In the capital of Iraq, the suicide bomber blew up a mined car at the volunteer set of volunteers - at least 15 people were killed, more than 50 were injured. Another 4 people died during an explosion of a bomb laid near the road. The purpose of the attack, apparently, was a police patrol.

In the Israeli army - the second loud resignation. The brigade General Gal Girsch, who commanded the troops that guard the border of Israel with Lebanon, resigned. General Hirsch was accused of "inadequate actions" after the abduction by the militants of Hezbollah of two Israeli military personnel in this summer. The abduction was the reason for the beginning of the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon.

Prime Minister Lebanon Fuad Siniora refused to accept the resignation of five ministers who represented the Hezbollah Proseri group in the government and its allies. Sproves of resignation were submitted after the failure of negotiations on the expansion of the presence of Hezbollah in the Cabinet of Ministers, where anti -Syrian parties are now dominated by. The group threatens to start mass demonstrations with the requirement of early parliamentary elections.

On November 13, 1921, in Moscow, the play “Miracle of St. Anthony”, the Third studio of the Moscow Art Theater, opened in Moscow. It was led by Evgeny Vakhtangov. The deadly sick director remained to live only two years. In every new performance, Vakhtangs sought to create a new theater. He managed to put the Chekhov’s “wedding”, “Erica IV” by Strindberg and the play “Princess Turandot” according to Carlo Gozzi.

In South Ossetia, presidential elections and a referendum on its independence from Georgia are held. According to the authorities in Tskhinvali, security measures were strengthened in the territory of the self -proclaimed republic, traffic is limited. The United States, the European Union and NATO condemned a referendum, emphasizing that it would only complicate the situation in the region.

Dmitry Sanakoev - candidate for alternative presidents In South Ossetia, two referendies and two elected processes pass in parallel. One couple of events - the presidential election and the referendum on independence - hold the official authorities of the unrecognized republic. At the same time, on the initiative of the Besses Opposition, the President of Kokoita organized alternative elections and an alternative referendum.

At the world volleyball championship in Japan, the second group stage ended among women, which determined the composition of the semifinal couples. In group E, Italy, who defeated Japan - 3: 0, and Serbia and Montenegro, who won Taiwan - 3: 2. In group F, in the struggle for the first place, Brazil won Russia - 3: 1. Thus, on Wednesday, November 15, in the semifinals they play: Brazil - Serbia and Montenegro, Russia - Italy.

Marina Timasheva: Visiting our composer, People's Artist of the Soviet Union Rodion Shchedrin. The questions are asked by journalists Jose Millazesh, the Luza agency, Portugal, and Sergey Biryukov, the musical observer of the newspaper Trud. In the beginning, according to tradition, a brief biography of the guest of our program. Unless, of course, one can be stated in briefly. Rodion Konstantinovich listens carefully to me and corrects all my mistakes.

Over the past day, at least 60 people died in Iraq, including four British and three American military personnel. Most of the dead are the victims of the terrorist attack at the point of set of volunteers in the police in Baghdad. According to the Iraqi authorities, in recent days, the bodies of 77 people killed by shots in the head were discovered in Baghdad and Baacuba.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya near the village of Makhketa, a soldier died in a battle with the Mujahideers, two more were injured, the RS correspondent reports. On the night of Sunday near the village, the new Centor of the Grozny District, a motorcade with military personnel, was blown up by the central of the Grozny district. Two soldiers were injured.

The choice of car service. The service market in Russia does not have time to increase car sales, and the quality of roads leaves no hope for life without a car mechanic. The studio guests are an expert at the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Motorists Vasily Veselov and Vladimir Nevzorov, a member of the Council of the Ural Auto Business Alliance.

Visiting Viktor Shenderovich - literary critic, literary critic, editor -in -chief of Continent magazine Igor Vinogradov