** planned tragedy ** In the metropolitan metropolis, misfortunes collapse one after another. The Muscovites did not have time to recover from the shock caused by a terrible tragedy in the subway, as almost three dozen people became victims of the collapse of the water park roof. In the first case, traveling to work or study died. In the second - those who actively rested with the children on a legal weekend.

The European Union was banned by the import of living poultry and eggs from the United States in connection with the outbreak of “bird flu” on one of the farms in the American state of Texas. This decision was made today by the European Commission. The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Rights David Bern said about this: “We want to be sure that American imports are not at risk.” The ban will be valid until March 23.

**Planned tragedy** The capital's metropolis is beset by misfortunes one after another. Before Muscovites had time to recover from the shock caused by the terrible tragedy in the metro, almost three dozen people became victims of the collapse of the roof of the water park. In the first case, those traveling to work or school died. In the second - those who actively vacationed with children on a legal day off.

Sergei Glazyev will be decided on the participation of the president in the next two days. This was reported by the agency Interfax, the press secretary of the candidate Nelly Orlov. This is due to the statement made by Akanun by the head of the campaign headquarters Sergey Glazyev, Yana Dubaykovskaya, who said that Glazyev would be invited to refuse to further participate in the presidential election campaign.

The Ministry of Finance considers it necessary in the future to increase the taxation of property of individuals and consider the possibility of introducing progressive bets, said Deputy Minister of Finance Mikhail Motorin. Now the new head of the Tax Code on the property of individuals is being prepared, which will soon be submitted to the Duma. According to Motorin, it provides for a decrease in the limiting rate of property tax on individuals from current 2% to 0.1%.

The problem of goals and meanings is a problem not only of the government or president. For example, on Polit.ru there is a plot called " Gabists against Yukos ." In my opinion, this wording is superficial and does not grasp the essence of what is happening. It is impossible to seriously describe the essence of the stamps: there are gabists, there are democrats, there are global values ​​... Whether the rate of democracy and movement towards totalitarianism is the main question.

The implementation of the International Middle Eastern settlement Plan “Road Map” is frozen by the Palestinian side, said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Speaking on Monday to the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs and Defense, the head of the government emphasized that the Palestinians refuse to take even the first steps to implement the peaceful initiative supported by the United States, RIA Novosti reports.

The presidential candidates of Irina Khakamada regarding the exit from the election race perceived differently, RIA Novosti reports. The Communist Party candidate Nikolai Kharitonov rejected the proposal to refuse to participate in the elections, as he was nominated by the party, and this decision can be canceled only collegial, while Khakamada and Glazyev are self -nominated.

In the Dagestan city of Khasavyurt on Grozny Street, a terrorist fired at the UAZ police car, in which there was an operational-investigated brigade of the Khasavyurt city department of the internal affairs. According to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Colonel Abdulmanap Musaev, as a result of the shelling, the police captain, the operative of the Khasavyurt, the GOVD and another civilian, who was in a police car, was seriously wounded.

The aggravation of relations between Russia and the European Union, expressed in the resolution of the EU foreign ministers, is another round of trade and tariff wars. Such an opinion in an interview with Polit.ru was expressed by the director of the Moscow representative office of the International Center for Defense Information Ivan Safranchuk.

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov during the Duma election campaign acted (in particular, on NTV) the “face” of voting against everyone. Politicians, in their pragmatic habit, tried to convince him of the absurdity of such a position, but this did not help most of them. Partly clinging to this episode, “Polit.ru” decided to take an interview about politics from Dmitry Alexandrovich Prigov. We talked with the master Psa Korolenko and Vitaly Leibin .

President Haiti Jean-Bertran Aristide turned on Tuesday to the world community with a request to help his country. According to RIA Novosti, in his appeal the president warned that the current political chaos would lead to thousands of deaths. In turn, the leader of the rebels, Guy Philip, said on Tuesday that he was not going to establish a military dictatorial regime, but wants to collect the army dissolved in 1991. The armed uprising against President Aristide began on Haiti on February 5.

The editor -in -chief of the Literary magazine Omega on Tuesday, on Tuesday, began a hunger strike, demanding that the authorities give the journal a magazine the opportunity to resume work. Last Thursday, employees of the special forces and the General Prosecutor's Office held elections at all enterprises of the Georgian company Omega, including the building of the printing house and the Omega magazine.

On February 23, with a delay for one day caused by the next terrorist attack in Jerusalem, the first five buses equipped with a special system to prevent the penetration of terrorists, MIGNEWS.com reports. The main task of the system is to prevent the penetration of the suicide bomber into public transport. To do this, a metal turnstile is installed on the front front door of the bus, which is controlled by the driver.

Japan will help organize an internship for Iraqi doctors, which will take place in Cairo. About 100 Iraqi doctors will take part in the internship under the patronage of Japan and Egypt, said Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. According to her, Japanese specialists will also join the project to reconstruct the electricity supply in Iraq, Kyodo News reports.