The output of the UFO specialist, dedicated to archives and libraries, is an event, of course, joyful. The processes that have been taking place in the library and archival spheres have finally require a collective comprehension from the humanitarian elite. This need is more acute that in the country, political frosts, requiring not separate personal voices, but a choir that could block the time noise and force, finally, to listen and reckon with itself.

The four -year -old Yuri Luzhkov, named after his grandfather, was wounded in the circus right in the midst of performances - next to the boy was his mother and Yuri Mikhailovich himself, the newspaper Life writes today. On October second, the 2nd International Circus Festival ended in the Circus of Shapito on Poklonnaya Gora. The most famous artists from 14 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa took part in it.

Yesterday it became known that the presentation of the annual prize in the field of contemporary art "Black Square", which was positioned by the founders as a national and the corresponding exhibition of nominees, known as "Art-Moskva workshops" in the central house of the artist in the Crimean Valu, will not take place. This is written by the newspaper " Kommersant ".

According to BBC , the volume of sales in the digital music market has grown three times in the first half of 2005. According to the international association of the phonogram industry, 6% of audio products sales are on-line services, which is $ 790 million. "The boom of digital music is developing rapidly," the association representatives say.

During the on the eve of the Linuxland exhibition on the eve of the on the eve of Moscow, a professional Internet radio Sunradio.ru was presented. Currently, it is already broadcast on the direct Internet, reports Lenta.ru To organize broadcasting for the first time in Russia, MPEG4-Audio (AAC+) technology is used, which was officially licensed by developers.

Today, in the Vladimir region, on the 136th kilometer of the federal highway Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod, 38 cars collided, news agencies report. Due to the accident for more than five hours, traffic on this section of the road was blocked. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, a 10-kilometer traffic jam formed on the road. As a result, 4 were killed and 13 people were injured.

The nomination of candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma (elections are scheduled for December 4, 2005) will end on October 4. The daughter of Yegor Gaidar Maria may become a single democratic candidate for the Duma in the University District of Moscow.

Today, a nationwide strike has begun in France, news agencies report. Its initiators were the leading trade unions of the country - they require the authorities to increase wages, ensure employment and improve working conditions. According to the forecasts of the administration of the National Directorate of Railways, today the number of existing trains will halve - as expected, the most active participants in the strike will be workers of the transport sector.

In the Samara region, the case of fraudsters who initiated car accidents on the roads was transferred to the court, RBC reports. The gang included 15 residents of various regions of Russia. He is charged with 20 cases of road fraud. Fraudsters, controlling expensive foreign cars with a slightly damaged body, initiated a clash, after which they accused of innocent drivers of anything. After a staged clash, scammers allegedly contacted the insurance company.

Moscow, time - by midnight from October 2 to 3, 1993. The last night "before the events." In fifteen hours it will begin. Demonstrators will gather at Kaluga, - Oktyabrskaya orphan - move to the White House and, not meeting serious resistance, immediately break through its blockade. Actually, it is from that time, "from the beginning" that is usually a description of events . Rarely someone asks the question "how?", And the question "why?" Generally hangs in the air.

Foreign Ministers of the EU countries, gathered in Luxembourg, approved the declaration of sanctions against Uzbekistan, reports Radio Liberty . In the document, Tashkent was sharply criticized for refusing to conduct an independent international investigation of events in Andijan in May of this year, and an embargo was introduced to supply to Uzbekistan weapons. According to official figures, in the course of riots in Andijan 187 people were killed.

Vladimir Putin abolished the Federal Agency for Agriculture, the press service reports to Kremlin. Its functions are transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture. The decree was signed "in order to optimize the structure of federal executive bodies." The Government of the Russian Federation is entrusted to the decision of financial, organizational and other issues related to the implementation of the presidential decree within three months.

The US authorities intend to plan to build a wall around the so -called "green zone" in Baghdad, where government institutions, the National Assembly, the US Embassy and the American military leadership are located. According to RIA Novosti, the American company will be engaged in the construction, but at the expense of the Iraqi government. The same company, as the newspaper writes, will build a 23-story building inside the zone.

On International Architecture Day, which was celebrated on October 3, the “ pragmatist of culture ” turned to the “gray cardinals” of the real estate market - companies that provide consulting services. Our correspondent Alexander Zmeul met with the director of one of them Igles Shershnev.

The Kremlin discusses the possibility of the merger of Russia and Kazakhstan into a single union state with its own constitution, writes the magazine "Finance". The head of this state can be Vladimir Putin, who thus extend his powers without violating the Constitution. Nursultan Nazarbayev will become a vice president and will also extend his powers in Kazakhstan. And under the control of Moscow, 88% of the territory of the former USSR will be.