The semi -finals of the men's tennis tournament in Basel were played: Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) - Stanislav Vavrinka (Switzerland) - 6: 4, 6: 4 Roger Federer (Switzerland) - Paradorne Sichan (Thailand) - 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6

In Chechnya in the city of Urus-Martan, 11 people were injured in a mass fight. According to the local police, on the night of Saturday, a fight between two conflicting families began on one of the city streets. Participants in the fight caused each other knife and gunshot wounds. One of the victims is in serious condition. The police set the instigators of the fight.

In the Mexican city of OAKSAK, an American journalist was killed, several people were injured. Unknown armed people opened fire on manifestants demanding the resignation of the local governor. The deceased journalist Will Bradley Roland was the operator of the Indodyedia New York television company.

US President George Bush again said that in the United States torture is not used. Bush’s statement was heard after the recently US Vice President Dick Cheney did not rule out that it is quite acceptable to put the suspects in terrorism under water to receive readings. International human rights activists from Huuman Raits Uchch and International Amnesty criticized Cheney's statement. The new army charter of the United States, published in September, prohibits torture and cruelty to prisoners.

On Friday, the championship of the country among men's teams began. The winner of the last two championships suburb “Sturm -2002” won over the Central Executive Committee of the Navy - 11: 5. Last year's silver medalist - Kazan "Synthesis" won at the Volgograd "Lukoil -Spartak" - 7: 6. The Moscow Dynamo defeated the waterpolistists of their second team - 16: 5.

In France, safety measures have been strengthened on the anniversary of mass street riots. On Friday afternoon, about a thousand people went through the march of silence in the Parisian suburb of Clichy-Su-Bois, where two teenagers were killed a year ago, running away from the police. Their death provoked a wave of protests throughout France. Last night in other Parisian suburbs where immigrants from North Africa live mainly, three buses were burned.

In the Kaluga region, the construction of the Volkswagen plant begins today. The German car concern invests 370 million euros in the project. The planned capacity of the enterprise is 115 thousand cars per year. Models "Passat", "Polo", "Tuareg", "Skoda" will be produced. Especially for the Russian market, Volkswagen will create a new car worth less than 10 thousand dollars. Construction is supposed to be completed by mid -2008.

At the men's tennis tournament in Lyon (France), semi -finalists were determined. The results of the quarterfinals: Mark Zhikel (France) - Sebastian Grozhany (France) - 7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 6 Xavier Maliss (Belgium) - Robbie Gineprin (USA) - 6: 4, 6: 3 Arno Cleman (France) - Nicholas Almagro (Spain) - 6: 3, 6: 2 Richard Gaske (France) - Robin Sederling (Sweden) - 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 In the semifinals they play Gikel - Maliss, Cleman - Gasuke.

At the men's tennis tournament in Basel (Switzerland), quarterfinals have been played: Roger Federer (Switzerland) - David Ferrer (Spain) - 6: 3, 7: 6 Stanislav Vavrinka (Switzerland) - David Nalbandan (Argentina) - 7: 6, 6: 2 Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) - Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) - 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4 Paradorne Sican (Thailand) - Jose Akasso (Argentina) - 7: 6, 6: 3 The semifinals are played by Federer - Sicapan, Vavrinka - Gonzalez.

Climate change. Guests: Alexey Kokorin - head of the Climate Program of the World Wildlife Fund and Viktor Danilov -Danilian - Director of the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences

In Partizansk of the Primorsky Territory, an emergency regime was introduced. Such a decision was made due to the lack of heat and water supply due to the restriction of the supply of electricity.