Today, March 19, French Rafale fighters are flying over Libya on a reconnaissance mission. According to French media, which cite military sources, fighter jets are flying “over the entire Libyan territory.” In particular, French planes are in the skies over Benghazi. Today in Paris there is an emergency summit of leaders of the EU, the US, the UN and the League of Arab Countries, after which a decision may be made to launch air strikes on the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Today, March 19, the IAEA reported that Japanese authorities have ordered a halt to the sale of all food products from Fukushima Prefecture, where radiation-contaminated products were discovered. Let us remind you that experts discovered increased levels of radiation in milk and spinach in Fukushima Prefecture near the damaged nuclear power plant. Radiation levels in both products could be hazardous to health, he noted. Based on materials from the BBC

As a result of the earthquake that occurred on March 11, the Oshika Peninsula in the northeast of the main Japanese island of Honshu moved 5.3 m in a southeast direction and sank 1.2 m. According to the Institute of Geography of Japan, the displacement of the peninsula, which is part of Miyagi Prefecture, is the most significant shift of the earth's crust on record.

If the Japanese authorities fail to cope with the accident at the damaged nuclear power plant 32K 4 min. ... Yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan called the disaster at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant the most serious crisis in the country's post-war history. Damage at the second and third power units of the plant, where the reactor cooling system failed, was assigned level five out of seven possible on the International Nuclear Event Scale - INES (International Nuclear Event Scale).

352 1 min. ... Today marks the 64th anniversary of the General Director of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater Vladimir Urin He is congratulated by the artistic director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater Alexey Borodin: — Dear Vladimir Georgievich! I'm glad I can wish you a happy birthday! Today you are in the prime of your life, as always talented, successful, full of energy, rare professionalism, and human decency of the highest standard.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed order No. 415-r on supporting the Ural International Exhibition and Forum of Industry and Innovation “Innoprom-2011”. As reported in the information policy department of the Sverdlovsk governor, the organizing committee for preparations for the event was headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Sechin. The head of the Sverdlovsk region, Alexander Misharin, became his deputy.

Today, March 19, it became known that employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross returned to the Libyan city of Benghazi. “The improved security situation has made it possible to return to Benghazi,” said the humanitarian organization's head of mission in Libya, Simon Brooks. “Our goal is to continue to support hospitals, visit detainees in Benghazi and other cities, working together with the Libyan Red Crescent to provide assistance to civilians,” he added.

The Ministry of Economy is ready to support only the poorest strata of innovative companies High-tech companies, when entering the stock exchange, can now return up to 50% of all placement costs (audit, payment for brokerage services, etc.), but in the amount of no more than 5 million rubles—this is the initiative taken by the Ministry of Economy.

Norwegian authorities were unable to extradite from Oslo to St. Petersburg the famous nationalist and participant in martial arts tournaments Vyacheslav Datsik, better known by the nickname Red Tarzan. Russian aviation authorities prohibited the Cessna-650 aircraft of the Danish airline North Flying from crossing the border due to the fact that the Norwegians did not issue the appropriate permit - the so-called Flight plan.

Warren Christopher, who headed the US State Department from 1993 to 1997, died on March 19 at the age of 85. The diplomat died from complications associated with kidney disease and bladder cancer, RIA Novosti reports. Christopher is known in particular for his efforts to achieve the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, and for his participation in the release of American hostages in Iran in 1981.

Today, March 19, the referendum on amendments to the Egyptian constitution is being held with a high voter turnout; at some polling stations it was necessary to order the delivery of additional ballots and ballot boxes, since the number of people wishing to vote from the first hours significantly exceeded the technical capabilities of many election centers.

In the publication “Mayak was offered a procedure” (see Kommersant No. 43 dated March 15, 2011), with reference to SPARK-Interfax, it was stated that the co-owners of Agriplant CJSC (Krasnodar) are Gennady Grushko and Alexander Knyazkov . According to updated data, the founder and sole owner of Agriplant CJSC from the day of its formation is Alexander Knyazkov. Gennady Grushko had nothing to do with the Agriplant company and does not have anything to do with it.

Samara communists will collect coins Today, Samara communists are going to hold a series of pickets to raise funds (coins of 1, 5, 10 kopecks) to pay “compensation” to Vyacheslav Volodin, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the United Russia faction. This action was organized in support of State Duma parliamentarian from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin, whom the court ordered to pay Mr. Volodin 1 million rubles.

Today, March 19, it became known that OTP Group has launched its subsidiary OTP Credit, specializing in issuing consumer loans at points of sale. “Regional offices of OTP Credit already operate in six cities of Ukraine: Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov, Lvov, Nikolaev and Vinnitsa. The company currently has 80 employees,” noted Vladimir Mudry, General Director of OTP Credit LLC, adding, that in the near future it is planned to expand its presence to all regions of the country. Mr.

But I only got to the doctor Ex-press secretary of the Khamovnichesky District Court Natalya Vasilyeva, who made a statement in February about pressure on the court when sentencing Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, returned to work in court for the first time yesterday. According to Ms. Vasilyeva, her colleagues greeted her without enthusiasm, and the deputy chairman of the court offered to work for now as an assistant to one of the judges. An hour later, Ms.