Fighting in Syria continues as the ceasefire agreement mediated by U.N. special envoy
Lakhdar Brahimi to occur during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha begins.
(Christian Science Monitor)
A car bomb explodes in the capital
Damascus, killing an unknown number of people and injuring many.
(Reuters)
Writer
Javier Marías rejects the Spanish government's
National Novel Prize, awarded for his novel Los enamoramientos, saying "All my life I have managed to avoid state institutions, regardless of which party was in government, and I have turned down all income from the public purse. I don't want to be seen as an author who is favoured by any particular government."
(The Guardian)
Russian leftist protest leader
Sergei Udaltsov is charged with plotting "mass disorder" and could face a 10 year prison sentence if convicted.
(RIA Novosti)