Papa Benedict XVI The fate of the 43-year-old woman Sakina Mohammadi Ashtiani , who was sentenced to a death sentence in Iran, remains in the focus of the world community. Under his pressure, Iran’s power suspended the execution of the judicial verdict, according to which Ashtiani was sentenced to death through stones beaten. The media attracted special attention that the Vatican took part in the international campaign in defense of Ashtiani.

In Khimki, the organizer of the picket of the defenders of the Khimkinsky forest Konstantin Fetisov was detained. The picket was allowed by the authorities and was informational, it was planned to discuss alternative routes of the Moscow -Petersburg highway, the leader of the movement in defense of the Khimkinsky forest Yevgeny Chirikova said.

At least seven Taliban were killed in a shootout at the Tajik-Afghan border on Friday night. The Tajian border guard died, another was wounded. According to the representative of the border service of Tajikistan, a detachment of militants of about 40 people tried to penetrate the Tajik territory. The Taliban attack was repelled, they retreated to the territory of Afghanistan.

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The American pastor Terry Jones, who intended to burn several copies of the Qur'an on the anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, announced the final abandonment of his plans.

Two activists were detained on Saturday in Khimki near Moscow during pickets organized by the defenders of the Khimki forest. As the leader of the movement in defense of the Khimki forest, Yevgeny Chirikov, emphasized, the shares were agreed with the authorities and were held in order to inform residents about alternative routes for laying the Moscow-Petersburg highway.

Russia has special forms of charity The international organization Charities Aid Foundation (the Fund for Support for Charity), together with the Gallup Institute, investigated how things are with charity, volunteering and help from strangers in different countries. As a result, a rating was drawn up in which Russia took one -thirty -eighth place out of one hundred and fifty -three, losing even to the poorest countries of Africa.

Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was released on Saturday - having served a four -day arrest that was appointed to him by the court on charges of disobedience to the police. This was announced by Radio Liberty himself Ponomarev.

More than 100 people gathered at the house of the Government of North Ossetia in the center of Vladikavkaz, mostly young people. They demanded to punish the police who allowed a mined car to Vladikavkaz, and insisted at a meeting with the head of the republic Taimuraz Mamsurov, but he did not go to the protesters. The place of the action was cordoned off by the police.

Vera Volodina : In Voskresensk, members of the polling station commissions are scared and concerned. The investigation of the case of falsification of last year's election of the mayor is coming to an end. And in a scandalous story - the victory stolen from Gennady Egorov in favor of the current mayor Yuri Sleptsov - the names of the suspects appear. Investigators are charging to falsification so far as the chairman of one of the precinct election commissions Tatyana Arkhipova.

In the area of the Tajik-Afghan border, at least 20 militants were killed in a shootout with military personnel. According to the Tajik side, one border guard also died. The battle occurred earlier this week. The representative of the border service noted that the killed Islamic extremists are involved in the activities of the anti -government forces in Afghanistan.

September 11 - The Orthodox Feast of the Beauty of John the Baptist and the 20th anniversary of the funeral of the deceased priest Alexander Me. The guests of the program "From a Christian point of view" will be three friends at the Biological Institute - Viktor Andreev, Vladimir Latyshev and Gleb Yakunin. Their destinies developed differently: what is common and different in the perception of the image of Alexander to me believers and unbelievers?

The Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor’s Office and the prosecutor's office began checking the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were on duty at the post, through which the suicide bomber traveled, who made an explosion on the eve near the central market of Vladikavkaz. This is written by the newspaper "Kommersant". The investigation suspects that the guards showed negligence, not watching the trunk of the Volga, in which the bomb was located.