The United States thank Syria authorities for the effective protection of their embassy in Damascus. Gratitude on behalf of the United States was expressed During the attack of an extremist group, 4 people were killed on the embassy - three attackers and an employee of the Syrian Security Service. One militant was wounded and captured. None of the embassy employees were injured.

In Baghdad, an explosion occurred on the path of the American military column. At least 5 local residents were killed, dozens were injured. A suicide bomber blew up a mined car. On Tuesday night in the area of the city of Baakub, extremists attacked the Shiite mosque, killing seven people.

Grain crop in Russia in 2006 will be from 73 to 74 million tons, which is enough to meet the needs of the country, said Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeev. In addition, according to him, approximately 10 million tons of crop of the current year of Russia will be able to put on the world market. Now, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, the collection of grain is completed by 30 million hectares, which accounts for almost 70% of all planned areas.

The prosecutor's office of the Moscow Metro discovered the case of the murder of 17-year-old Vigen Abrahamants. The young man received deadly stab wounds at the Pushkinskaya metro station on April 22. In this case, a student of the police college Nikita Sinkov was detained. He was charged with murder on the motive of national hatred.

Andrey Sharry : The Man of the Day Radio Liberty September 12 is the famous Italian designer Georgio Armani. He will become the editor -in -chief of the special issue of the British newspaper Independent, half the income from the sale of which will be transferred to the AIDS fight in Africa countries.

The size of the State Investment Fund in Russia in 2007 will amount to 3 billion 400 million dollars, and in 2008, according to preliminary calculations, 4 billion 300 million dollars, said Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Kirill Androsov. He recalled that the government has already approved seven projects in co -financing of which the funds of the investment fund will participate.

The Russian Party of Life was removed from the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Region. On the eve of four of the six candidates from RPZH sent a statement to the regional election of a refusal to participate in the campaign. According to the law, if the party list is reduced more than half, registration is canceled. Today, the Supreme Court of Russia considers the RPG complaint about the refusal to register a party in the elections in the Sverdlovsk region.

The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow will begin today the consideration of the passenger of the metro, at which the policeman shot. 22-year-old worker Rustam Baybekov requires compensation for non-pecuniary damage in the amount of a million rubles. The defendant is the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Two years ago, at the Sokolniki metro station, the police officer Boris Kosurb detained Baibekov to try to pass the passage and the lack of Moscow registration.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, meningitis is confirmed by thousands of people, more than four hundred of them remain in hospitals. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, in a number of areas, school holidays for elementary and middle classes are extended until September 18th. In schools and kindergartens, disinfection is carried out. According to preliminary data, the cause of the outbreak of serous viral meningitis is water pollution in the Amur River.

Deputies of the Kyrgyz Parliament opened the debate at the proposal to shift from the post of President Kurmanbek Bakiev and Prime Minister Felix Kulov. The president and prime minister were in the center of the scandal associated with an attempt to discredit the leader of the opposition Omurbek Tebaev. Earlier, the leadership of the National Security Safety Service of Kyrgyzstan resigned.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sharply condemned the actions of the Sudan authorities in the province of Darfur in the west of the country. Speaking at a meeting of the Security Council, Annan said that the Sudanese authorities sent thousands of military personnel to Darfur, and government aircraft resumed bombing of the positions of local rebels.

In Toronto, until September 16, the International Film Festival hosts, at which 352 films from 61 countries are presented. The attention of the critics was attracted by the new picture of Werner Herzog “The Savior Dawn” about the escape of the American pilot from the Viet Kongians camp during the Vietnamese War. Traditionally, a violent social life is going on during film festivals. In Toronto, the most noticeable event was the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Bill Clinton.

American actor Richard Gir arrived in Bosnia, where he would act in the Hollywood film about the search for hiding war criminals. Gir will play the main role - a journalist who independently tries to find the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radova Karadzhich, who has been hiding from the International Tribunal for 11 years.

The Supreme Court of Russia ordered the Sverdlovsk and the election commander to register the Russian Party of Life in the elections to the regional Duma. The party was previously refused registration. Today it became known that RPG was removed from the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The day before, four of the six candidates from this party refused to participate in the campaign.

Democrats write an united program the film of Oliver Stone caused bewilderment in Russia, and the monument to Zuranteli was found in the state of New Jersey, the famous Italian designer Georgio Armani