The penultimate stage of the World Camps Championship Formula 1 was held in China. The glass zone entered: 1. Lewis Hamilton ("Maclaren") 2. Felipe Mass ("Ferrari") 3. Kimi Raikkonen ("Ferrari") 4. Fernando Alonso ("Renault") 5. Nick Haydfeldt (BMW) 6. Robert Kubitsa (BMW) 7. Timo Glock ("Toyota") 8. Nelson Pic ("Renault") Thus, two pilots retain the chances of victory: Hamilton has 94 points, the mass has 87. In the Cup of Designers, Ferrari has 156 points, McLaren has 145, BMW - 135.

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of a famous poet, bard and screenwriter Alexander Galich. In Russia, the album “Wind” is released by this date, consisting of two discs. More than 40 songs are performed by 24 popular bards. Exhibitions dedicated to the anniversary date are held in Tsvetaeva’s house in Moscow and at the Anna Akhmatova Museum in St. Petersburg. The manuscripts of the poems and plays of Galich, little -known photos, correspondence are presented there.

US presidential candidate from the Republican Party John McCain compared his opponent - Senator -Democrat Barack Obama with socialist leaders in Europe. During the election campaign, McCain said that Obama wants to increase taxation for rich people to give money to the poor. Obama, speaking in St. Louis, rejected this criticism as an attempt to mislead voters regarding his plan to reduce taxes for families that earn less than 250 thousand dollars a year.

Visiting Viktor Shenderovich, an activist of the Belarusian youth movement "Initiative" Andrei Kim.

The United States believe that the situation in the area of South Ossetia is still unsafe. This was stated by US Secretary of State Daniel Fried, who made a trip to the Georgian villages in the buffer zone. Fried promised the support of Georgian refugees who return to their homes after the departure of the Russian troops, who were in this area since the beginning of the armed conflict in August.

In Brazil, the World Futsal Championship (mini-football) ended. In the final match, the national teams of Brazil and Spain met. The main and extra time ended in a draw - 2: 2. In the penalty shootout, Brazilians were more precise - 4: 3. On the eve of the match for 3rd place, the Italian team won the Russian national team - 2: 1.

The United States today launch the IBEX space research apparatus, which should collect data on the boundaries of the solar system. The apparatus bearing the name "Researcher of the Interstellar Borders" will be brought to the far orbit of the Earth using a rocket launched from an airplane in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. For two years, IBEX will collect information about the boundary regions of the heliosphere, where the solar wind meets the interstellar substance.

On Sunday, four matches ended the 25th round of the Russian Football Premier League Championship: "Terek" - "Dynamo" - 0: 0 CSKA - "Amkar" - 4: 1 "Wings of Soviets" - "Moscow" - 1: 1 "Lokomotiv" - "Khimki" - 0: 2 Five rounds before the end of the tournament at Rubin - 54 points, at CSKA - 47, for Dynamo - 44.

Vladimir Baburin: Today in our studio, People's Artist of the Soviet Union Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. The questions will be asked by Viktor Tymoshenko, the Moscow Correspondent of the newspaper Voice of Ukraine, and Alexander Yevtushenko, the Rossiya TV channel. I understand a waste of time, but the tradition of the program requires to recall the biography of our guest. I will try to be as short as possible. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was born on October 3, 1935 in Yerevan.

The Georgian authorities announced the shelling by Abkhazia in the village of Khurcha in the border Zugdid district. According to reports from Tbilisi, shooting in the direction of the Georgian police post was carried out for about 20 minutes. As a result, the roofs of several houses were damaged, no one was injured from local residents.

In the Gulkevichsky district of the Krasnodar Territory, 23 victims in a large car accident on the Caucasus highway remain in hospitals. Three people died. Moskva-Nalchik’s flight bus, drove off the highway and crashed into a tree. In total, 32 people were on the bus. For Sunday alone, the victims of large car accidents in different regions of Russia became 20 people, 60 were injured.

George Bush announced the abolition of the visa regime in relation to the seven countries the keyword of this week-“Crucosure” completes its work, the 60th International Book Fair in Frankfurt-on-Main