Parliamentary elections will take place in Israel on March 28. According to polls, the Kadima (“Forward!”) party, created last November by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is confidently in the lead. According to polls, it can claim 35–40 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.

The head of the Italian Foreign Ministry, Gianfranko Finni, intends to ask the country's government to provide asylum to the Afghan citizen Abdul Rahman, who was threatened with the death penalty for appeal to Christianity.

The Minister of Health and Social Protection of Transnistria Ivan Tkachenko said that the humanitarian aid received from Russia will soon receive three thousand poor families and 6.5 thousand children of Transnistria, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, they will all receive grocery sets - oatmeal, sunflower oil, sugar, flour and cereals. But first of all, children's and medical institutions will receive help.

Four tennis players will represent Russia in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Miami (the prize fund - 3 million 450 thousand dollars). The day before, matches of the fourth circle were held, in which the Russian team was doomed to losses in the composition. The fact is that in two fights the Russians competed with each other. So, the fourth racket of the tournament Maria Sharapova met with her namesake and compatriot Kirilenko and won three sets with a score of 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1.

Since the beginning of 2006, the bodies of the prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar Territory won more than 30 cases of the demolition of illegal buildings. According to the Office of the Rosprirodnadzor in the Krasnodar Territory, all claims were prepared on the basis of materials from inspections of compliance with environmental legislation, conducted by inspectors of Rosprirodnadzor in the water protection zones of the Black Sea and other water bodies.

The press service of the European Commission reported today that in the countries of the European Union there are over 10 million fake coins of the euro in circulation, RIA Novosti reports. According to experts, since the euro in the EU states in 2002, 365 thousand fake coins were seized from the EU states, of which about 96 thousand in 2005. This is 29% higher than the 2004 indicator. Most often, coins are faked with the dignity of two euros.

Olympic champion-2004 and multiple world champion in rhythmic gymnastics Alina Kabaeva, despite successful performances at the two stages of the World Cup, did not guarantee a place at the European Championship, which will be held from September 18 to Portugal, the head coach of the Russian national team Irina Viner said. “Now in the Russian team for the first time in many years, really very tough competition,” Viner Viner quoted “Gazeta.ru” with reference to the whole sport agency.

The University of Olster conducted an IQ study in different nations and found out that the UK takes the 9th place in the rating of mental development coefficients (IQ), while France is a constant opponent of England is only the 19th. When the British University produces, and the British Times newspaper replicates reports of the intellectual superiority of the British over the French, this conclusion is understandable.

The Marty Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, which delivered the humanitarian cargo in Transnistria, today went from Tiraspol to the suburbs of Noginsk, RIA Novosti reports. The representative of United Russia Ernest Davydov, before sending a motorcade, told reporters that, in his opinion, the goal was achieved and expressed the hope that the return path of the column would do without surprises.

The Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexei Gordeev expects that Russia will be able to compensate for the damage from the loss of winter ground due to frost due to sowing Yarovs, RIA Novosti reports. "We will make up for three million hectares at the expense of spring sowing," said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation at a meeting with the President of Russia.

During the special operation, experts of the US government revealed the unreliability of American borders, managing to draw a radioactive material to the country in an amount sufficient to make two small “dirty bombs”, Associated Press reports. Today, at the hearing in the Senate, it was reported that the border services when inspecting people moving across the border, mobile means and goods work as expected.

Today, a special commission was created to investigate the reasons for the crash of the Mi-8 helicopter and the provision of material assistance to the families of the dead and the victims, which was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Grabtsevich, reports RIA Novosti. The Mi -8 helicopter, owned by the Polar Airlines, made a sanitary flight along the route the village of Chocorda - Russian mouth. At 23:07 local time, he disappeared from the radar screens.

Further cooperation of Belarus with the Bureau of Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (BDIPC) OSCE is possible, provided that this organization complies with the principles of independence and objectivity, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. This was stated by the Secretary of the CEC of the Republic Nikolai Lozovik. He expressed doubts that the BDIPCH would be able to transform and conduct a truly independent observation.

On March 31, the CDH will be performed by the Moscow -Petersburg Kabar of Psoy Korolenko (idea, vocals, melodies, modifications of texts) and Alena Alena (melodies, arrangements, piano, melodic) working with literary heritage and musical repertoire of the late XIX - early XX centuries.

According to the data at 11:09 (12:09 Moscow time), 69.09% of the votes were processed in the Verkhovna Rada elections to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian Pravda reports. According to these data, the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych gained 30.02%. In the near future, her separation from the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko can increase to 8%. Now BET has 22.46%. Our Ukraine block remains in third place with 15.32%. The KPU has 6.27% and 3.54%, respectively.