Karakas and Tehran began joint reconnaissance of uranium deposits in Venezuela. It is reported that, according to preliminary data, the reserves of uranium ores are quite significant. The Venezuelan Ministry of Mining and Red Industry states that the exact assessment of stocks can be given over the next three years. This information appeared after the accusations against Iran by Western leaders that Tehran is building a second enrichment plant and violating international rules.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Czech Republic on a three -day visit. The pontiff will visit Brno and the city of Stro-Boylev, where the masses will serve. The Pope will meet in Prague with the president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Claus. The last shepherd visit of the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Czech Republic took place 12 years ago.

UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon at a meeting in New York with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad expressed concern to the Iranian enrichment program of Uranus. Pan Hi Moon called on Iran to fulfill the UN resolutions and cooperation with the International Nuclear Energy Agency. On the eve of Tehran unexpectedly admitted that he had a second enrichment plant for uranium. Previously, only one such enterprise was known.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, on Lake Pyasino, the searches of the vessel that sank a week ago resumed. On board the ship were 12 people. Five were saved, seven are missing. According to the regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies, the search work was raised on Thursday due to bad weather. Today, the crash of the vessel is examined from the helicopter. There is no way to continue the search from the water due to a strong storm.

Patriarch Kirill in Minsk On September 25 , the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill arrived in Minsk . The day before, he visited the Minsk Holy Stukhov Cathedral, where he served a prayer service, a monument temple in honor of all saints, and also met with President Alexander Lukashenko. The first day of stay in Belarus was crowned by a solemn evening, during which Cyril met with the scientific and creative intelligentsia, representatives of the church and secular public.

The German authorities have banned all flights over the oktoberfest beer festival in Munich due to the terrorist threats received. The ban will be valid until October 4 - the end of the festival, which millions of people visit annually. In recent weeks, several video and audio features of terrorist groups have appeared, such as al-Qaeda, with threats and demands to withdraw German troops from Afghanistan. On Sunday, general elections will be held in Germany.

August became the most bloody month this year in Afghanistan, the UN new report said. It is reported that since the beginning of the year, the UN representative office in Afghanistan has registered one and a half thousand facts of the death of the civilian population. According to the same international organization, in 2008, more than 2100 civilians died in Afghanistan.

In Istanbul, at the age of 97, the last heir to the throne of the Ottoman Empire Ertugrul Osman, the grandson of the Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, who became famous for his cruelty. This is reported by the correspondent of Radio Liberty in Turkey Elena Solntseva. Osman was born in Istanbul, but lived most of his life in the United States. Here is what the historian and journalist Osman Kerem said.

The EU leadership considers the “20 group” summit in Pittsburgh - a step forward to strengthen regulatory mechanisms in the global financial market. Fredrick Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden, presiding in the European Union, and Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg said that the agreements reached at the past summit will allow creating a more stable financial system.

Alexander Valiev : Not so long ago, a tank institute was closed in Chelyabinsk. A military town with a traditional checkpoint in the city center quickly merged with the surrounding landscape - sidewalks, residential buildings, courtyards, shops. Looking at several five-story buildings that previously stood at the institute, and you can’t say that they were once not civil housing. However, in fact in these houses there were always many residents who actually had nothing to do with the army.

The Pope Benedict 16, who began a visit to the Czech Republic, called on a nation, mostly adhering to atheistic views, to recall his Christian roots. Speaking upon arrival in Prague, the pontiff criticized the persecution of religion in the Czech Republic during the communist regime. Thousands of pilgrims welcome Benedict on the 16th, but many inhabitants of the country, as reported, left indifferent the visit of the head of the Catholic Church - the first in more than a decade.

Irina Bokova headed UNESCO The man of the week Radio Liberty is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Irina Bokova . She became the new general director of the UN Department for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO). They did not believe in it, they did not take it seriously, they did not have hopes on it. A week ago, the Bulgarian would rather make the thought that their compatriot Irina Bokova could lead UNESCO.

At the Philippines, at least 50 people became victims of the Ketsan tropical hurricane. Dozens are considered missing. People died as a result of landslides and floods. In the capital of the country, Manila in 12 hours fell 40 centimeters of precipitation. Hundreds of people were saved from the water on the roofs. One of the cities in the north of the country is reported that it is almost completely covered with water.

Yakov Krotov : Today, Alexander Nikonov is visiting us, I will quote as you are represented by: " One of the most fashionable writers in Russia, the ruler of the minds of an intelligent public, interested in the problems of future civilization ." A man with a scientific past, without five minutes, a candidate of sciences, abandoned a practically written dissertation and succeeded in journalism.