The Schumacher brothers climbed onto the podium together Breaking his three-race winless streak, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher took a convincing victory at Suzuka Circuit in Japan. His younger brother Ralph, who plays for Williams, finished second. The third place of BAR's Jenson Button allowed the British driver to reach the podium for the tenth time this season, and his team practically secured second place in the Constructors' Championship.

The Israeli army is ready for future operations in the Gaza Strip Yesterday, Israel began a week of protests against the evacuation of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. A massive campaign called "Orange Week" was organized by the council of the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank settlement movements. The culmination of the campaign is planned for Thursday evening - rallies will be held in a hundred Israeli cities at once.

Oil prices are so high that they are unprofitable even for Russia The forecasts of pessimistic analysts, who said that oil prices could reach $100 per barrel in the near future, are gradually becoming a grim reality. Having barely crossed the level of $50 per barrel, prices quickly surged even higher and are now approaching new levels at a record pace.

In a month and a half, Georgia celebrates the first anniversary of its “Rose Revolution.” The country's young leadership is preparing to report to the people. They decided to hold the rehearsal of the event in Tbilisi not on the square, but in a more intimate setting - in front of the Russian press. The decision seems logical - the Russian President has recently also preferred to talk to Western journalists about the most difficult problems.

Alexander Sokurov finished filming the film “The Sun” In the new film by Alexander Sokurov about the Japanese Emperor Hirahito, based on the script by Yuri Arabov, exclusively Japanese and American actors are involved. Major international festivals have already become interested in the film; Sokurov is currently considering the possibility of participating in one of them. However, already in mid-February 2005, “The Sun” should be released in Russian theaters.

Dinara Safina defeats an eminent opponent Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova, Marat Safin and his sister Dinara, Elena Likhovtseva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Lina Krasnorutskaya - this is the composition of Russian participants in the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

A skyscraper in Taipei briefly became the world's tallest building. The debate about the tallest man-made structure on Earth is entering a new phase. Recently, the American Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat recognized the Taiwanese skyscraper Taipei 101 Tower as the tallest building in the world. The tower was built in the capital of Taiwan in 2003, and its height is 508 meters.

Recommendations for the week Every experienced TV viewer knows perfectly well that the true treasures of daily film screenings are most likely to be discovered at a time other than the rated time of weekend evenings. Genuine treasures are usually shown at the crack of dawn, when only pensioners and convinced shirkers stand watch in front of the blue screen - they usually skim off the richest cream. However, this week there aren’t a lot of such delicacies available, to be honest.

Terrorists again crossed the path of tourists Yesterday in the Egyptian city of Taba on the Sinai Peninsula not far from the Israeli border, they finished clearing the rubble at the site of the Hilton hotel that was blown up on Thursday evening. The number of victims is 34 people. The majority are Israelis and Egyptians; it is also known that a Russian citizen from Tatarstan died.

Voters are tired of political scandals Yesterday the first round of the presidential elections took place in Lithuania, but no international observers attended. The whole point is that Vilnius is trusted, explained the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Zenonas Vaigauskas. But a delegation from Iraq arrived to gain experience. The fourth parliamentary elections in Lithuania since independence are being held under new rules.

European vice-champions failed to defeat Liechtenstein The Portuguese national team has never known such humiliation. The European vice-champions could not win against the Liechtenstein team, which until that moment had not scored a single point in the World Cup qualifying matches and was ranked 151st in the FIFA rankings. In its entire history, only twice has the Liechtenstein team managed to leave the field undefeated after an official match.

The city authorities are again taking aim at public catering “A wonderful, positive interior” and “increased comfort in the dining room” are promised to visitors of the new Moscow fast food chain, which the city government plans to launch.

Russia will abandon analog TV by 2015, and the United States eight years earlier Oddly enough, the television - the most common and familiar household appliance - has changed very little over the past half century. From the consumer's point of view, since the advent of color broadcasting, no revolutions have occurred in television technology at all.

Government This week he plans to consider amending the law on the federal budget for the current year. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov. “These amendments will be aimed at increasing the expenditure side of the budget,” he emphasized, clarifying that we will talk, in particular, about allocating funds to pay off a number of debts on defense orders and debt on fuels and lubricants.

Australia has developed a driver tracking system The latest development by Australian scientists from the National Information and Communications Technology Laboratory (NICTA) in Canberra poses a threat to racing drivers. As New Scientist magazine reports, the DAS computer system presented by NICTA specialists is capable of recognizing traffic signs in real time and providing information to the driver.