* In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Russian ambassador to London expressed his concern over Russophobia in British society but expressed the hope that Russia and Britain would overcome the current stage of strained relations
* An opposition coalition, Different Russia, will name its single candidate for 2008 presidential elections in fall, said Garry Kasparov, the leader of the liberal United Civil Front included in the coalition
* At a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Abu Dhabi, the president of the United Arab Emirates spoke in favor of an Arab peace plan to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Emirates news agency WAM reported
* A poll of more than 90 million online voters named the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal in India, Petra in Jordan, Brazil's Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu in Peru and the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza as the modern-day seven wonders of the world, organizers said.
