Alexander Genis: Hunter Thompson came to the American literature in a halo of counter -culture, mixing politics and poetry in approximately equal parts. In the raised, slightly choking reciter of Thompson's prose, the rhythm of Rock, the voice of Keruak and the tradition of Whitman are heard. Such a confessional style is contagious - it is too easy to imitate. So that the confession does not become rhetoric, Thompson wrote almost documentary books: to himself and the environment.

The United States has ratified the International Convention on the fight against doping in sports. The relevant ratification documents were signed on Monday by President George Bush. Earlier, the Convention was approved by the American Senate, who was vested with the right to ratify international treaties and agreements. “This convention is a valuable tool that protects the reputation of world sports and the health of athletes,” the president’s statement widespread by the White House said.

The United States believe that tightening international sanctions against Iran is inevitable. According to Sunday, the representative of the US Mission to the UN Richard Grenell, it became obvious that Iran was not going to obey the demand of the world community - to stop the enrichment of Uranus. Now the UN Security Council will not have any other exit, except for the tightening of sanctions, the diplomat noted.

The United States believe that tightening international sanctions against Iran is inevitable. According to the representative of the US mission to the UN Richard Grenell, it became obvious that Tehran was not going to obey the demand of the world community - to stop the enrichment of Uranus. Iran Foreign Ministry said that the head of the Iranian delegation at the negotiations under the nuclear program Said Jalili will discuss the situation with the EU leadership, Javier Solanna, today.

In the zone of the conflict of Georgia and South Ossetia, shootings continued on Monday night, but new victims were avoided. The Georgian side does not deny information about the transfer of their troops to the borders of the unrecognized republic. On the eve of Tskhinvili, he rejected Tbilisi's proposal to start direct negotiations on resolving the conflict.

We repeat the program "Return of Alexander Solzhenitsyn." The writer spent 14 years in New Russia, issued several books of stories and journalism, memories of life in emigration, played on radio and television, established a literary prize, founded the Russian foreign library-fund. Nevertheless, many cultural figures believe that Solzhenitsyn did not fit into Russian reality. Why?

The Pentagon believes that Afghanistan will remain an arena of struggle with international extremism for many years. Herat boys play an abandoned Soviet tank The US Department of Defense published a new defense doctrine. The life of this general political document will most likely be limited to several years (its previous option was approved only three years ago), it indicates a serious revision of the Pentagon of views on the country's strategic priorities.

The President of the Republic Viktor Yushchenko called the current flood in Ukraine the most large -scale disaster - after the Chernobyl disaster. At a meeting in Chernivtsi, Yushchenko turned to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko with a request to develop a plan for the shortest possible time restoration of road traffic. As a result of catastrophic floods in the western regions of Ukraine, the dead and missing are listed - according to the latest data - 38 people.

In Mexico City, a worldwide conference dedicated to the fight against AIDS in poor countries began. Among the main topics of the conference that will last six days - financing for treatment and ensuring universal access to medical care and medicines, as well as measures to prevent the spread of HIV infection. Speaking at the opening of the conference, the UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon called on the donor countries to fulfill the AIDS fighting program in developing countries.

Georgia does not intend to take any extraordinary measures in the Zezino-Ossetian conflict zone and also calls on South Ossetia. This was announced on Monday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. For his part, the leader of the unrecognized republic, Eduard Kokoita, in an interview with RIA Novosti, announced his readiness to free the entire territory of South Ossetia from Georgian forms in case of aggressive actions by Georgia.

The production of oil and gas condensate in Russia in January-July of 2008, according to the operational data of the state-owned company “TsDU TEK”, decreased by 0.5% compared to the indicator of the same period last year and amounted to approximately 283.66 million tons. The largest in the production of the country's oil company remains the state "Rosneft" - more than 66 million tons in seven months of this year. Behind her in the first five-Lukoil, TNK-BP, Surgutneftegaz and Gazprom Neft.

In Iran, an activist of the student movement Ali Aziz was convicted for three years of imprisonment. He was accused of damaging national security and anti -state propaganda. Ali Aziz-a member of the student leadership for reforms-actively participated in student demonstrations in Tehran in 2006-M-2007, and also spoke in the press in support of reforms. Since the arrest in November 2007, he has already sat in prison at least two months.

In Yakutia, almost 200 people are evacuated from their houses due to the spill of the Adych River, almost half of whom are children. Residents of flooded houses in the village of Betelkes are temporarily located in the district center - the city of Batagay. The flood in the north-east of Yakutia began last week due to storm rains.

Preulimpian strengthening at Urumchi Airport According to Chinese media reports, at an armed attack on a border post in Kashgar, 16 people were killed on Monday morning. The attackers were detained. Beijing calls the possible actions of Muslim separatists the most significant threat to the Olympic Games opening on Friday. As the Sinhua State Agency transmitted today, about eight in the morning on Monday, a group of unknown people attacked a border post near Kashgar.