Far from the "hot spots" of the planet, behind the polar circle, a real fight for the future unfolds. In connection with global warming and melting of the ice of the Arctic and Antarctic, rich in oil and gas, in 50 years they will become the last pantry of energy resources and the key transport hub of the planet. Five countries are ready to dispute the lands of the Arctic lands from each other by force of weapons. Even more powers competes for dominion over Antarctica.

Tonight, after the sunset, with the offensive on the Jewish calendar of the 14th day of the month of Adar, the followers of Judaism will begin to celebrate Purim (the holiday of the lot), established in memory of the salvation of Jews from extermination, whose attempts were made in the Persian kingdom during the reign of the King Artaxerxes (5th century BC). These events are described in detail in the book Esther (Esther).

Relatives of the soldier Andrei Sychev, who suffered from hazing in the Chelyabinsk Tank School, received the keys to the apartment in Yekaterinburg on Monday, provided to them by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. “The apartment was transferred to us, and not under a social employment agreement, as was originally proposed.

On April 4, the rising stars of the La Scala Theater Stefania Spadjari (Soprano) and Christiano Olivieri (tenor) will perform in the Moscow International House of Music. The concert, at which the best arias from the operas of great composers are performed by the masters of the Milan school, promise to become an event of the musical life of the capital.

In the period from March 25 to March 31, joint exercises of the Armed Forces of the United States and the Republic of Korea will be held in South Korea. In the DPRK, future exercises were called the preparation for the invasion. US aggressive plans and the policy of double standards, according to Pyongyan, is a sufficient justification for creating its own nuclear weapons.

In the British city of Solford, located next to Manchester, unknown criminals opened fire on visitors to the Brass Handles pub. As a result of the shootout, two people died, two more were injured. The police were called to the pub after a message about shots in a beer institution. Presumably shooting was the result of a criminal war between warring groups. Two men died on the spot, two more were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, Sky News reports.

In Brazil, a citizen Livan was arrested, suspected of involvement in the murder of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafi Hariri. According to a representative of the Brazilian police on Monday, the arrest was made at the hotel in the city of San Paulo by the warrant of Interpol, an arrest of 39-year-old wounds Abdel Rakhim Kulelat.

The ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky has not yet received a response from the colony administration in Krasnokamen in the Chita region at his request to allow him to engage in scientific activities. This was reported on Monday by the lawyer of Khodorkovsky Karina Moskalenko to reporters. "Any question cannot remain unanswered for a month. I have been sending complaints in the Khodorkovsky case to various instances before - in December, January, I still have no answer.

The most popular American tennis player Andre Agassi said that he would buy five cubic meters of Wimbledon, owned by the legendary Bjorn Borgu. The Swede, who is experiencing financial difficulties, decided to put trophies for auction in order to somehow support his family. According to Lenta.ru , Agassi wants to get cups not in a personal collection, but to transfer them to one of the museums. “No one should own the Wimbledon winner,” the American explained his position.

On Monday, matches of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs of the Russian Hockey Championship among the teams of the Super League started. In the first three matches of the day, the teams, who took higher places following the results of regular championship, won home victories and led in their series with a score of 1-0. The winner of the regular championship - Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" - did not leave a chance to his teammates from Novokuznetsk.

The UK conducts secret developments of a new nuclear warhead in collaboration with the Americans. According to The Times on Monday, this can provoke a legal scandal regarding the spread of nuclear weapons. The government is engaged in this program, at the same time arguing that no decision to replace the British nuclear nuclear program for Trident’s containment has yet been made.

In the United States, as a result of several tornado, at least 3 people were killed, dozens were injured. The wind speed in the epicenter of the hurricane reached 330 kilometers per hour (about 91 meters per second). Tornado reserved a strip of destruction 30 kilometers long. Thousands of people were left without electricity. The element raged in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Illinois and was accompanied by a strong thunderstorm.

The American authorities arrested an elderly deserter who fled to Canada from the Vietnamese War. 56-year-old Allen Ebni, who was born in the United States, and in 1977 became a Canadian citizen, was arrested on Thursday March 9 at a border point when he tried to enter the American state of the Canadian province of British Colombia, reports Reuters. American officials accused him of desertion and took into custody.

A resolution is introduced to the US Senate on Monday, condemning US President George Bush in connection with the program approved by him by the secret listening to the telephone conversations of the Americans.

The Butyrskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office began an audit on the collapse of the ceiling in the Otradnoy market, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the prosecutor's office of the capital. Recall, on March 12, at 12:30 Moscow time, under the weight of the snow, part of the roof of one of the pavilions of the Protide grocery market on the signal passage, as the agency’s interlocutor, explained, an ardent canopy of a corrugated galvanized metal between two independent buildings explained.