For $ 15 million of the right to the composition of the late American guitarist Jimmy Hendricks, a private person was sold at an auction, reports Reuters . The catalog includes songs such as "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", "Voodoo Child" and "Foxy Lady". He was sold by representatives of the late Michael Frank Jeffrey, who used to be a musician manager.

The German government warned the employees of its embassy in Afghanistan to be prepared for protest. The image of German peacekeepers was spoiled by a series of photographs recently published in the Bild tabloid. Five amateur photographs dated 2003 depict the Bundeswehr military from the NATO contingent in Afghanistan, smiling, pose in front of a camera with a human skull in their hands. According to the Kommersant newspaper, some make obscene gestures.

The 10th Summit of Ukraine-Es will be held in Helsinki. As the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said on the eve of the summit, it is planned to paraapize the agreements between Ukraine and the EU on the facilitating of the visa regime and the reactsia at the summit, RIA Novosti reports. In addition, the focus of the summit will have issues of preparing a new comprehensive agreement between Ukraine and the EU and the prospects for Ukraine entering the World Trade Organization.

The new UN Secretary General - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Korea Pan Hi Moon intends to visit Moscow on November 1. This was stated by employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports.

The reason for the death of the Sinegorye dry load in the Japanese Sea was a combination of force majeure circumstances, said Alexander Davydenko, head of the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport, RIA Novosti reports. According to Davydenko, he would not agree with the point of view that there could be a crew’s mistake - there was an experienced crew and an experienced captain on the ship.

In the Indian city of Dhekiaguli (Assam) today, at least three people were killed and nine wounded in the crowded market as a result of a self -made bomb explosion, AP reports with reference to the local police. The head chief of police said that the explosive device was attached to the bicycle. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the explosion.

The Minister of Natural Resources Igor Trutnev (211.403 million rubles) was recognized as Minister with the largest income in 2005. According to the rating of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta , based on information on the income and property of officials for the past year, the Minister of Transport Igor Levitin from 11, 979 million rubles followed by Trutnev. The head of the head of MECHAMMA Gref, who earned over the past year, according to the information provided, is closed by the twenty.

"Polit.ru" continues the conversation about the animation. Today we publish the second part of the interview with the founder of the pilot studio, Russian animator Alexander Tatarsky . “The most important thing is that in our animation there was an almost complete change of generations. You can’t say whether it is good or bad, it is a given as a sunrise of the moon. But it matters when it happens.

Last week, an Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took place to Moscow. In Israel, the results of the visit are evaluated very restrained. Sources in Jerusalem informed the Polit.ru correspondent that “in fact, not any of the main issues had reached a significant breakthrough.” At the same time, not all participants in the delegation divide this view of a visit to Moscow.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called today Russian President Vladimir Putin to a deeper cooperation for the speedy resolution of a dispute over the southern smoking and signing a peace agreement, AP reports. According to Abe to reporters, during the telephone conversation that was held today, he said that Russia and Japan are required more deep understanding and resolving a territorial problem for the speedy signing of a peace agreement.

Yesterday it became known that the Russian violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov was recognized as the “artist of the UNESCO World”, reports Lenta.ru with reference to ITAR-TASS. This was reported to the agency in the International Charitable Fund of Vladimir Spivakov.

Relatives of the victims and victims as a result of the crash of Airbus-310 in Irkutsk filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer and air carrier. According to AR , the injured party accuses the S7 (Siberia) and Airbus-Airbus Leasing II Inc. Recall that the lawsuit against S7 was already sent by several relatives of the dead in the Liner to the court of Moscow.

The last independent broadcasting channel-TV-3 goes to the prof-Media holding. The newspaper Vedomosti , with reference to sources close to the transaction, even said that the transaction has already been completed, it remains only to wait for the consent of the regulators. Later, the information was partially refuted by representatives of the Prof-Media. As the holding director of the holding Konstantin Vorontsov said, "the deal has not been completed.

Virgin Atlantic postpone the purchase of A380 super liners until 2013. According to the Air Force , the company does not refuse the idea of ​​acquisition, but only wants to see the plane in action before the purchase. Earlier, the airline ordered six A380 aircraft from Airbus by 2009. The largest passenger two -story aircraft took to the air back in April 2005.

Thirteen people received various injuries in a collision of a passenger bus with a tram in Naberezhnye Chelny, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to the source in the traffic police of Tatarstan, all the victims are hospitalized, three of them are placed in intensive care. The circumstances of the incident are clarified.