In Miami (USA), two major tournaments are held-the Master's men's series and the female category of the 1st category. This is how the Russians acted in the first round on Wednesday: Men: Teimuraz Gabashvili - Jan Hayek (Czech Republic) - 7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 5.

The French court acquitted the editor of the satirical magazine, which published caricatures at the Prophet Mohammed. Islamic organizations who accused the editors of insulting the religious feelings of Muslims filed a lawsuit against Philip Valya. The court in Paris ruled that the editor had the right to publish caricatures - in the framework of laws on freedom of speech and printing - and that the caricatures were ridiculed not by Muslims, but only the fundamentalists.

The Parliament of Chechnya invited the State Duma of Russia to adopt the amendments to the law “On the rehabilitation of victims of political repressions”, which provide for the payment of monetary compensation to the victims of the Stalinist deportations. According to some data, we are talking about 8 billion rubles, according to others-about 18. Chechen deputies propose to take money to compensate the victims of the Stalinist repressions from the stabilization fund of Russia.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Prague Andrei Shary takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: The lawsuit on the liquidation of the Republican Party most independent political experts are considered as a large -scale Kremlin strategy to reorganize the Russian political system. My colleague Andrei Shary talked about the essence of this strategy with the famous Moscow political scientist, head of the Mercator research group Dmitry Oreshkin.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: The Public Committee “For Clean and Honest Elections” held a round table called “Results of the regional elections that have passed on March 11”. Politicians complained to each other that the elections are held with numerous violations and the opposition “United Russia” and “Just Russia” by the party hardly gaining interest for entering the Duma.

The program is conducted by Nikita Tatar. The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Nikita Tatarsky: On the eve of the day of water, which is celebrated on March 22, the World Wildlife Fund called 10 rivers, including Nile, Rio Grande and Danube, which were most affected by the action of man and insufficient protection against pollution.

The American soldier found himself guilty of complicity in the murder of the Iraqi family. 20-year-old Private Brian Hauard admitted that he was an accomplice in rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her murder of her and several of her relatives. The crime was committed a year ago in the city of Mahmudia south of Baghdad. Ordinary Hauard threatens up to 15 years in prison.

The Iraqi government is negotiating with some rebel groups. As a high-ranking representative of the Ministry of National Dialogue and Reconciliation said in an interview with the BBC, the authorities are trying to achieve the transfer of militants to the side of Baghdad-in his confrontation between al-Qaeda. At the same time, it is reported that the US military was released - at the request of the Iraqi Prime Minister - an adviser to the radical Shiite leader of the Moktada of As -Sadra.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: Today in the world there is a day of protection of water resources. In anticipation, his World Wildlife Foundation published an alarming report that the problem of water resources is equivalent to the problem of national security. Society faces the global freshwater crisis, which can have the same destructive consequences as climate change.

Today, the withdrawal of British troops from Bosnia begins. The end of the mission of 600 British military, who were in Bosnia in the framework of the peacekeeping forces of the European Union, was declared in February. International peacekeepers are in Bosnia in accordance with the 1995 peace agreement, which ended the bloody war in this country.

It is reported that Madonna looks after the mansion at the 5th Avenue, at a cost of 35 million. Free will, and money, and unreadable, the current pop stars has. The question is how to spend them. A person of modest income, like me, is difficult to believe in the opportunity to skip, say, ten million dollars. But last week, Betty Hatton died - the star of the musicals of the old pores, and in the necrologists they wrote that she walked just these ten million; And most importantly when!

The recent liberation of the Italian journalist Daniela Mastrojakomo from Afghan captivity continues to be discussed in the West. The representative of the British diplomatic department expressed serious concern in connection with the fact that the journalist was exchanged for five fighters-plots contained in conclusion. Earlier, the head of the Dutch Foreign Ministry said that the governments should not concede the pressure of extremists who are exciting hostages.

In St. Petersburg, three activists of the youth extremist group were arrested - on suspicion of organizing an explosion in the McDonald's restaurant. Before that, three people were already arrested. All of them are members of the so -called "Hero Borovikov Movement" (the leader of the skinhead, who was killed in 2006 when trying to arrest). The arrested are also suspected of involvement in other terrorist attacks committed in St. Petersburg.

Azerbaijan and the United States signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of energy. It provides for the construction of new gas pipelines from the Caspian Sea region - to European consumers. The agreement was signed in Washington by US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice and Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamadyarov.