The banana river reflects the start of the Delta II launch vehicle, which takes two satellites of the STEREO into orbit. On October 25, as part of the Stereo project ( Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatori ) , a carrier-ladder with two twin satellites on board started from Cape Kanveral in Florida. Satellites are equipped with instruments developed by employees of the University of Minnesota in conjunction with the Paris Observatori team.

The second World Congress of Compatriots was held in St. Petersburg

An irritant for Russia is American support for Ukraine and Georgia who have chosen Western orientation, experts say During the Direct Line, Vladimir Putin spoke quite a lot about international politics. It is curious that the direct question about the relations of Russia and with one of its main external partners did not arise. However, the context in which the conversation proceeded was noticeable on citizens' issues, observers are called clearly anti -American.

The Communists became intensified in the struggle for honest elections only when the appearance of the left party in power became a reality The Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia sent an open letter to the President, Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of the Russian Federation and the General of the Country of the country in connection with the facts of gross violation of laws during the elections.

The European company Airbus, the world's largest producer of passenger airliners, will build its first assembly plant outside Europe in China. It will be located in the city of Tianjin on the east coast of the country, about 200 kilometers southeast of Beijing. The first Airbus liners will be assembled here in 2009 - as part of the Airbus A320 model, designed to transport 160 passengers from Chinese airlines, just signed in Beijing by Chinese.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Pskov Anna Lipina takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: In the Pskov region, an emergency regime was introduced - in connection with the mass poisoning of the population for fake alcohol. At least 15 people died already, hundreds are hospitalized. Anna Lipina: 20 regions of the region were in the zone covered by mass poisoning. More than 400 people fell ill with toxic hepatitis.

Tatyana Karpova, one of the leaders of the Nord -Ost public committee, has liable for President Putin for that the Russian authorities cannot protect their citizens from terrorist attacks. In Moscow, they recall the victims of the terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka. The relatives of the dead gathered at the center of the center, as well as the injured as a result of other terrorist acts, including in Beslan.

Laboratory Fermi. The Tevatron accelerator has a length of more than six kilometers and accelerates the particles to near -light speeds. The energy of the collision, concentrated in a very small volume, reaches two teraelectronol. American physicists from the National Laboratory Fermi were able to synthesize heavy elementary particles - hyperons that existed in the first moments after a large explosion, and are practically not found in the matter around us.

In the Sea of Japan, according to updated data, today the body of one deceased sailor was found from the Sinery dry cargo. Thus, the dead are two crew members, the fate of the five remains unknown. Eleven people managed to save. The search operation continues. The dry cargo sank on October 23 in a storm.

In the Iraqi province of Anbar, five more American soldiers died in battle. US President George Bush admitted yesterday that his country suffers heavy losses, but emphasized that the victory in Iraq was necessary, since one of the main borders of the confrontation between international terrorism is taking place there.

In London, Naomi Kempbell was detained on Wednesday. The supermodel spent several hours in a police station. The personal psychotherapist Kempbell accused her of scratching her face during a quarrel. Naomi Kempbell is famous for his imbalance: over the past eight years, she has been detained nine times for aggressive behavior and assault.

Budapest 1956 and 2006: similarities, differences and international reaction Irina Lagunina: The official celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, which were very lubricated at the beginning of the week with mass riots in Budapest, again, like half a century ago, posed the “Hungarian question” in the center of attention of the world media. About today's approach to this problem in the material of Vladimir Toltz.

Marina Timasheva: In the windows of the exhibition hall of the Foundation of Folk Art crafts, tiny armies lined up. The new exposition is devoted to military-historical miniature, and simply put to soldiers. Says Lilya Palveveva Lilya Palvelva: The Moscow Exhibition is a joint, Russian-Ukrainian project. The names of individual collections and studios of military-historical miniatures from Moscow, St.

In the NHL regular championship, two Russian players brought the score to 5 Russian players to 5. In the meeting “Carolina” - “Atlanta”, this was done by Atlanta striker Ilya Kovalchuk, which did not help his team, which ultimately lost in overtime - 4: 5. And in the meeting “Washington” - “Colorado”, Alexander Ovechkin, who plays for “Washington”, who came out of the winner - 5: 3.

The Prosecutor General of Russia instructed the FSB to conduct an audit on the fact of publication on the Internet of an interview with entrepreneur Boris Berezovsky. We are talking about Berezovsky’s conversation with the journalist of the Altai Pravda newspaper. According to the prosecutor's office, the interview contains open calls to the violent change in the constitutional system of Russia. Berezovsky lives in the UK, where he has the status of a political refugee.