In today's program of the world ski championship, which takes place in Sapporo (Japan), a draw of three sets of awards. Two are already played out. The first gold medal for the Russian national team was brought by Olga Zavyalova, who won in the dutlon (7.5 km with a classic course + 7.5 km free strokes). And the Finnish team, whose bicarries were the best in team competitions (jumping from a large springboard and a relay race of pursuit 4x5 km), are already three higher awards.

Foreign ministers of the seven Muslim countries called for solving the Middle Eastern problems with a diplomatic rather than force. In a joint statement adopted at a meeting in Islamabad, ministers expressed deep concern in connection with the injection of tension in the region - especially around Iran's nuclear program. Representatives of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well as the Islamic Conference, participated in the meeting.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that the fate of the peace process in the Middle East depends on the fair solution to the Palestinian problem. Aziz spoke today in Islamabad at a meeting of the head of the organization, the Islamic Conference of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and foreign ministers of seven leading Muslim countries (Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey).

BB --- at least 16 people died and dozens were injured today in a student town in the east of Baghdad. The suicide bomber has driven an explosive device. Earlier on the same day, Shiite regions in the south of Baghdad were subjected to missile shelling. Information about the victims is contradictory. Police sources talk about ten dead, according to other sources, three people were injured.

Iran first launched a rocket into space. According to the Iranian information agency with reference to the space center, the apparatus with scientific equipment rose 150 kilometers, and then went down to the ground with a parachute.

In Iran, a French citizen who spent 15 months was released in Iran. Stefan Lerbier was detained in November 2005 in Iran’s territorial waters, where, according to him, he swam on the boat accidentally - during fishing. His companion, German Donald Klein, was also arrested. Both were sentenced to 18 months in prison. As the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs explored today, the term of conclusion of Lerbier was reduced by decision of the supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei.

Tamara Lyalenkova: In today's program, we will talk about military games in which real historical events are reconstructed. At first glance, such a hobby is inherent in men who, as a child, placed soldiers on the parade ground and fired from a pistol. In addition, the role in the military game, with a very modest exception, is also purely male. However, girls, women, women are striving to get into military-historical clubs today.

At least 39 people died, according to the latest data, during an explosion in the Iraqi city of Khabbania. 64 were injured. The mined car exploded at the Sunni mosque. Under Baghdad at the international airport, the rebels attacked the checkpoint of the Iraqi police. 8 police officers died, 2 were injured. Late in the evening in Baghdad, a series of explosions occurred. It is reported that this is the result of a military operation against the rebels in the southern part of the Iraqi capital.

Andrei Sinyavsky, from the day of the death of which is 10 years old, once said that he was an enemy. And he added: not to anyone, not for some reason, but the enemy in general, the enemy as such. With his characteristic pointing the problem, he indicated the place of the writer in society. The writer is with anyone, always on its own. So, in a common sense - against. So - the enemy.

How to find a council for a car service or an insurance company in a conflict situation? Visiting Avtochasa-Anton Nedzvetsky, vice-president of the Russian Consumer Society of Russia, as well as Ekaterina Parkhomenko, editor-in-chief of the Internet Sit Radio Liberty, and our permanent expert Yuri Geyko, the host of the AvtoLikbes on Autoradio program.

In Koenigze (Germany), the final stage of the World Cup is held. The program was completed by the fourth competitions, where Canadians, led by Pierre Luders, were won, the second place was taken by the American quartet of Stephen Hill, the third - the crew from Latvia with the steering Janis Minins. The honorary trophy went to the Russian team Yevgeny Popov, who at the last stage showed the 9th result due to falling in the 1st attempt. The second place was taken by the hill, the third - Luders.

The finalists of the tournament in Memphis were determined. This is how the semifinal matches ended: Tommy Haas (Germany) - Mardi Fish (USA) - 6: 3, 6: 4 Andy Roddik (USA) - Andrew Murray (Great Britain) - 6: 3, 7: 6

On February 26, 1740, a Jambattist Bodoni, an Italian printer, creator of fonts bearing his name was born in Salutzso. He began to work as an emitor in Rome, then he was invited to lead the new ducal printing house in Parma, which soon gained the glory of one of the best in Europe. The fonts of Bodoni himself were especially famous and Greek among them - impeccable imitation of manuscript samples.

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadijad took a group of American Christians today in Tehran. Iranian television was a report on the meeting of Ahmadijad with representatives of several Christian churches. It is reported that they arrived in Iran to express support for the preservation of the world and contribute to the dialogue between the United States and Iran. Mahmud Ahmadinjad said at a meeting that in Iran they were “not experiencing any hatred” to the United States.

Elena Fanailova: In the series “Moscow, which we have lost” the publishers “Eksmo” and “Yauza” published the book of Konstantin Mikhailov “Moscow Dead. 1917-2007. " She was preceded by the book “The Destroyed Kremlin”, and the next issue of the series will be called “The Dead Saints of Moscow”. “The current Moscow is not the third Rome for a long time. Only faded photographs and bright memories remained from the former city of forty forty. The current Moscow is a disabled city, a stone city.