The Ministry of Health assures that doctors are doing everything possible The Moscow hospitals where the former hostages were placed are still a place of pilgrimage for relatives, friends and sympathizers. On Sunday and Monday, doctors considered it possible to release 239 people. The most intense work was carried out in the 13th Clinical Hospital, in the War Veterans Hospital No. 1 and in the 1st City Hospital, where discharges continued until late at night.

People's favorite Lula won on the fourth try Yesterday, the candidate from the leftist Workers' Party, José Inacio Lula Da Silva, won the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil. 61% of voters voted for him, his opponent Jose Serra received 38%. For the first time in the history of the country, a worker with five years of education was elected head of state.

The hurricane raging in Europe prevented the holding of ski sprint relay races in the program of the first stage of the World Cup, which were supposed to take place on an artificial track in Dusseldorf, Germany. The riders managed to compete for awards only in individual competitions. And the next day, the technical commissioners of the International Ski Federation decided to cancel the starts, as the wind speed reached more than 100 meters per second.

Moscow is outraged by the Copenhagen “disgrace” The holding of the “World Chechen Congress” in the capital of Denmark caused such a harsh reaction in Moscow that, it seems, the country of mermaids might be offended. But in Copenhagen, despite references to the inviolability of “freedom of assembly,” they hardly understand how offended Russia is. And yet, Denmark considered it possible to give “freedom” to those whom Moscow considers accomplices of terrorists.

NATO has been replaced by terrorism Yesterday, at a meeting with members of the government, Vladimir Putin actually announced a change in Russia's military doctrine. From now on, terrorism becomes its main enemy. As the president stated, if there is an attempt to use against us means comparable to weapons of mass destruction, strikes will be delivered “to all places where terrorists, the organizers of these crimes, their ideological and financial inspirers are located.

The Ministry of Industry and Science is ready to spend a billion rubles a year on high-tech The state intends to support, including financially, the development of the system of venture investment in Russian high-tech. The Ministry of Industry and Science has developed a concept of state support for investments in research and engineering developments, the purpose of which is to stimulate investments in small and medium-sized companies engaged in innovative activities.

Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia Tedo DZHAPARIDZE answered questions from his own correspondent of the Vremya Novostey newspaper in Tbilisi, Mikhail VIGNANSKY. -- Has the crisis in relations been overcome after the meeting in Chisinau between the presidents of Russia and Georgia? - The most complex and problematic components of our relations are Abkhazia, Chechnya and the Pankisi Gorge.

Sweden asks Russia for protection from fictitious refugees Yesterday, Swedish Minister for Migration and International Development Cooperation Jan Karlsson arrived in Moscow on a working visit. He met with Secretary of State and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valery Loshchinin, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Boris Gryzlov and Head of the Federal Migration Service Andrei Chernenko.

New French cinema will be shown in Moscow The third festival “French Cinema Today” will take place in Moscow from November 21 to 24. The opening of the festival will take place at Pushkinsky, where a creative delegation will arrive presenting the film Blanche directed by Bernie Bonvoisin with the participation of Lou Doillon, Jean Rochefort, Carole Bouquet and Gerard Depardieu.

Already in the third round of the Olympics, the Russians faced the strongest team in the world The first rounds of the 35th Chess Olympiad were played in Slovenia. The third round ended late yesterday evening. After two rounds, the men's teams were led by Cuba and Bulgaria, with 7.5 points each. 11 teams scored 7 points each, including Russia. Our women's team went without losses. The Russians easily beat the Macedonian team with a score of 3:0.

Having united, Moscow and Tyumen auditors claim international status A large association has appeared on the Russian market of auditing and consulting services, which will be the first Russian company to receive the right to sign an international auditor. There was a merger between the Moscow group Top-Audit, one of the market leaders, and the Tyumen company Port-Audit, the largest auditor in the Urals and Siberia.

Russia and Pyongyang continue to discuss the project to modernize the Trans-Korean railway and its connection with the Trans-Siberian Railway. Yesterday, during a working visit of Russian Transport Minister Gennady Fadeev to the DPRK, negotiations were held with the head of the republic, Kim Jong Il, and the leadership of its transport department.

Spain and the Dominican Republic lay claim to the explorer's remains Both the life and death of Christopher Columbus, who opened the path to the New World for Europeans, are full of mysteries. Even a simple question at first glance - where is the traveler's grave - does not have a clear answer.

The Russian Championship has started Russian volleyball fans did not remain without events for long - just ten days after the end of the World Cup in Argentina, the Russian championship started. You can't envy the players of the Russian national team. The hardest season for national teams is behind us, when they had to reach their peak form twice within a month. The fight went on to the maximum in two prestigious tournaments - the World League and the World Championship.

Football. Italian Championship. 6th round. Parma - Atalanta - 2:1, Perugia - Modena - 2:0, Piacenza - Empoli - 1:2, Regina - Torino -- 2:1, "Lazio" -- "Roma" -- 2:2, "Chievo" -- "Milan" -- 3:2, "Juventus" -- "Udinese" -- 1:0. The leaders are: Inter - 16, Milan - 13, Juventus - 12. The main event of European football last weekend was Milan's first defeat of the season. Ukrainian Andrei Shevchenko played in this match for the first time after a long break, scoring one of the goals against Chievo.