The city defenders in St. Petersburg managed to prevent the demolition of a historical building in the center of St. Petersburg. The owner of the Jurgens house agreed to change the reconstruction project after he was proved that the building is not emergency, Business Petersburg writes. The All -Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture (VOOPIK) prepared a new technical examination of the Jurgens house (19 Zhukovsky Street).

The troops of Muammar Gaddafi returned control of the city of Ez-Zavia, which was closest to Tripoli, which is 50 km west of the capital. According to the guest evidence of Jamahiria, the “leader of the terrorists Hussein Darbuk” and his deputy were killed during clashes, other rebel leaders were captured. According to a statement that was widespread under state television, government troops captured 31 tanks, 19 armored personnel carriers and 45 anti-aircraft guns, ITAR-TASS reports.

The publication of RBC Daily decided to find out in the company "Euroset" when the second model of the iPad tablet , officially represented on March 2, began to be sold in Russia. On March 11, his sales will begin in the United States, and from March 25, the iPad 2 can be bought in a number of European and other countries. In Euroset, journalists were told that Russian sales of a new tablet can start no earlier than two months later.

Without the expected scandal, the appearance of the 18-year-old Moroccan dancer of Karima El-Mar, which was better known under the pseudonym Ruby, was there tonight at the Vienna Opera Balu. Moreover, the organizers of the ball, who at first were scared and shocked by the visit of such an extraordinary guest, whose name does not leave the pages of the world newspapers in connection with the trial against the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, eventually replaced the anger for mercy.

The federal judge of the state of California determined the terms of consideration of the plagiarism case, which is accused of the creators of the painting "Lord of the Bury", who won the six most prestigious Oscar prizes in 2010. The lawyers of the plaintiff, the American military Jeffrey Sarver, and the defendants in the person of the creative team of the tape and the Summit Entertainment film studio, will present their arguments in Los Angeles on April 4.

After the federal elections, several governors may lose their posts. As expected, the first to resign the head of the Tula region Vyacheslav Dudka, who is involved in the case of bribery. A few more governors may be in the "black" list, RBC writes today. As noted by the publication, a year ago the Kremlin changed policy in relation to governors and began to especially closely monitor how the heads of regions build relations with local elites.

The son of ex-president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak after the coup and the departure of his father tried to commit suicide, writes the electronic version of the Algerian newspaper Echorouk . According to the newspaper, Gamal Mubarak tried to be poisoned while in Cairo, after the law enforcement agencies made an attempt to confiscate funds from his several foreign bank accounts.

The eighteen Ufa people joined the starving third day for deceived equity holders who require a personal meeting with the head of Bashkiria to clarify the situation around the houses unfinished in the established deadlines, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the lawyer of interest holders Zulfi Gaysin. The action of the hunger strike of the deceived equity holders of unfinished residential facilities "Spacious-South", "Bashsnab-Komplekt" and "Geostroy" began on Tuesday.

The appearance of black hawks in Kabardino-Balkaria, contrasting itself with a terrorist underground, is quite natural and justified, according to the member of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC), the first vice-speaker of the Federation Council Alexander Torshin.

To create the International Financial Center, it is necessary to implement international financial reporting standards in the optimal time, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting on the creation of the MFC. The implementation of this idea, in his opinion, directly depends on the solution of two problems. “The first task concerns the financial architecture of the MFC. In Russia, there should be a center where all the main types of financial instruments are presented.

The American Corporation of Motorola Mobility, or rather its recently created Motorola Mobility cell phones unit, wants to return to European markets in the wake of the success of its Android Smartphones in the United States, Cybersecurity.ru reports.

The DPRK refused to accept 27 of her fishermen, who on a wooden longboat entered in February in South Korean territorial waters. The boat, on which there were 31 people, including 20 women, in a thick fog nailed to the island of Enphendo in the Yellow Sea on February 5. This was reported by the Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Association, ITAR-TASS reports. The day before, the official Seoul said that only 27 people were expressed to return to his homeland.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised that the government could once again index salaries to state employees. He stated this, speaking at the United Russia interregional conference on the topic "Strategy for the socio-economic development of central Russia until 2020. The program for 2011-2012." His performance can be regarded by a kind of “answer” to yesterday’s speech by President Medvedev, which many experts called “election” .

The sex scandal erupted at the North-Western University at the American Chicago: there, students at a lecture showed sexual intercourse using an electric saw. Its viewers were about 100 students of the course "Sexuality of a Man", which is read by the professor of psychology, John Michael Bailey.

The Minister of Antiquities of Egypt and one of the most famous archaeologists in the world of Zahi Hawass said he was leaving his post, reports OpenSpace with reference to The New York Times . According to the newspaper, the reason was the numerous campaigns against him, including from his own ministry. According to Havas, he can no longer work in a constant boycott.