People continue to die in Syria A powerful explosion occurred on August 15 in the center of Damascus near a hotel in which the UN observers working in Syria live. As expected, on August 15, Syria’s membership in the organization of Islamic cooperation will be suspended - in protest against the refusal of the country's current authorities from attempts to resolve the internal conflict with peaceful methods. According to Syria's state television, 3 people were injured as a result of the explosion.

According to media reports, by the end of 2012, the Presidential Commissioner may appear in Russia. He will solve conflicts arising on national soil, and report on the situation personally to Vladimir Putin. Referring to sources in the presidential administration, Izvestia write that the idea of creating the Ministry of National Affairs did not find support.

In Ukraine, the court decided to extradite to Russia two suspects in preparing an attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin - a citizen of Kazakhstan Ilya Pyanzin and a native of the formidable Adam Osmaev. This was announced today by RIA Novosti by the press secretary of the prosecutor's office of the Odessa region of the country Elena Abramova. According to her, Osmaev’s transfer to the Russian side may take place in the near future.

The Governor of the Moscow Region dismissed the mayor of the city of Khimki Vladimir Strelchenko, against whom local civil activists were not a year or two. But the mayor lost his post, not therefore: he was from the "Afghan mafia" of the former governor Boris Gromov, and Shoigu has enough of his people to work. Strelchenko, what to say there, was a bad mayor - but they took him away at all.

The authorities of Italy announced on Wednesday that last year they confiscated the members of the mafia property with a total value of four billion euros. The confiscation of buildings, hotels, restaurants, expensive cars and yachts stipulated by law is considered an effective means of combating organized crime in Italy. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Italy, among two thousand suspects who were arrested last year, eighteen are considered “especially dangerous”.

The volume of industrial production in Russia during July increased by 0.9% - after zero growth in June, the Federal Statistics Service said. By last year's level of July, growth amounted to 3.4%, while in June - 1.9%. From January to July, industrial production in Russia increased by 3.2%. Last year, growth in the first seven months amounted to 5.3%.

In Moscow, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior , an action was held today in support of the arrested participants in the Pussy Riot punk group . According to civilian activists on Twitter, about 20 people in masks held the letters of the poster with the inscription "Blessed are the gracious." There was a brawl with employees of the protection of the temple, several journalists were injured, a video camera was broken. There are detainees.

In Iraq on Wednesday, at least 10 people became victims of explosions and attacks, more than 30 were injured. The most bloody terrorist attack occurred in the city of Al-Mukdady northeast of Baghdad. There, the victims of the two explosions that occurred with a small time interval became 7 people, 25 were injured. In the city of Baacuba - the capital of the troubled province of Diala - there was an explosive device in a car, 2 people were killed.

Action at the entrance to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior Four participants in the action of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in support of the arrested girls from the Pussy Riot group are accused of violating the procedure for holding a public event. According to activists on Twitter, they will be judged on Thursday in the world section of the Khamovnichesky Court. In accordance with the new law on rallies, they face a large fine.

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In Portugal today, a 24-hour strike of public transport workers are held. They protest against the government’s plans to change working conditions in order to make the country experiencing financial difficulties more competitive. We are talking about the introduction of more flexible restrictions on the duration of the working day, the new rules that facilitate the hire and dismissal of workers, the abolition of some holidays.

The head of the Main Directorate for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Yuri Kokov, leaves this position, Interfax reports with reference to sources surrounded by Colonel General. Earlier, Kokov’s resignation was written on Twitter by State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein, Chairman of the Committee on Security and Combating Corruption.

The reorganization of the ambulance service is one of the areas of modernization of Russian healthcare Over the incomplete week, under the “Declaration of Independence of Russian Doctors,” more than a thousand doctors who work in almost all Russian regions signed on the Internet. The publication of the declaration was announced in his Facebook by the doctor and writer Maxim Osipov : “Recently, I have entered the Public Council under the Deputy Prime Minister on social issues.

Students of the journalism faculty of Moscow State University Stanislav Leontyev and Anastasia Krivosheeva Elena Rykovtseva: Today, the premiere of the program “Press hour: internship”, in which students - future journalists will take part. Especially for our broadcast, they prepare work on a given topic. In this program, Andrei Dyatlov, deputy chief editor of the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, will appreciate the work.