In the US Armed Forces, a third of female military personnel and 6 percent of men said that they were subjected to sexual harassment by colleagues. This was recognized by the Pentagon by publishing the results of the relevant study on Friday, ITAR-TASS reports. At the same time, another report was published, which reports that last year 2688 cases of sexual violence were registered in the Armed Forces, which is 9 percent less than a year earlier.

President of Ecuador Rafael Correa advised the US president either to send troops to the Ecuador-Collumbian border or shut up, RBC reports. According to President Ecuador, "Bush in this situation can either direct his military to the border between Colombia and Ecuador, or shut up and figure out what is happening in Latin America." This statement was made after Bush supported Colombia, which on March 1 conducted a special operation on the territory of Ecuador, reports Associated Press.

In Karaganda (the Admcenter of the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan) on Saturday, the liquidation of the accident in the Kostenko mine continues.

The third racket of the world, the winner of the open championship of Australia Novak Djokovic hopes to play tennis up to 35 years. The Serb said this at a press conference preceding his start at the Tournament in Indian Wells (USA). The access to the final of this tournament in 2007 allowed Jokovic for the first time in his career to enter the top ten world rating. “I am only 20 years old, I still have to go a long way to my main goal - to the title of the best player in the world.

Scientists have found that men are more jealous than higher representatives of the stronger sex, the Air Force reports. During a study conducted by Spanish and Dutch researchers from universities in the city of Groningen (Holland) and the city of Valencia (Spain), 549 men and women were interviewed for their attitude to jealousy. In particular, scientists tried to find out what makes them feel uncertain.

Explosions at the military base in the vicinity of the capital of Albania, in which more than 150 people were injured, probably carried away dozens of lives, Reuters reported with reference to the press secretary of the Albanian prime minister. The Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha said that the first explosion most likely thundered during work with ammunition. In total, 63 people in three teams worked at the ammunition warehouse, the press secretary of the Albanian Prime Minister said.

Almost two dozen aircraft that were supposed to land on Saturday morning at Moscow airports were sent to spare airfields due to strong fog in Moscow, Interfax was told in the dispatch service. "14 aircraft left for spare airfields from Sheremetyevo, three more from Domodedovo. Mostly aircraft were accepted by the airport of Nizhny Novgorod," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, there was no departure to reserve airfields at Vnukovo Airport.

Deputies of the All -Chinese Assembly of People's Representatives (Parliament) at the annual session in the Beijing of the annual session today re -elected Hu Jintao into the highest state post - the chairman of the People's Republic of China, ITAR -TASS reports. He has been holding this position since 2003, when the final transfer of power to the “fourth generation” of Chinese leaders (“First” was Mao Zedong, “Second” - Dan Xiaopin, “Third” - Jiang Zemin).

The Austrian tourists can still be in Algeria in Algeria. This was announced today by the Algerian newspaper El Habar.

In St. Petersburg, a one -year -old girl of Tajik descent was delivered to the children's hospital number 2 in serious condition, a source in law enforcement told Interfax on Saturday. "The girl came to them on Thursday night from the apartment of the house in the village of Lysy Nos (suburb of St. Petersburg). A child born in a 2007 child was diagnosed with a closed head injury, a cerebral bruise, closed with a spaced parietal guests," the interlocutor said.

Israeli aviation destroyed at least three Palestinian militants on Saturday in the gas sector, representatives of the group to which the dead belonged to RIA Novosti . The three activists of the Islamic Jihad, who participated in the missile shelling of Israel, became the first victims of bombing over the past eight days, when an unspoken truce was established in the gas sector and on its borders. The lull was torn off last Thursday.

At the Clot of the Fimal Stage of the UEFA -2007/08 Club, the audience was presented to the public - Nike UEFA Cup Conquest Ball. The ball depicts the UEFA Cup itself and the names of the last ten cities accepting the final of the tournament are written. These include Manchester, which will take the decisive match of the current draw in the Siti Off Manchester arena, the UEFA official website reports. An important factor in the manufacture of the ball is the use of a modern five -layer coating.

The European Union does not intend to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing due to events in Lhasa, the Havier Solan, the Supreme EU Supreme EU High Representative on General Foreign Policy and Foreign Security Policy. According to him, the EU "in any case, will be present at the Beijing Olympics." The European Union called on China’s authorities to show restraint in relation to participants in protest shares in Lhasa.

Vlahleb, which provides more than 80% of the needs of residents of Vladivostok in bread, increased prices for about 25%, despite the agreement with the administration of the Primorsky Territory on their freezing, RIA Novosti reports. On Friday, prices rose in all the branded stores "Vlahleba", and on Saturday, all stores with partnerships with this enterprise have already switched for new prices. Previously, the bunch of the most chassis in Vladivostok “Podolsky” cost 19 - 20 rubles, now - 25.

The leader of the St. Petersburg football club "Zenit" Andrei Arshavin remained unhappy with the results of the draw of the 1/4 finals of the UEFA Cup, as a result of which his team went to the Leverkuzen "Bayer", but expressed hope for the next round of the tournament. “I don’t know who pulled the lots to us. I am sure that this is a respected person,” his official website quotes the forward of the striker.