Now only a miracle can leave Schumacher without a sixth title Michael Schumacher won the race at the US Grand Prix and practically secured his sixth championship title. Behind the Ferrari driver, who brilliantly used unpredictable weather conditions, finished Kimi Raikkonen - now the only rival of the German in the fight for the championship. Third place went to Heinz Harald Frentzen from Sauber.

One of the organizers of Sadat's assassination released Political reforms related to the name of President Hosni Mubarak's son, 39-year-old Gamal, are beginning in Egypt. A year ago, his father appointed Gamal head of the political secretariat of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).

Forecast for the coming days In the central region, with the approach of an atmospheric front on Tuesday, light intermittent rain will begin in the north of the territory, and on Wednesday in the west there will be intermittent rain in places, the temperature at night will be +3...+8oC, during the day on Tuesday and Wednesday +12... +18оС.

The closer the elections are, the more unclear who will carry out reforms and when Economic Development Minister German Gref has apparently decided to refute the widespread belief that the government will not take any radical actions before the presidential elections. Speaking yesterday at the “Course on Quality” conference, he named about ten priority areas of activity for the Cabinet of Ministers.

The New Drama Festival lifted the hatch of the theatrical subconscious On Sunday, the second New Drama festival ended on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. The results have been summed up and the winners have been announced. The prize for the best performance went to “Oxygen,” a rap performance that has already toured many European festivals and is loved by young people.

The CIS and Europe are firmly connected by blue fuel Thirty years ago, the first Soviet gas, breaking through the Iron Curtain, reached Western Europe. During this time, a lot has changed: the Commonwealth of Independent States was formed instead of the USSR, gas is sold on market conditions, and this is done by a joint-stock company (though still controlled by the state), and supplies are growing year by year. This year they will amount to about 134 billion cubic meters.

President I instructed the economic bloc of the government, in particular the Ministry of Finance, to ensure that there are no disruptions in the payment of teachers’ salaries, which will be increased from October 1.

Laura Bush tours with stops in Paris and Moscow All of Europe knows that the notorious heartthrob Jacques Chirac is very gallant. But so. Skon-Jacques, as the French call their president behind his back, not without admiration, met Laura Bush early on Monday morning in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace and the first thing he did was dashingly touch his hand. And he even shuffled his foot slightly!

The eruption of Klyuchevskaya Sopka may be the strongest on record One of the strongest volcanic eruptions in the entire history of the peninsula may begin in Kamchatka. The other day, the highest active volcano in Eurasia, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, awoke there. The first signs of volcanic activity appeared on September 10.

The world will have enough blue fuel energy for another 200 years “Natural gas has all the potential to become the most important fuel of the future generation. From about 2025, the world will use more gas than oil,” this is the future predicted for blue fuel by the chief of the world market leader Royal Dutch/Shell, Sir Philip Watts. Experts from the World Gas Union (WGU) share the same opinion.

-- Mr. Bergmann, Ruhrgas and you personally have 30 years of experience working with Russia in the gas field. What are the main conclusions you can draw from this experience? To be frank, is business with Russia still “difficult bread”? “You have to earn your bread and butter first.” This is true everywhere. This, however, can only be done when both parties equally benefit from the business, are guided by the interests of long-term development and treat each other with trust.

The meeting between Putin and Bush did not sink Iran's nuclear program Yesterday, Iran categorically denied that traces of highly enriched uranium already discovered in two of its nuclear centers could indicate a military direction of the country's nuclear program. Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Akbar Saleh, claims that the remaining uranium was already in equipment purchased abroad.

Abkhazia celebrates anniversary of independence On Tuesday, Abkhazia, in Soviet times an autonomous republic within Georgia and an all-Union health resort, will mark the tenth anniversary of the victory in the war with Georgia and the declaration of independence. As the Minister of Defense of Abkhazia Vyacheslav Eshba told the Vremya Novostey newspaper, a parade of the Sukhumi garrison will take place, and in the evening a ten-artillery salvo will be fired in Sukhumi.

"South of Rus'" unveiled its investment program Yug Rusi, one of the leading Russian agricultural holdings, announced its intention to invest $50 million in the creation of the world's largest oil extraction plant, as well as the construction of several bakeries and automated livestock farms. The head of the holding, Sergei Kislov, said that in a year two new workshops (investments - 24 million euros) of the existing oil extraction enterprise (trademark "Golden Seed") will be commissioned.

The Croatian INA is laying claim to the Beopetrol purchased by the company. It would seem that LUKOIL, after a series of failures, finally managed to acquire a good asset in Europe. Last week, LUKOIL signed an agreement with the Serbian government to purchase 80% of the shares of Beopetrol for 207 million euros. However, it turned out that the Serbian company has its own skeleton in the closet - the Croatian oil company INA is laying claim to its assets.