In South Africa, at least 12 miners managed to independently rise from an emergency illegal mine near Johannesburg, reports Reuters . To date, about 200 miners remain blocked underground. Earlier, South African rescuers suspended a rescue operation, as most miners refuse to accept help, fearing that they will be transferred to the police on the surface. The collapse on the gold mining mine occurred on Sunday February 16.

Damage to the high pressure gas pipeline under the Polish city of Slupsk caused the suspension of train movement, RIA Novosti reports. According to the representative of the local police, the section of the Shchezin-Kdansk highway is closed, transport is sent to the detour. Emergency employees work at the scene. The cause of damage to the gas pipeline is not specified.

Anna Sakoyan John Kerry Photo: Blogpublika.com On February 5, 2014, the current US Secretary of State 70-year-old John Kerry said in an interview with CNN that he would not participate in the 2016 presidential election and generally intends to leave politics. He also stated that he would not comment on those who will participate in these elections.

The court No. 2 of the Almaty district of Astana sentenced the founder and founder of the Kazakhstan religious association “Grace” of Bakhytzhan Kashkumbaev to 4 years in prison for the psychological processing of parishioners and the soldering of their hallucinogens. This was reported on the court website. The arrest of the defendant was replaced by a recognizance not to leave and proper behavior.

At the Geneva airport, the passenger aircraft of the airline Ethiopian Airlines landed, from which a signal was received about the capture of the aircraft, presumably, pirates. This was reported by the portal AirlinerReporter.com . The Boeing 767 aircraft followed from Addis Abab to Rome. During the flight above Sudan, the pilots gave a signal about the capture. Subsequently, the plane landed at Geneva Airport.

The organizers of the Olympic Games in Sochi decided to cancel the qualification races in a snowboarding cross among men due to strong fog. The first qualification arrival was supposed to begin at 11:00. At first it was reported that the start was postponed at 12:15, but after some time information about the cancellation of the race appeared in the competition schedule. In this discipline, Russia is represented by Nikolai Olyunin, Andrei Boldykov and Anton Coprivitsa.

The flight attendant of the Ural Airlines, which fell out of the plane in Dubai due to the ramp, is successfully operated on, its condition is evaluated as stable moderate, Interfax reports with reference to the airline press service. Further treatment of the stewardess will take place in Dubai. A special commission works at the site of the incident. To execute a flight to Perm, the airline sent a backup plane. The incident occurred when preparing a flight from Dubai to Perm.

Privatization of Rostelecom OJSC can bring to the Russian budget up to 150 billion rubles, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Federal Property Management Agency Olga Dergunova. According to Dergunova, the privatization of Rostelecom should provide the lion's share of receipts from the privatization of Russian companies laid down in the budget law.

Russian skaters Elena Ilyin and Nikita Katsalapov won a bronze medal in ice dancing. The first place, following the results of a short and arbitrary programs, went to Maryl Davis and Charlie White from the USA (195.52 points). The seconds were Canadians Tessa Virchu and Scott Moir (190.99 points). Elena Ilyin and Nikita Katsalapov received 183.48 points from judges. Another Russian duet, Ekaterina Borbova and Dmitry Soloviev, became fifth.

The Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games in Sochi decided to transfer the Snowboard Cross final among men due to strong fog. This was reported on the official website of the games . Earlier, due to the fog, qualification races and a male biathlon mass start were postponed .

The Belarusian freestyler Anton Kushnir brought his Olympic team a gold medal of ski acrobatics competitions, Interfax reports. The second place was taken by David Morris from Australia, Chinese Jia Zyunyan was the third. The best result among Russians was shown by Pavel Krotov, who took tenth place. Kushnir medal became the second gold of the team of Belarus in the day. Earlier, biathlete Daria Domracheva won the race from a general start.

When the aircraft crash in the Himalayas, 18 people were killed, Agency France-Presse reports. According to the representative of the Katmandu airport airport, the police found in the mountains of the fragments of the aircraft airline Nepal Airlines. The 15 passengers and three crew members were killed on board. Among the victims there is a child.

The Geneva Kuentren Airport, in which the Ethiopian Airlines captured Early Selo, resumed work, reports Tribune de Genève . In connection with the incident at the airport, about a hundred passengers could not fly out in time. On board the liner stolen by his own second pilot were 200 passengers and the rest of the crew. Most of them (140 passengers) were Italians. All travelers are healthy, nothing threatens their safety. Police and psychologists work with them. The plane was heading to Rome.

In the Mogilev Regional Psychiatric Hospital of Belarus, the patient shot a doctor of pneumatics 7 times, but did not hit, reports Belarus Today . The 21-year-old firing B. came to the hospital for a scheduled inspection and opened fire on 38-year-old B., working as a psychiatrist-narcologist. The visitor shot 7 times in her direction from a pneumatic pistol.

As a result of the crash of the aircraft in the United States, three people died, according to the Associated Press . According to the local police, a light -engine plane collapsed shortly after takeoff. Three people who were on board died. The cause of the plane crash, presumably, was bad weather conditions.