The operator of the Catar satellite television channel Al-Jazeera Ali Hassan al-Jaber, who died on Saturday as a result of an attack by armed people on journalists near the city of Bengham in the east of Libya, was Katar's subjects, the television channel said. Al-Jaber was 56 years old. He was an experienced television operator, on the channel he served as the head of the department.

Japan "has been in the most terrible crisis since the Second World War." This was announced today at a press conference by the prime minister of the country of Nato Kan. The Japanese Prime Minister also called on "the people of Japan to unite in the face of a national threat." According to Kan, in recent days in Japan it was possible to save 12 thousand people who suffered from underground shocks and tsunami.

The regions of the Russian Federation in the elections to local parliaments vote with different levels of activity, but more significantly than in previous elections to the legislative authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, Leonid Ivlev, deputy head of the CEC of Russia, told Interfax .

A single voting day has ended in Russia. At 21:00 Moscow time, polling stations were closed in the western region of the country - the Kaliningrad region, where today they chose deputies of the regional parliament and the City Duma of the Administrative Center. According to ITAR -TASS, this single voting day is the last before the elections to the State Duma, which should be held in December.

Libya today announced the unacceptability of the Arabic states resolution adopted on Saturday (LAG) about the need to introduce the UN Security Council in the sky over Jamakhria, which is banned for flights. This was reported by the British media. Tripoli believes that such decisions of the participants in the emergency meeting LAG at the level of the Foreign Ministry managers, held on Saturday in Cairo, are an “unacceptable retreat” from the charter of this organization.

Today, a single voting day takes place in Russia. Elections of different levels covered 74 of 83 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. In total, over 3.2 thousand elections of different levels and local referenda are scheduled in the country. The voter lists include about 24 million people - almost a quarter of the population of the Russian Federation.

Two participants in the beating of journalist Konstantin Fetisov were arrested, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Sunday. "The decision of the Khimkinsky court arrested the previously convicted 24-year-old Yevgeny Morozov and 25-year-old Konstantin Kriventsov. Both are suspected of attacking journalist Konstantin Fetisov," the agency’s interlocutor said.

In the first round of the country's football championship, Kazan Rubin with a score of 2: 0 won the local Kuban in Krasnodar. The success of the team from the capital of Tatarstan, with a fairly equal game, has developed from the two effective strokes of Alan Casaev and Christian Noboa.

Japanese rescuers found a surviving man 15 kilometers from the shore. Apparently, he fell under the wave of the tsunami, and he was taken to the ocean during the tide. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the country's emergency services. Meanwhile, the magnitude of the destructive earthquake shocking Japan from March 11, which shook Japan, is increased from 8.8 to 9.0.

Over 10 thousand who died as a result of earthquakes and destructive tsunami followed by only one Japanese Prefecture Miyaga, which was most affected by a natural disaster. This was announced today in an interview with the NHK television company, the head of the local police Natota Takeuti. “I have no doubt about it,” he said. So far, the official list of those who died in Japan contains the names of more than 800 people. Most of them fall on the coastal prefecture of Miyaga.

A group of 20 Russian tourists returns home from Japan. According to ITAR-TASS, a spokeswoman for the Russian Union of Travel industry, Irina Tyurina, "a plane with 20 Russian tourists, whose departure was scheduled for March 12, will land in Moscow early in the morning." These are mainly tourists of Wand International. Earlier it was reported that instead of the evacuation of tourists , they are asked to leave the airport.

President of the Russian Biathlon Union Mikhail Prokhorov fired the senior coach of the women's national team Anatoly Khvantsev during the relay race, which was held at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Cool the reactor number 3 at the Fukushima-1 NPP with sea water, where plutonium is used along with uranium. This was announced today by the British broadcasting corporation of the Air Force . As the Air Force correspondent conveyed from the scene, the reasons why it is not possible to reduce the temperature in the reactor system are not clear, it is not clear whether the melting of the fuel rods occurred in it.

Manchester United outplayed Arsenal in the quarterfinal match of the England Cup in football. The meeting, held on Saturday at the Old Trafford stadium, ended with the victory of the team of Alex Ferguson with a score of 2: 0. In the 28th minute, the defender of the Mankunians Fabio da Silva made an effective touch, and immediately after the break, Wayne Runi put the victorious point in the match.

The scale of the disaster in Japan forced all world markets to fall. According to quote.rbc.ru , trading shares in Europe on Friday amid news of destructive earthquakes opened with a decrease in leading indices. Stock auction in the United States opened on March 11 mainly by lowering leading indices, which also did not add optimism to investors. Japan is one of the leading exporters in the world and the largest fuel consumer. Oil in New York collapsed below $ 100 per barrel.