The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Syria calling on President Bashar al-Assad to resign and strongly condemning his regime's human rights violations, Agence France-Presse reported on Thursday, February 16. The resolution, prepared by the League of Arab States with the support of the United States and a number of European countries, was voted for by 137 of the 193 member countries of the General Assembly.

Screenwriter Drew Karpyshyn announced that he is leaving Bioware studio and will stop working in the gaming industry. Karpishin explained this decision by saying that he was going to focus on non-fiction projects (novels and film scripts). "I'm leaving so I can have more time to write novels and do other non-gaming projects. But even though I no longer work for BioWare, I don't intend to cut ties with them.

The Hannover prosecutor's office has sent a request to the Bundestag to lift the immunity of German President Christian Wulff , Agence France-Presse reports on Thursday, February 16. According to representatives of the prosecutor's office, after a thorough check of newly received documents, as well as studying reports in the media, law enforcement agencies had "preliminary suspicions" that Christian Wulff was using his official position for personal gain.

In January 2012, the average cost of apartments on the primary market in Moscow increased by 2.2 percent and amounted to 13.870 thousand dollars per square meter. This is stated in a study by Blackwood. According to the review, in general, average prices for primary luxury housing remained at the December level ($19 thousand per square meter). In the secondary elite market, by the end of the month the average price increased by 1.5 percent to 24 thousand dollars per square meter.

The US Army has signed a contract with the American company ReconRobotics for the supply of 1.1 thousand Recon Scout XT robots, Defense Aerospace reports. This agreement was the largest single purchase of miniature ground robots in the history of the US Army. The transaction amount was $13.9 million. In addition to the robots, the military has ordered a million dollars worth of additional accessories for the Recon Scout XT.

17.02.2012, 13:40:33 version Print | PDA/PDA Archive photo ©AFP Divorce and maiden name Sony parted ways with Ericsson Sony Ericsson has broken up - one of the strongest alliances in the mobile industry, which gave birth to several truly iconic phones of the “zero”. The joint boat between Sony and Ericsson stayed afloat for exactly ten years. For Ericsson, the break means a final exit from the cell phone market, while Sony will try to win the sympathy of users alone.

The US Marine Corps has agreed with the American company Oshkosh Defense to supply 140 trucks and about 70 tractors developed under the LVSR modernized transport cargo systems program. This is reported on the company's website. According to information on the Oshkosh website, the value of the contract for the supply of LVSR exceeds $94 million. Delivery of equipment to the customer should be completed by September 2013.

The Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow sentenced two ex-employees of the Russian Presidential Administration who were found guilty of extortion. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this on February 17. The former head of the control and audit department of medical organizations of the Main Control Directorate of the Presidential Administration, Vladimir Korniyaka, was sentenced to four years in prison and a 20 thousand ruble fine.

The Latvian Ministry of Defense has received information that a Russian Tu-22M supersonic bomber has been spotted over the Baltic Sea. In this regard, as DELFI reports, a fighter jet was scrambled from a NATO air base in neighboring Lithuania “to visually identify the Russian aircraft.” Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks reassured his fellow citizens, explaining that we were talking about Russian Air Force exercises.

Divorce and maiden name Sony splits with Ericsson Sony Ericsson has broken up - one of the strongest alliances in the mobile industry, which gave birth to several truly iconic phones of the “zero”. The joint boat between Sony and Ericsson stayed afloat for exactly ten years. For Ericsson, the break means a final exit from the cell phone market, while Sony will try to win the sympathy of users alone. How it all began Japanese Sony and Swedish Ericsson entered into an alliance in 2001.

The Accounts Chamber (AC) of Russia is ready to help close the topic of “unfair privatization” of the 1990s and calculate one-time compensation contributions from the new owners. stated this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta The head of the department, Sergei Stepashin, . “In principle, you can calculate the difference in the price of those assets for which they were purchased in the 90s and what they actually cost. But, I warn you right away, it will not be easy to do this.

On February 17, the Proun gallery at Winzavod opened the exhibition “Portrait of a Family,” dedicated to a couple of avant-garde artists Nadezhda Udaltsova and Alexander Drevin. This was reported on the gallery's page on the social network Facebook . The exhibition, which tells about the unceremonious life of the artists, presents their self-portraits, portraits, as well as images of their son, nanny, friends who stayed in their house, and pets.

Apple has won a patent dispute with Motorola Mobility over the rights to touchscreen unlocking technology, BBC News reports. slide-to-unlock smartphone maker's first victory The decision in favor of Apple, handed down by a court in Munich on Thursday, February 16, marked the iPhone in its patent disputes with Motorola Mobility.

English students set a record by holding the largest pancake flipping event, writes Metro. The event, organized by University of Sheffield students and broadcaster Dan Walker, was attended by 890 people. Having gathered together, the students with the frying pans on which the pancakes lay, simultaneously threw the dough products into the air and thus made them turn over in flight. The whole action took the participants of the record-breaking action about 30 seconds.

Midfielder of the Belarusian national football team Alexander Gleb, who recently terminated his agreement with the Spanish Barcelona , ​​signed a contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara. Gleb will play for this team until the end of the 2011/12 season, the official website of the Samara club reports. The contract was signed on February 17 in Moscow. On February 18, 30-year-old Gleb will join the rest of the Krylia Sovetov players who are undergoing a training camp in Holland.