The Arctic Monkeys received seven nominations for the British magazine New Musical Express music awards. Nominees for the awards were announced on January 30. Among other things, Arctic Monkeys will compete for the title of best British band with Bombay Bicycle Club, The Horrors, Kasabian and Muse. The contenders for the title of best international group are The Strokes, Foo Fighters, Arcade Fire, Justice and Odd Future.

The Miami Heat won their fifth game in a row in the NBA regular season. On the night of January 31, Miami defeated the New Orleans Hornets with a score of 109:95. The most productive players in this meeting were forward LeBron James and guard Dwyane Wade, who scored 22 points each, the official NBA website reports. In 21 NBA championship games, Miami won 16 victories. The Heat are in second place in the Eastern Conference.

Italian authorities on Tuesday, January 31, announced the final cessation of search and rescue work in the sunken part of the Italian tourist liner Costa Concordia, which crashed off the coast of the island of Giglio on the night of January 14, ANSA reports. According to a representative of the Giglio fire department, quoted by Agence France-Presse , this decision was made due to the dangerous conditions for the work of rescuers on board the ship.

Psychologists from Stanford studied American Christians' views about Jesus and found that they are closely related to their political views. The researchers' paper appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . As part of the work, scientists conducted an online survey of 800 people who considered themselves Christians. Half of them were Protestants, a quarter were Catholics, and another quarter were representatives of other movements of Christianity.

An administrative case was opened against the tour operator Lanta Tour, which suspended its activities last week. This was reported on the website of the Moscow Department of Rospotrebnadzor. The case was initiated under Article 14.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - “sale of goods and provision of services of inadequate quality.” For legal entities, the article provides for a fine of 20-30 thousand rubles.

's advertising revenues Twitter will increase 3.9 times by 2014 and reach $540 million, although the rate of revenue growth will gradually decline. This was reported on January 31 by the research agency eMarketer. According to the agency, Twitter earned $139.5 million from advertising in 2011, with revenue growth of 233 percent. Already in 2012, the same growth rate should be at the level of 83 percent, and by 2014 it should fall to 36 percent.

The prosecutor's office requested information from Yabloko about the location of the party website server. As stated in the organization's press release, employees of the supervisory authority are also interested in information about the hoster. In particular, the prosecutor's office asked for the legal address of the hosting company and its telephone number. The party said in a statement that the request was received on the morning of January 31.

A musical dedicated to the life and work of Charlie Chaplin, “Becoming Chaplin,” will be staged on Broadway. The New York Times blog reports that the musical will run in the 2012-2013 season. It will be based on the production of Chaplin's Footlights, which premiered at the University of California San Diego Theater in 2010. The musical follows the title of Chaplin's 1952 film about the decline of the clown Calvero. At the moment, casting has not yet begun.

In Moscow on Triumfalnaya Square on Tuesday, January 31, another rally of citizens took place in support of Article 31 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. According to the Lenta.ru correspondent and according to law enforcement agencies, about a hundred people took part in the action, which was not coordinated with the city government. Approximately half of them were detained and taken to police stations to draw up reports on administrative violations.

31.01.2012, 02:20:16 version Print | PDA/PDA Jean-Claude Duvalier (center) after returning to Haiti. Photo ©AFP , archive Former Haitian dictator escapes human rights charges Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will not be charged with human rights violations and crimes against humanity. Duvalier, who ruled Haiti for 15 years, will face trial only on charges of corruption.

The cause of the accident of the Meridian satellite was the destruction of the engine of the third stage of the rocket. It did not occur as a result of an explosion, as previously reported, but as a result of the combustion chamber of the engine burning out. told reporters about this The head of the Federal Space Agency , Vladimir Popovkin, .

A large cottage community will be built on Kaluga Highway. This is stated in the message of the MIEL-Country Real Estate company (part of the MIEL holding), which is the developer of the project. The village called “Erin Island” will be located 26 kilometers from Moscow, in a bend of the Pakhra River, which will surround the complex on three sides. The area of ​​the development site is 45 hectares.

Two well-known American lobbyists, who had been promoting Egypt's interests in the United States for several years, refused to further cooperate with Cairo. The Christian Science Monitor writes about the decision of Robert Livingston and Toby Moffet to terminate contracts with the Egyptian authorities. According to the publication, lobbyists decided to stop cooperating with Cairo a few days ago. The amount of their contract was 90 thousand dollars per month.

Eurozone banks will be asked to double the financial assistance provided by the European Central Bank (ECB). The Financial Times writes about this with reference to representatives of financial and credit institutions. According to the publication, if the ECB agrees to the banks’ requests, then in February 2012 the amount of financial assistance to financial institutions could increase to a trillion euros.

The Life News portal intends to have printouts of telephone conversations of one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, Boris Nemtsov, checked for signs of extremism. Life News lawyer Tatyana Khokhlova stated this in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. According to Khokhlova, Life News prepared a corresponding statement to law enforcement agencies.