The famous American historian and journalist Arthur Schlezinger died from a heart attack. He was 89 years old. Arthur Meyer Schlezinger Jr. is one of the most noticeable figures in the American historical science of the twentieth century. Having graduated from Harvard University in 1938, he published his first book a year later, in 1945 he received his first Pulitzer Prize, and in 1946 he returned to Alma Mater with a full professor.

American senator John McCain announced that he was officially entering the struggle for the right to become a candidate from the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election, the BBC Russian service reports. The 70-year-old politician said these words in a television interview, which is aired on Thursday. “I announce that I will become a candidate for the President of the United States,” he stated.

The birth of the daughter of King Morocco was marked by a festive salute, RIA Novosti reports. Muhammad VI and Princess Lala Salma (Lalla Salma) was born on Wednesday evening. The birth of the princess, who was called Lalla Hadija, was marked by a salute of 21 gun salvos. This is the second child in a royal family. The heir to the Moroccan throne, Prince Moulai Hassan (Moulai Hassan) was born in May 2003.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** Events of the day The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov held a meeting on the economic and social development of the Far East and Transbaikalia and met with regional leaders. The Russian prime minister said that the development of the Far East will require trillions of rubles, and the possible APEC summit is only one of the stages of work.

Recently, the problem of environmental safety of nuclear power plants has been widely discussed. Today, March 1, the Eco Protection organization holds an environmental protest campaign against the so -called “NPP roadmap”.

From 19 to March 24, the Russian youth team born in 1990 will take part in the second qualifying round of the European Championship in 2007, the press service of the Russian Football Union reports. According to the senior coach of the national team Andrei Talalaev, his wards will gather on March 11 in Luzhniki, where they have to pass anti -doping tests. The next day, the team will fly to Spain and stay there until March 17.

The investment climate in Russia today is such that when searching for sources of investment, not the slightest opportunity is overlooked. A lot of Russian companies, which until recently were completely opaque, are suddenly revealing all their trade secrets.

NASA decided to postpone the first person’s flight to the Moon in recent decades due to a lack of money. This was reported in the management of the organization, reports " Gazeta.ru " with reference to AP. The Orion spacecraft will fly to the Moon no earlier than 2015, the delay will be 4-6 months, said the head of NASA Michael Gryffin. “We simply do not have so much money,” said Gryffin.

In the Murmansk region, the Gadzhievsky Garrison Military Court sentenced to the Michman of the squadron of submarines Vitaly Taran for storage in especially large amounts of narcotic drugs, attempted sales in large size and illegal cultivation of narcotic plants, reports Gazeta.Ru. Michman Taran was sentenced to 8 years in prison in a maximum security colony. In addition, he was deprived of a military rank.

Since today, the European Agency for Fundamental Human Rights has been working in the European Union, Echo Moscow reports. This is a new institute created on the basis of the European Observatory operating in Vienna on the problems of racism and xenophobia. The agency will collect information on violations of the fundamental human rights in the EU countries and develop recommendations to national legislative bodies - how to deal with manifestations of racial intolerance.

“The traditional ecological“ horror story ”with an anti -entomer sight is offered to the television cameras,” said Gennady Dernova, an expert in the field of ecology, the deputy secretary of the State Scientific Center “High Energy Physics”, commenting on an ecological protest organized by Eco -Protection, the Eco -Protection Institute of the Eco -Protection Institute, ”. "What can I say about this deliberately noisy action of" eco-protection "?

The secret maps of the territory of the UK, compiled by Soviet intelligence during the Cold War, were so accurate that the company engaged in digital mapping decided to buy them, reports Reuters . British builders will now use high -precision cards. The maps indicate the height of the bridges, the width of the roads, and the extensive array of data on buildings and whether they are fiery or non -combustible.

The bodies of two Russian tourists killed on the night of February 24 in Thailand, on the evening of March 1, will be transferred to their relatives who will come from Kemerovo to Novosibirsk for this. This was stated on Thursday at the press center of the Novosibirsk airport "Tolmachevo", RIA Novosti reports. "The plane with the bodies of two girls, according to the plan, arrives in Novosibirsk at 20.35 local time (17.35 Moscow time).

Yesterday, as part of the II Moscow Biennale, the Exhibition “Petroliana. Neptyan Patriotism” was opened in the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, which was attended by its own correspondent of Polit.ru. This exhibition could be more relevant, except in one of the countries of the Persian Gulf: masters of art in various angles beat the theme of raw hydrocarbons and their places in the modern world.

On February 28, at the final meeting of the tender committee by secret vote, innovative educational programs of 40 universities were selected, which will receive funding from the federal budget for 2007-2008 in the total volume of 20 billion rubles. The competition of innovative educational programs of higher educational institutions has been held since 2006 as part of the implementation of the national project "Education".