The secretary of the White House, responsible for public relations, dezire Rogers resigned. Rogers took this step three months after the reception arranged in the White House in honor of the Indian Prime Minister entered the marital couple, which was not on the list of invited. The incident with uninvited guests forced the American authorities to reconsider security measures in the White House.

Domestic doctors will soon begin a detailed study of the effect of drugs for the treatment of bronchial asthma on the athlete's body. This was announced in an interview with ITAR-TASS by the chief sports doctor of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation Boris Paulev.

A child living in Finland of Russia Inga Rantal can be returned to the country's social custody in the family in the near future. According to the "Interfax" Rantala, the Consul General of the Russian Federation in the city of Turku Alexander Sverchkov on Friday met with representatives of the guardianship authorities; At the meeting, the question was raised about the fate of 7-year-old Robert.

In the final of the Malaysian Open Open 2010 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, the Russian derby will be held, in which two Muscovites will come to face - the first and fourth seeded here, respectively, Elena Dementieva and Alisa Kleibanova.

The famous Turkish pop singer Tarkan, detained on Friday in Istanbul by the drug police, said during interrogation in the security department that cocaine uses, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Turkish media. During the raid held by the Department for Combating the Drugs, 12.5 grams of hashish were discovered at the Istanbul villa of Tarkan.

The judges of the Milan Tribunal decided today to continue the consideration of the case against the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi. He is accused of transferring to his British lawyer David Mills in 1999 - 2000 600 thousand dollars for giving false testimonies in cases of corruption and fraud against the Berlusconi of the company Fininvest.

The troops of Afghanistan and NATO, jointly conducting a large anti -Titiley operation "Mostarak" ("Together" in the south of the country, completed almost all the main military operations, the AFP agency said on Saturday with reference to the representative of the American troops.

The store on the territory of the oil factory in Nazran (Ingushetia) was fired by unknown bandits from automatic weapons on Saturday night. "The incident occurred around 23:00 Moscow time, unidentified persons, presumably two people, opened fire at a store located on the territory of the plant.

A powerful earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Japan. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the US Geodesical Service, its magnitude was 7.3. The epicenter of underground shocks that occurred at 23:31 in Moscow was 85 kilometers east of the city of Nakha on the island of Okinawa at a depth of about ten kilometers.

The scandal, which unfolded around the possible involvement of Israeli intelligence, Mossad in the murder of the prominent figure of the Palestinian Hamas Palestinian movement, Mahmud al-Mabhuh, led to a sharp increase in the number of Israelis who wish to work in this special service, the British newspaper Times reports on Saturday.

The alarm is declared on the Hawaiian Islands (USA) in connection with the approach of the tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake in Chile . A huge wave, according to forecasts, should reach the islands today at 11:19 local time (February 28 at 00:19 Moscow time), ITAR-TASS reports. In Hawaii, the evacuation of the population and numerous tourists from the Coastline of the Pacific Ocean began.

Legal assessment of the detention of the head of Smolensk Eduard Kachanovsky and his deputy Valery Osipov will give the court, however, "the reputation of the region has been caused serious damage." This was stated today at a press conference by the Governor of the Smolensk region Sergey Antufev. “In the current situation, Smolensk will not be ignored. We will not allow the loss of city management in the difficult conditions of winter,” Antufiev emphasized.

For the first time in Russian history, Ekaterina Ilyukhina won a silver Olympic medal in a snowboard, stopping a step away from the final victory in women's competitions in parallel giant slalom in Sipress Mountain.

The question of Georgian candidacy for joining NATO "remains on the agenda." This was announced today at a briefing at the Center for the Foreign Press of the US State Department Assistant Minister of Defense of International Security Alexander Vershbou, ITAR-TASS reports. At the same time, he recalled the high requirements for candidates, and in general made it clear that no changes in Washington’s approach to this issue have occurred recently.

Women's hockey should really become mass and seriously improve its indicators, otherwise it will cease to be an Olympic sport. This, according to ITAR-TASS, said the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge. “I would like to give them more time for growth, but improvement should occur,” Rogge said at a press conference in Vancouver. Women's hockey became Olympic in Nagano in 1998.