The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. A radio correspondent of Radio Freedom Jan Runov takes part. Evgenia Nazarets : Thousands of soldiers of the US Marine Corps, together with the British units and Afghan troops, activated the struggle with the militants of the Taliban in response to the threat of the Taliban to disrupt the presidential elections in Afghanistan.

Janet Napolitano US Minister of Internal Security Janet Napolitano performed in the Council on International Relations. She called the Americans to jointly fight the terrorist threat. The Ministry of Internal Security is called supercare.

At least 46 people were injured in an explosion at a foundry in France. According to agencies, six wounded are hospitalized, nothing threatens their life. The explosion occurred at the factory where the bells were cast. Among the victims are tourists who came to look at the work of the workshop.

The results of the negotiations of Dmitry Medvedev and Emomali Rahmon in Tomsk in the Old House collapse of the ceiling ceiling Matthew Bourn presented a new performance in the framework of the Chekhov International Festival of Putin’s trip around the country - ineffective populism problem of security on Russian roads is the problem of national

Alexander Lukashenko arrived at the CSTO summit in Kyrgyzstan Environmental background of the situation in Baikalsk US Strategy against Afghanistan Baikalsk is preparing for Vladimir Putin's arrival project of the General Plan of Moscow - Crime against Muscovites

Yuri Vasiliev Alexander Dumas, please do not worry. Those stories with the continuation that went to the Russian blogosphere last week, beat the adventure literature on the one -time account. The first story is connected with the New Gazeta, which was sued. There is more lawsuit, less a lawsuit - the opposition publication is not used to. But here is most valuable the address of the departure: the plaintiff - Evgeny Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili. Grandson.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent Marina Timasheva takes part. Evgenia Nazarets : On the stage of the Mossovet Theater, the Chekhov festival represents the choreodrama Matthew Burn, based on Oscar Wilde’s novel, Platean Gray, ”. Marina Timasheva : 4 years ago, as part of the Chekhov International Festival, the English director and choreographer Matthew Bourne presented the play “The play without words” based on the play by Garold Pinter.

On July 31, the 6-year stay of the British troops in Iraq is ending. According to the contract between Great Britain and Iraq, the country is leaving the last British military personnel. Most of the British contingent was deployed in the city of Basra, in the south of Iraq. In the midst of military operations in Iraq in 2003, 46 thousand UK soldiers were in the country.

Anatoly shot One Russian propagandist recently said a very serious thing, albeit in passing: "In a few years it (TV-A.S.) managed to wash Stalin as deftly as there could not be any worshiper. Moreover, it did it independently, without a hint of instructions from above." The guy is not worse than the Suslovsky. Not only orders and prohibitions go from above. There is such a method as connivance. It is enough not to interfere with something ...

The Pope Benedict 16 took part in the recording of a charity music album. The voice of the Pontiff, reading and singing prayers, was recorded by the Vatican radio in the Cathedral of St. Peter. He will be complemented by classical music, performed by the British royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album will be released by Christmas, the proceeds will go to the musical education of poor children around the world.

In Myanmar, the court postponed until August 11 a sentence in the case of the leader of the opposition Aun San Su Ji. The verdict was expected today. The Nobel Laureate of the World Aun San Su Ji is accused of violating the domestic arrest regime, under which she was most of the last 19 years. In the event of a conviction, she faces 5 years in prison.

Irina Lagunina: How did the tasks and methods of combating terror change during the time after September 11? US Minister of Internal Security Janet Napolitano decided that the time had come to remind the Americans that the threat had not disappeared - she was only modified, and the state needs the help of all citizens to an adequate response to it. Says Vladimir Abarinov. Vladimir Abarinov: The Ministry of Internal Security is called supercare.

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In the Sverdlovsk region, human rights activist Alexei Sokolov was again detained. Since May, he was under arrest on charges of robbery, committed in 2004. On Friday, the regional court released a human rights activist from custody in connection with the procedural violations. However, as the online edition of Gazeta.ru reports, at the exit from the investigative isolator Sokolov was again detained. Now, in addition to the accusation, Sokolov is charged with the theft, also in 2004.

Irina Lagunina: In the scientific section of our program, we continue to talk about snakes. We are used to counting the snakes for harmless animals. But in fact, the ostens, as scientists suggest, are the group of snakes that first gained toxicity. For example, in the Far East, the tiger is well known, possessing poisonous glands. The herpetologist Oleg Shumakov tells about this and other properties of the poisonous snakes. Olga Orlova and Alexander Markov talk to him.