The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rene van der Linden called for the peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. During the visit to Georgia, Van der Linden spoke in to the cessation of any armed confrontation in the conflict zone, emphasizing the need for a “serious dialogue” between Tbilisi and Tskhinvali. The trip of the chairman PACE to Tskhinvali was accompanied by protests.

The Kazan Rubin held the first match in the 2nd round of the Interoto Cup, in which 11 vouchers in the UEFA Cup are played. Kazan people played at the Hungarian club "Zalaegeres" and won with a score of 3: 0. All three goals were scored by Vitaly Volkov (the third - from the penalty).

The program is conducted by Victor Nechez. The Radio Liberty correspondent Mikhail Salenkov takes part. Victor Nechez: Explores exactly a year of “other Russia”, in July 2006 there was its constituent conference. The successes and failures of the non -systemic opposition, as it is now called, my colleague Mikhail Salenkov talked with a political scientist, head of the Mercator analytical group Dmitry Oreshkin.

The appeal department of the Federal Security Service of Russia opened a criminal case on the recruitment of a Russian citizen by the UK special services. According to the Center for Public Relations of the FSB, the decision was made based on the results of the audit that confirmed the cooperation of Vyacheslav Hero with British intelligence from 2003 to 2007. The case was opened under the article "Spying". The former Tax Police Major hotly appeared with a confession at the end of June.

At the World Cup in Canada, a group tournament in two groups has been completed (for players not older than 20 years). Here are Friday results: Group D USA - Brazil - 2: 1 Poland - South Korea - 1: 1 The final position: USA - 7, Poland - 4, Brazil - 3, South Korea - 2. Group E Argentina - DPRK - 1: 0 Czech Republic - Panama - 2: 1 The final position: Argentina - 7, Czech Republic - 5, DPRK - 2, Panama - 1.

In many countries of the world today, a "wedding boom". Many couples wished to register a marriage in "three times" a happy Saturday: the seventh - the seventh month - 2007. In Moscow, twice as many marriages were registered today - 1700. The same situation in St. Petersburg, where the wedding palaces began to work at five in the morning and close only at midnight.

"Science fiction." Our guests are writers Sergey Lukyanenko and Vasily Golovachev, literary critic Andrei Sinitsyn.

17 people died and several more were injured on Friday as a result of an explosion in the Kurdish village of Ahmad-Marf north of Baghdad. Iraqi President Dzhalyal Talabani said on the same day in an interview with Al-Arabia, the Iraqi authorities could succeed in the fight against violence and religious discord if they received full support from Iran and Syria.

The Pope Benedict XVI allowed to more widely use Latin in the worship. And a letter to the bishops of the pontiff rejected the assumption that this could sow discord among more than a billion Catholics and slow down the reforms in the church. Benedict XVI emphasized that his decision is aimed at reconciling with traditionalists. In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council decided that the service should be carried out in the local language, and not in Latin.

The famous Russian economist academician Dmitry Lvov died. He was 77 years old. Wide fame, both in Russia and abroad, gained the scientific works of Lviv in the theory and practice of economic reforms in Russia.

In the north of Iraq, 20 people died and 40 were injured this morning as a result of the explosion of a mined car in the town of Tuz-Khurmato. At least 22 people were killed and 17 were injured on Friday, when the suicide bomber directed the mined car to a group of Kurdish Shiites in one of the villages of Dyal province, near the border with Iran. The American command reported the death of six military personnel in Iraq over the past two days.