In the capital of Syria, Damascus today opens a two -day summit of the Arab countries. 9 of the 22 countries-member countries of the Arab states refused to participate in it. According to observers, this is a protest against the rough intervention of Syria in the internal affairs of Lebanon and the support of radical Palestinian groups. In particular, the leaders of Jordan, Yemen, Egypt and Saudi Arabia will not come to the summit in Damascus.

The first team of the West, which won 50 victories in the NBA regular championship, was San Antonio Opers, which prevailed over Minnesota - 99:84. Meanwhile, the leader of the Boston season has already won the 57th match, defeating New Orlean-112: 92. As before, only three teams provided their places in the playoffs-these are representatives of the East Boston, Detroit and Orlando.

Hong Kong authorities announced the termination of the search for 15 Ukrainian sailors, considered missing as a result of the collapse of the Naftogaz-67 vessel. According to the authorities, further searches inside an inverted and sunken ship become dangerous for divers. Naftogaz-67 suffered a disaster as a result of a collision with a Chinese dry load. The ship lies at the bottom at a depth of 37 meters. Seven sailors managed to save. Later, the bodies of three more were found.

Ecologists urge residents of all countries of the world to turn off the light for one hour to draw attention to the problem of climate change. In the “Hour of the Earth”, which is held by the World Wildlife Fund, more than 370 cities in more than 35 countries agreed to participate. Their inhabitants will turn off the light from 8 to 9 pm in local time, which will reduce air pollution and emission of greenhouse gases. This action was first held last year in Australian Sydney.

In Slovenia, a meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union countries is opening today. It will be devoted mainly to the problems of the Balkan region. Negotiations are planned with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Voku Eremich - about the prospects for the rapprochement of Serbia and the European Union.

The program will be devoted to the translations of the Bible. The guest of the program will be biblicalist Mikhail Seleznev.

Victor Erofeev: Our guests are writer Alla Gerber, historian Yuri Afanasyev and politician Vladimir Ryzhkov. Vladimir Ryzhkov: And another historian, by the way. Victor Erofeev: The theme of our transmission is the meaning of “perestroika”. The farther - the more the strangest myths, speculations and other things related to "perestroika" arise. Time just takes, reality turns into strange mythical judgments.

The NATO Union calls on Russia to abandon a unilateral moratorium on an agreement on ordinary armed forces in Europe (DOVS). The application was published on the night of Saturday in the pretext of the NATO summit in Bucharest. The document expresses regret in connection with the decision of Moscow and it is proposed to start work on the agreement "On the Parallel Action Pack" to resolve disagreements.

New protests broke out in two monasteries in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. This was reported by sources close to the government of Tibet, located in exile in India. According to data referred to by the American Agency of Associated Press, the city marks the "clashes". However, as the agency notes, there is no confirmation of these information from other sources.

In Moscow on Saturday, the procession "for the voluntary army" will be held. The action authorized by the city authorities is dedicated to the beginning of the spring call. Among the organizers of the march, the main slogan of which is the transition to service in the army on a voluntary basis, is the Committee of Anti -Winths, the United Civil Front, Youth Movements "Defense" and "We", human rights defenders.

Maryana Torocheshnikova: a jury court, that this is a panacea from judicial errors, a progressive institution of justice or the “cost of democracy”, “court of housewives”, what is the opponents of the jury courtly called? Is it possible to trust the fate of non -professionals? And who are they, jurors? We will try to answer all these questions today with guests in the Radio Studio Liberty.

The Tibetan spiritual leader of the Dalai Lama turned to the world community calling for help in resolving the crisis in Tibet. According to the Dalai Lama, living in exile in India, he has no other possibility of influencing the situation, "except for prayers." The Dalai Lama again called on the authorities of China to the dialogue.

On March 29, 1638, Swedish Luterer's migrants on the banks of the Gulf Delaware in North America founded Fort Cristin. The founders of the New Sweden, the Dutchman Peter Minoit, known for the fact that shortly before, was in the Dutch service, bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians. The new colonies were located on the lands of the DelaVAR tribe, but at that moment they were subordinate to the other tribe - Siskwinnok, and therefore the Swedes with them concluded the contract.

In Tanzania, at least 75 miners were missing - after flooding the mine with heavy rains. The catastrophe occurred in the north-east of the country on Friday, then communication with the miners was lost. Later, messages about the discovery of several bodies of the dead began to arrive. The government is taking urgent measures to deliver water equipment for pumping water to the area.