In Moscow, the organizers of spectacular events are recommended to refrain from participating in them birds, which is associated with the threat of the spread of bird flu .

Next week, March 22-23, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the European Council of Religious Leaders will be held in Moscow, in which prominent religious figures in Europe will take part.

The nearest terrorist attack in Europe can occur on March 20 - the anniversary of the war in Iraq. In addition to this date, special attention is paid to the European elections, which will be held on July 12-13. At the same time, although analysts believe that the danger of terrorist attacks is great, so far there are no specific data on their preparation.

The environmental prosecutor's office of the Kamchatka region opened a criminal case against Governor Mikhail Mashkovtsev on the fact of exceeding his official powers, which resulted in serious consequences. In accordance with Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he may face up to 10 years in prison.

The lot for the EBAY online auction is called: "A house for sale with an area of ​​88 square meters. Before, a boy lived here, who became the president." In the house of Bill Clinton. In this house in the city of Hope, Bill Clinton lived from 1951 to 1953 aged 5 to 8 years. The current owner of the house, Gary Johnson, has been living in him with his mother over the past 10 years.

The forensic expert, who gave police consultations on how to protect children from pedophiles, was imprisoned for seven years for systematic sexual harassment against three minor girls. 54-year-old Stefen King, whose duties included also the recommendations of punishments for pedophiles, as it turned out at the trial, had sex with a 10-year-old child. King found himself guilty of 21 accusations, including rape of girls under 13 years old, and 10 cases of depraved actions.

In the center of Moscow, on Wednesday morning, a currency exchange point of the Commercial Bank "Stork" was robbed. According to the Office of the Information and Public Relations of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Capital, at about 09:50, when the manager opened the exchange point, he included two unknown people. The criminals inflicted the cut wounds on the manager, after which, threatening with a knife, they forced to open a safe with money.

The Supreme Court of Justice of Israel, which of the three judges (Michelle Kheshin, Mirim Naor and Eliezer Rivlin), rejected on Wednesday morning the petition of the Russian OJSC Channel One - an international network against the decision of the Cable and satellite broadcasting to ban the screening of Israeli advertising on the air of Israeli. This decision, made a month and a half ago, came into force on February 23.

No wonder they say: "gray hair in a beard is a demon in the rib." The new proof of this dubious truth was provided by the 64-year-old Saudovets Salekh As-Sayari, who had married the other day for the 58th time. His new chosen one was a 13-year-old girl, who now has to go through a new test. The fact is that according to Sharia (Islamic Law), the Muslim is allowed to have no more than four wives at the same time.

Viktor Zubkov was appointed head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, the Department of Government Information told reporters. The corresponding order was signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov. Until now, Zubkov led the State Committee on Financial Monitoring, which, as a result of administrative reform, was transformed into the relevant service.

The Ministry of Economic Development increased its forecasts for GDP growth, industrial production and investment. High export prices and an ongoing investment boom forced to increase forecasts and independent experts, who have long become clear that the Russian economy was growing this year much more frequent more of official forecasts.

The Japanese Cabinet of Ministers introduces from next month the practice of conducting weekly working lunch to create an informal communication atmosphere between representatives of the ministries. The initiator of the innovation was the Prime Minister of Dzyuniitiro Koizumi, who liked a similar practice in Sweden, reports Japan Times.

In February and March, several explosions on gas pipelines and on power lines of power lines thundered in the suburbs. Officials in the wake of the explosions said that this was the work of ordinary hooligans, but then Shamil Basayev announced their involvement in these incidents. It is argued that the purpose of this action was to leave Moscow in winter without natural gas.

The draft government decree prepared by the Ministry of Finance on new tariffs for compulsory civil liability insurance provides for reducing the cost of policies by 10-30%, Vedomosti reports. The current tariffs for compulsory insurance (OSAGO) were calculated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development and approved in May 2003 Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. With a basic rate in 1980 rubles, insurance can cost much more due to correction factors.

In the city of Timishoara, in the west of Romania, Orel Bildar shot down a policeman and left, leaving him with a fracture of his legs to lie on the road. When the patrol cars finally caught up with him and forced him to stop, the police did not believe his eyes: the driver got out of the car in black glasses and with a stick. It turned out that the violator is 84 years old, he is deaf and blind. Orel Bildar, as usual, went to the bank for pension, writes Ananova .