The number of mortal executions in the world has doubled the authoritative international human rights organization, Amnesty International, a report on the application of the death penalty in 2008. As follows from the document, in the world there are fewer countries where death sentences are executed, but the number of executions themselves increased. In 2008, 8,864 people were sentenced to the highest state of the world, 2390 in 25 countries were executed.

The Federal Air Transport Agency provided subsidies to seven airlines for the transportation of passengers by the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosavision) yesterday reported that the other day they signed agreements on the provision of subsidies for passengers from the Far East to the European part of the country and back with seven Russian airlines.

11:25 // 24.03.2009 In the framework of Moscow, approved by the Moscow Government, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the flight into space, Yuri Gagarin, a virtual museum of astronautics and virtual guide to the space objects of Moscow will be created in the capital in 2011, a source in the city administration said. According to the official, for 2011, the release of a commemorative sign dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first flight into space of a person is also planned.

12:59 // 24.03.2009 Actress Jennifer Aniston broke off relations with musician John Meyer because of his addiction to the Internet. According to sources close to the actress, the musician devoted too much time to updating his blog, not their relationship. According to the Star magazine, the reason for the parting of the couple was that 31-year-old Meyer sat on the network for hours and "every few hours, sometimes even minutes" updated his page on the Twitter website.

16:01 // 24.03.2009 The worldwater overweight champion according to WBC, Ukrainian Vitaly Klitschko said that he intends to meet with Russian Nikolai Valuev and take away the WBA championship belt from him, RIA Novosti reports. “The Klitschko brothers want to win all four heavyweight titles: we already have three,” said Vitaly. “Therefore, I want to meet in the ring with Valuev.” Klitschko Sr.

More than half of the British were able to completely recover from the disease in European countries, the study showed that about 40 thousand men and 60 thousand women in England were able to recover from cancer. During the analysis, it turned out that 67.4% of women with breast cancer and 39.9% of patients with colon cancer were able to defeat the disease. Among patients with stomach cancer, this indicator is 12.4%, with prostate cancer - 44%.

Crimes in the foreign economic sphere cause Russia to many million -dollar damage the number of crimes related to foreign economic activity, such as smuggling, during the crisis increased by 13%. Now it is the most intellectual, highly organized and superprofitable unlawful activity.

20:30 // 24.03.2009 The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called ten animals, the populations of which are threatened by death due to global climate change on our planet. According to RIA Novosti , the main symbol of the threat of climate change by ecologists call the White Bear. In their opinion, with a modern growth rate of global temperature on Earth by the middle of the 21st century, 42% of summer ice will be lost, and after 75 years the white bear can disappear as a species.

09:40 // 24.03.2009 Investigators of Vladivostok opened a criminal case against the chairman of the Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FAR of the Russian Academy of Sciences) Valentin Sergienko, who is suspected of abuse of official position, the accused gave a subscription about the recognizance not to leave, the senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Committee (SK) at the Primorsky Territory Auror Roman told RIA Novosti .

16:10 // 24.03.2009 Warner Bros. I launched a new service that allows everyone to get access to the archive of the films of the company. According to Xinhua , from this week all fans of the old cinema will be able to purchase DVDs with films that have never been released on discs. For only 19.95 dollars, the user will be able to order a disc with a movie by mail or download it to his computer.

A resident of Japan became the first person recognized as surviving both atomic explosions .. A resident of Japan became the first person recognized as surviving both atomic explosions. According to the Associated Press , the 93-year-old Tsetoy Yamaguchi, previously recognized as a result of Nagasaki’s bombing, was officially assigned the status of Hiroshima's bombing.

13:59 // 24.03.2009 A bill was introduced to the State Duma, offering to reduce the protracted winter "holidays" to two days and increase the May holidays, making days off days 1, 2, 3 and 4. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the apparatus of the lower house. The bill prepared the first deputy head of the Duma committee on religious organizations and public associations Vasily Zakharyashchev.

22:14 // 24.03.2009 Forward Manchester United Wayne Runi and his teammate midfielder Paul Skowels will miss only one match in the Championship of the English Premier League against Aston Villa, Times reports. Both players were deleted in the game with Fulham (0: 1). Rooney was threatened with a disqualification for three games, as he disagreed with the decision of the referee and kicked the corner flag.

20:10 // 24.03.2009 The Diaghilev International Festival of Arts, Postiscriptum, which is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the famous "Russian Seasons", will be held in St. Petersburg from October 12 to 19. The program of the first festival represents all those arts whose promotion the great impresario succeeded: painting, ballet, opera. Continuing the tradition of Diaghilev, the festival will unite Russia, Europe and the USA into a single cultural space.

10:15 // 24.03.2009 An exhibition from the collection of one of the richest people in Europe, the ex-husband of the actress Bridget Bardo, the artist and collector of Gunter Zaksa opens today in the exhibition hall of the Tsaritsyno GMZ, the press service of the museum said.