* Russian First Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Yury Vorobyov will give an online news conference on emergency situations in Russia and their relief at 3:30 p.m.
* Head of the Federal Industry Agency Boris Alyoshin, Rosoboronexport Deputy General Director Ivan Goncharenko and Aviasalon General Director Igor Novikov will give a news conference on Russian and foreign aircraft building innovations at the MAKS-2005 air show at 11:00 a.m.
* Russian Regional Development Minister Vladimir Yakovlev will hold a session on the strategy of socio-economic development of the Karachai-Circassian Republic at noon.
* The military cooperation coordination headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States will host a session of CIS representatives for the use and upgrading of a joint radiolocation system of air, water and land objects.
* RIA Novosti will host a news conference on the problem of homeless animals in Moscow at 1:00 p.m.
* The Russian Supreme Court will consider a complaint from former State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov, who is contesting the chamber's decision to dismiss him from the post of deputy cochairman of an inter-parliamentary group and a cassation on the prolongation of the arrest of General Vladimir Ganeyev of the Emergency Situations Ministry, accused of corruption.
BARNAUL
* Barnaul will host a wake for governor of the Altai region Mikhail Yevdokimov, who was killed in a car crash on August 7. The funeral will take place in his native village of Verkhne-Obskoye on August 10.
NOVOSIBIRSK
* Head of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare Gennady Onishchenko will hold a session on precautionary measures against the spread of bird flu.
MINSK
* A session of the CIS expert group for amending and coordinating the draft agreement against the legalization of criminal profits and terrorism financing will open.
VIENNA
* The IAEA Board of Governors will hold an extraordinary session on Iranian nuclear programs.
BERLIN
The German Constitutional Court will consider lawsuits over extraordinary parliamentary elections in the country.
TOKYO
* Japan marks the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
CAPE CANAVERAL
* The space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to land.
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