sarabuk, shelling is conducted from all types of small arms,” he said. “At these minutes, the shelling continues,” he added.

A meeting of the mixed control commission to resolve the Georgian-Ossetian conflict ended with the signing of the protocol on the end of the fire. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". “The agreement on the ceasefire comes into force from 00.00 on Saturday,” said Georgia Minister for Settlement George Haindrava, adding that the protocol should be signed by the leader of South Ossetia Eduard Koketa and Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Zhiva.

During the meeting held at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan, President Saparmurat Niyazov changed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On August 12, the first court hearing in the case of journalist and anti -fascist Alexei Cherepanov was held in Krasnodar Alexei Cherepanov is accused of storing drugs on a large scale (Article 228, part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). 24 grams of marijuana and 1 gram of heroin were found on May 19 in his absence in the dormitory room, where he lives together with his wife.

In the Madrid “Real” there will be another football player from the so -called category of “stars”. This time, one of the leaders of the attacks of England, Michael Owen, became the super -acquisition of the “royal” club. The head coach of Liverpool Rafael Benitz was unable to keep the striker in his team, although he still had a year on the contract. “When I arrived at Liverpool, Owen had only a year on a contract.

The United States called on Russia to refrain from politicizing the case of Yukos and its former head Mikhail Khodorkovsky. This was announced by the official representative of the US State Department Adam Elley, reports RBC with a link to AP. According to him, all aspects of this legal dispute "must solve the issue in accordance with the law and within the established procedures." This statement was preceded by a significant increase in oil prices in world markets.