The Moscow Central Park of Culture and Rest named after Gorky today turns 75 years old. As Interfax reports, on this occasion a festive evening will take place in which employees of the park will take part. Many of them will be awarded. The remaining celebrations in the park will be held on September 6 and 7 - during the celebration in Moscow of the City Day.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office officially announced the completion of the investigation of the murder of the State Duma deputy, co -chair of the Liberal Russia party, Sergei Yushenkov. All six accused are in custody, including Mikhail Kodanev, the co -chair of another wing of Liberal Russia, supporting businessman Boris Berezovsky. The investigation calls Kodanev the main customer of the murder. Sergey Yushenkov was shot dead in Moscow at his house on April 17 this year.

The court in Egypt sentenced 14 people, including two police officers, on charges of illegal removal of historical values, to various terms of imprisonment. Among the convicts is the former head of the Security Service of the city of Alexandria. The investigation established that in 2000 the defendants created a gang that transported hundreds of ancient products abroad belonging to different periods of the history of Egypt - from the era of pharaohs to the early Middle Ages.

In Liberia, the rebels promised by Thursday to leave the capital of the country Monrovia and transfer the city under the control of African peacekeeping forces. An agreement on this was reached in negotiations in neighboring Ghana. The speedy placement of peacekeepers is necessary to ensure the safety and urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to residents of Monrovia. On Tuesday in Liberia, fierce battles were resumed between rebels and government troops.

The international human rights organization Human Raits Uchch requires immediately release the Uzbek journalist Ruslan Sharipov, arrested in Tashkent on charges of homosexuality and molestation of minors. In the appeal, human rights activists express perplexity by the unexpected confessions of Sharipov. At the court last Friday, the journalist refused the services of a lawyer, pleaded guilty to all articles of the prosecution and asked that his mother would not be present at court meetings.

Chechnya is ready for the presidential elections scheduled for October 5, the authorities say. 14 people announced the intention to run for a runing, until August 22, they should register as candidates. The election committee of Chechnya invited observers from the OSCE, PACE, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the League of the Arab states and other international organizations. Russian human rights activists believe that the elections in wartime are illegal.

The observer of the newspaper Kommersant Arina Borodina is talking with the deputy editor-in-chief of the information service of the Ren-TV channel, TV presenter Marianna Maksimovskaya and the first deputy director of the information programs of the Russian television channel, the former host of the Vesti Week program, Yevgeny Revenko. Arina Borodina: On the air, the program "Summer television living room". In this program, we meet with people who make television.

At least two Israelis became victims of today's terrorist attacks, more than 10 people were injured. The first explosion occurred in the store of the small city of Rosh Haain, not far from Tel Aviv. The explosive device was driven by a suicide bomber. Less than an hour later, another explosion thundered - the terrorist blew himself up at the bus stop near the Jewish settlement Ariel. At the stop, waiting for the bus, there was a group of Israeli soldiers.

In Israel, a new terrorist attack is committed. There are victims. The explosion occurred in the store of the small city of Rosh Haayin, not far from Tel Aviv. According to preliminary data, one person was killed. The police do not exclude that the deceased is a terrorist -samob. This is the second terrorist attack since the end of June, when the Palestinian extremist groups have announced a temporary truce.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will meet on August 23 - in an attempt to resolve the diplomatic conflict caused by tactless statements of Italian politicians. The meeting will be held in an unofficial setting - after Shreder and Berlusconi will visit the performance of the opera festival in Verona. The invitation to the performance was sent to Schrreder the head of the European commission Romano Prodi.

Veronika Postinskaya: The FRG leaders decided to change the quality of the Bundeswehr peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, going towards the wishes of the United States. Thus, an important step has been taken towards restoring trust in German-American relations. Evgeny Bovkun: The praise expressed by President George Bush addressed to the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany turned out to be exactly the measure of diplomatic encouragement, which had long been expected in Berlin.

The Japanese economy, apparently, is out of the crisis. According to the data released today, in the second quarter of this year, economic growth was recorded - a little more than half a percent. Experts associate this with an increase in investment and purchasing demand of the population.

In Iraq, American troops during the night raid in the Tikrite area arrested at least seven people. The troops took the village into the ring - according to intelligence, the meeting place of the organizers of attacks on the coalition soldier. The searches are primarily those who finance the conduct of attacks and sabotage. Tikrite is the hometown of Saddam Hussein, where the number of supporters of the overthrown dictator is especially large.

In Tbilisi last night, the first secretary of the Russian embassy in Georgia Alexander Valyukhin was attacked. According to the Tbilisi Police, two unknown people, hitting Valyukhin with an butt of a machine gun on the head, tried to take away the car keys to him. The diplomat resisted - noise rose, after which the criminals disappeared. Valyukhin is hospitalized. His condition does not cause fears.

The investigation established the names of the alleged killers of the Dagestan politician Nadirshah Khachilaev, shot down the night before in Makhachkala. According to the Dagestan prosecutor’s office, a former owner of a car abandoned by criminals was found. The investigation believes that the murder was committed by three Chechens who sold the car. Their location is established.