Patriach Alexius II died at age 79.

(details on google news)

latest news:

— Quarantine was declared in Stavropol region after locating of the spot of African plague infection

— US presidential candidate  Barak Obama's beloved auntie reside in US illegally.

Precious, precious day.

(Echo of Moscow)

Iceland asked Russia for a loan of 4 thousand millions euros.

(Echo of Moscow, The New York Times)

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/worldbusiness/08icebank.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

New York Times: Somali Pirates Tell All - They’re in It for the Money

“We just saw a big ship,” the pirates’ spokesman, Sugule Ali, told The New York Times. “So we stopped it.” He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood.

(The New York Times)

27 sep 2008 Paul Newman died at age 83.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092701222.html?hpid=topnews

Anthony Brenton, the British Ambassador in Moscow, whos work in Russia almost finished, will write a book about Alexander Menshikov, russian statesman from epoch of Peter the Great. It will be the first Menshikov's biography in English.

(Echo of Moscow)

When people at Comedy Central relised, that  there are attempts to foribid «South Park» here in Russia, they laught out loud. «It's can't be true! You're kidding?» — says Catty from channel's press office, gulping of laughter. — «Wait a minute, I must tell the guys. After few minutes of amazed exclamations, Catty was on the line again, she said: «You know, here we thought that this is very good — this is a great story for news series!»

(Russian Newsweek)

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http://mnweekly.ru/culture/20080926/55348706.html (in English)

Pirates captured ukrainian ship with tanks on board.

(Echo of Moscow)

The New Yorker: Echo in the dark. A radio station strives to keep the airwaves free. by David Remnick

Russian military equipment will be purchased by Venezuela on Russian money.

(Echo of Moscow)