Muammar Gaddafi 's troops retreated from Misrata, where fighting took place on Wednesday, during which, according to rebel representatives, 18 civilians were killed, Reuters reports . Shots can still be heard near the city, and rebel officials say Gaddafi's troops are still nearby.

— 30.03.2011 15:20 — Reuters correspondent Alexander Giadosh, who is now moving towards the Libyan city of Ras Lanuf, reported that he could hear the sounds of aircraft engines and explosions. “French planes bombed Gaddafi’s forces,” the correspondent reports the words of one of the escaped rebels, Ahmed, whom he met on the way to the city. “I heard the sounds of jet engines in the sky three times and several explosions.

March 30, 2011, 7:56 pm Sport Fetisov: the new KHL regulations are designed for the Olympic Games in Sochi The writing of the new 3-year KHL regulations took into account the creation of the necessary conditions for preparing Russian hockey players for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, said the Chairman of the KHL Board of Directors Vyacheslav Fetisov . “We made the regulations for the Olympics, it ends with the 2013/14 season,” the Gazeta.Ru correspondent reports Fetisov’s words.

The new Prime Minister of Egypt, Esam Sharaf, has restored the position of Minister of Antiquities. It was re-occupied by Zahi Hawass, who resigned along with the previous cabinet in early March amid popular discontent with the actions of the transitional government of Ahmed Shafik. The post of Minister of Antiquities was not initially provided for in the new cabinet. The reason for the restoration was the need to ensure the safety of Egypt's monuments.

— 30.03.2011 19:51 — Lyudmila Gurchenko died The outstanding theater and film actress Lyudmila Gurchenko died in Moscow at the age of 76, Interfax was told by those surrounded by the actress. “Lyudmila Markovna died on Wednesday at home,” the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, Gurchenko became ill, they called an ambulance, but the doctors were unable to save the actress’s life. The agency's interlocutor recalled that Gurchenko recently underwent a complex surgical operation.

March 30, 2011, 6:35 pm Sport Zhemchuzhina-Sochi midfielder Khachaturyan moved to FC Minsk The Belarusian midfielder of “Zhemchuzhina-Sochi” Andrei Khachaturyan moved to the club of the major league of the championship of Belarus FC “Minsk” on loan, the press service of the Sochi club reports. Having joined the ranks of Zhemchuzhina-Sochi in the middle of last season, the footballer took part in 13 championship matches. The lease agreement is valid until August 1, 2011.

30 March 2011, 20:28 Sport Fomenko: Marusya-Virgin will receive a new F1 car at the Turkish Grand Prix The head of the engineering department of the Marusya-Virgin team, Nikolai Fomenko , said that “already at the Turkish Grand Prix the Russian team will have a new car” to participate in Formula 1 races.

Radiohead have announced that two new songs will be released for Record Store Day, reports NME . They will be released on seven-inch vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies and will be available on that day only, priced at £10. The titles of the singles have also been announced: “Supercollider” and “The Butcher”. Record Store Day is an international event that has been celebrated on the third Saturday in April since 2008; in 2011 it fell on the 16th.

Uganda can provide political asylum to Muammar Gaddafi if he needs it, government spokesman Tamale Mirundi said. “We have convenient places for people seeking refuge. Gaddafi will be allowed to live here if he deems it necessary," he said. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni supports Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. “Whatever his shortcomings, he is still a true patriot. I prefer nationalists to puppets of foreign regimes,” President Museveni said recently about Gaddafi.

Concerts of Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band will take place in Moscow on the stage of Crocus City Hall on June 6. The last time the ex-Beatles drummer performed in Russia was 12 years ago, in 1998. The performance will take place as part of Star's European tour; he is going to perform his hits and songs from the Beatles' repertoire. The day after the capital concert, the musicians will perform at the St. Petersburg Oktyabrsky Concert Hall.

The Novosibirsk telecommunications company Siberian Networks issued an order to remove the films “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and “Pharmacy Cowboy” from the portal www.211.ru, guided by the relevant resolution of the regional department of the Federal Service for Drug Control ( FSKN ). The films “Laughter” and “Anasha” were also banned by the Federal Drug Control Service. We are talking about the submission of the Federal Drug Control Service dated March 18 of this year.

Supporters of Strategy 31 broke part of the fence on Triumfalnaya Square, Novaya Gazeta photojournalist Evgeny Feldman reported on Ekho Moskvy . “At around seven in the morning, two sections of the fence on Triumfalnaya Square, from the side of the Beijing Hotel, were demolished by supporters of Strategy 31,” Feldman said.

The draw for the first and second qualifying stages for the 2014 World Cup in the Asian zone has taken place, the press service of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) reports. At the first stage, the 16 worst Asian teams in the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign will compete in two-game confrontations. The games will take place on June 29 and July 3, 2011. Eight teams that make it through the first stage, as well as 22 more teams, will compete for tickets to the third round.

— 30.03.2011 06:37 — The damaged reactors of the emergency Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant are planned to be covered with domes made of special fabric, which should prevent the scattering of radioactive particles, a representative of the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) told the Japanese newspaper Asahi.

The first artificial satellite of Mercury in history, the space probe MESSENGER , has finally transmitted images of the planet closest to the Sun to Earth. According to NASA , in the first “photo session” the probe received 363 images of Mercury. These images, which NASA representatives call historical, are test images. “Real” scientific work at the device will begin in a few days, on April 4.