In Moscow, the police are investigating the murder of a native of Buryatia and an attack on a citizen of Uzbekistan on Saturday. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, about 30 teenagers were detained, as they said, "football fans." ITAR -TASS, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, reports that the crime was most likely “skinheads” - members of nationalist groups.

Two Catholic priests, stolen last week in Mosul, were released in Iraq. Priests - both Iraqis - were captured on October 13 by a group of armed people. The Pope Benedict 16th called on the abductors to free the hostages. The circumstances of the release are still unknown how it is unknown and whether the ransom was paid for the captives.

Nationalists successfully performed in Switzerland. According to preliminary data, the People’s Party, which held its election campaign under the slogan of the fight against immigration, will receive even more places in parliament. The Social Democrats suffered a serious defeat - their lag from the People’s Party increased. "Green" strengthened their positions in parliament, receiving several places more than in the last election.

In Baghdad, 10 people were killed and more than 40 were injured as a result of fierce battles between the American military and militants. The American command reported that the purpose of the operation carried out this morning Sadr City was the destruction of "criminals", who, as it is believed, abducted by US soldiers. Local authorities say that most of the dead are civilians, including women and children.

In Slovenia today, the president is chosen instead of the leaving the post of Janise Drevshek. Among the seven candidates, the most preferred chances of victory are believed to have former Prime Minister Lise Peterle. At the same time, it is expected that the president will not be elected in the first round of voting.

The Russian missile brought into orbit four American Globalstar communications satellites. The rocket was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Telecommunication satellites safely took their positions.

In the Novgorod region, the railway message was completely restored on the Moscow-Petersburg line, interrupted due to the fire of the passenger train, Petersburg Adler. The fire was eliminated, 2 charred cars are disconnected from the composition and towed to Torbino station. No one was injured. Passengers were planted in other wagons, and the train continued to move along the route.

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In the final match of a large tennis tournament in Zurich, the 1st racket of the world Belgika Justine Anen and French tennis player Tatyana Golovin met. Anan won - 6: 4, 6: 4 and won the 38th title in WTA tournaments.

Ivan Tolstoy: Of all countries, previously inaccessible to the Russian, South Africa seems to be the most mysterious and surrounded by myths. And not only for the Russian. Who was in South Africa? Especially - lived? What is reliably known about her life, after the fall of the apartheid? More and more is known, South Africa becomes a fashionable tourist country, it also has Russian fans.

In Switzerland, parliamentary elections are being held today. Judging by the surveys, the right populist people's party, the largest in parliament, will achieve even greater success. The party carried out the election campaign under the slogan of the fight against immigration, using posters for clarity, which its opponents considered racist. 20 percent of the population of Switzerland are immigrants from other countries.