The former head of the Libyan intelligence service of Abdulla al-Senousi was detained on Saturday night at the international airport of the capital of Mauritania, AFP reports with reference to sources in local security services. As -Senousi - son -in -law and one of the closest associates of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court. As Interfax reports, As-Senousi arrived at the ONAKShot flight from Casablanca (Morocco).

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova reached the final of the prestigious tournament, which takes place in Indian Wells. In the semifinals, Maria - a Russian woman, now occupying the second line of the world ranking, was stronger than Ana Ivanovich from Serbia.

The death penalty for the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro Vladislav Kovalev was shot, his relatives say. As Kovalev’s sister told reporters, a letter from the Supreme Court came to the address of the convicted person in Vitebsk, which refers to the execution of the death sentence against Vladislav Kovalev. Kovaleva’s mother clarified: "The notification is dated to the Supreme Court on March 16. So, perhaps they shot him earlier.

The scandalously famous British boxer Derek Chisore can return the license only with good behavior. This was stated by the Secretary of the British Council for Boxing Control Robert Smith. As Smith explained in an interview with The Telegraph , disqualification can be removed after a series of positive acts. He can conduct training with children, engage in socially useful work, or simply change his scandalous image. “Everyone can apply for a license.

Forward of the South Korean national football team and the London Arsenal Pak Chu Yun received a delay from the draft for military service until 2022. Park Chu Yun, before moving to Arsenal, played for three years in the French championship for Monaco, where he received permission to live in Monaco for 10 years.

The vice-president of the Russian Academy of Arts, the largest master of theatrical and decoration art, Mikhail Kurilko-Ryumin, died on Friday in Moscow at the 90th year of his life after a long illness, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Academy of Arts.

In the village of Tukita, the Ahvakh district of Dagestan, a fire occurred in a private house, four children died, Interfax was told in the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in Dagestan. "The message about the fire was received by the on -duty remote control at 5:00 Moscow time on Saturday," the press service employee said. According to him, during a fire, four children aged three to 15 years were killed. Their mother, born in 1974, is hospitalized with burns.

In addition to the mother and father of a 9-month-old girl abducted in Bryansk, investigators checked the closest relatives on the polygraph, one of the relatives told Interfax on Saturday. “Investigators go to us every day. We checked everyone on the polygraph, including me. We agree to everything, the main thing for us to find our child. This is our tiny, our“ button ”, we are very bad without her! We don’t sleep, we don’t eat, we are waiting for at least some information about our girl.

The metropolitan police pulled additional forces to Pushkinskaya Square in the center of Moscow, where about 500 representatives of the opposition gathered to meet with the deputy Gennady Gudkov ("Fair Russia"). About 20 participants in the "inconsistent rally" were detained on the Revolution Square, three were detained on Pushkinskaya, who refused to curtail posters. During the detentions, the crowd chanted: "Shame!" Soon they were released, and communication as a whole passed calmly.

The British Pilon McLarena Lewis Hamilton won the first qualification of the new season in Formula 1. His partner Comrade Jenson Batton lost a little Lewis. “In my opinion, for me and Jenson, this is the first double in qualification. It’s very cool that the season begins so successfully,” Hamilton told reporters. “I am proud of our team, which, as always, works with a huge tension of strength and never gives up. The race promises to be very complicated, the struggle will be sharp.

The Washington National Gallery announced the creation of its own photo bank, RIA Novosti reports. Currently, the gallery has posted more than 20 thousand photos on the Internet with a resolution of up to 3 thousand pixels, among them - a photograph of the only work in America by Leonardo da Vinci "Ginevra Benchi", as well as the works of Rafael, Vincent Van Gogh and Jan Vermer.

Ukrainian "Party of Regions" found an ally on the eve of the elections An agreement has been signed on the merger of the Party "Strong Ukraine" with the Party of the regions of Yanukovych. Before the election, the president promises social initiatives for $ 3 billion, including a 2%mortgage and compensation for depreciated deposits to Sberbank of the USSR.

The German biathlete Magdalena Neuner, who won the last sprint in her brilliant career, willingly shared her emotions from victory and once again confirmed her decision to leave great sport. "Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk has become a real fun for me, the race brought me a lot of positive emotions. And this is distinguished by my performance at the World Cup in Ruppolding, where I was serious pressure, since the competitions took place in my homeland," Magdalena Vesti.ru quotes me.

In the starting match of the 35th round of the country's football championship, the Petersburg Zenit (in the Khimki Arena) defeated the Moscow Dynamo with a score of 5: 1 (3: 0). Two goals in his asset were recorded by the striker of the Russian national team Alexander Kerzhakov. At one time, Dynamo Deniko Krisito, Sergey Semak and Sabolch Huzi, were upset. At the metropolitan club, Kevin Kuranii delivered an effective blow. “Of course, two goals were affected by literally in the first half.

Ireland celebrates St. Patrick's Day: a scientific procession on Dublin, concerts and dancing Dublin's parade rehearsed for more than a year. 3000 participants tried to play scenes with the help of songs and dances that explained quite difficult questions: “How is the rainbow formed?”, “Why does the weather change?”, “How does electricity get?”. Ireland celebrates its national holiday with an unprecedented scale - St. Patrick's Day. Mass festivities and processions pass throughout the island.