In Australia, the police arrested a suspect in a deliberate arson, entailing a large forest fire, as a result of which 21 people died. According to the investigation, the arson was committed in the area of the city of Churchill, Victoria. This is only one of the foci of fire in the south of Australia. More than 180 people became victims of fires, several settlements burned to the ground. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Radd called the current fires "massacre."

The authorities of Nigeria, the authorities announced the arrest of 12 suspects in the case of mass poisoning of children with an anesthetic mixture of My Pikin, as a result of which 11 children from 2 months to 7 years old suffered, 84 children died. Produced by the local pharmaceutical company Barewa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., My Pikin was a Mikstur with paracetamol, intended to relieve pain in infants when teething.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi George Kobaladze takes part. Mark Krutov: A confusing and difficult story continues with the shoot of the junior sergeant of the Russian army Alexander Glukhov to Georgia. Mother Glukhova Galina, who arrived almost a week ago in Tskhinvali, still cannot meet with his son, who refuses to come to South Ossetia, where she is.

In Madrid, one of the world's largest fairs of contemporary art Arco has opened. Last year, 295 galleries took part in it, and the number of visitors exceeded 200 thousand people. This time, 238 galleries from 32 countries represent artists. Fair Director Lourdes Fernandez explained that many guests could not come due to the economic crisis. In the focus of Arco, the art of India.

Victor Rezunkov: The Russian media recently actively discusses the issue of what political consequences can have an economic crisis in the country. On the one hand, the first signs of returning the characteristics of the so-called “dashing 1990s” to the society are already causing, as studies show, an ambiguous reaction among the population. More and more Russians become supporters of ideologems, for which the state is everything, and individual and personal freedom is nothing.

Many bookstores of St. Petersburg were already on the verge of bankruptcy In Russia, book trade is curling up. The financial and economic crisis gave the acceleration of the book publishing that began much earlier. But nothing threatens science fiction and female novel. Experts predict that due to the rise in price of lease, utilities and electricity in the country, up to 45 percent of stores selling books can be closed.

Igor Goncharuk "Antiopolonian regime fell", watercolor, presumably, the first half of the XXI century Each nation deserves its opposition

In Iraq, according to updated data, 40 people became victims of the suicide bomber on Friday. Dozens of people were injured. The explosion occurred south of Baghdad, in the city of Iskandaria, on the path of hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims in the city of Karbelu, a sacred for the Shiites. Most of the dead are women and children. This is the third terrorist attack on Shiite pilgrims over the past three days.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Mumin Shakirov takes part. Mark Krutov: The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Rashid Nurgaliev, approved the Code of Professional Ethics of an employee of the internal affairs bodies. The document regulates almost all spheres of activity of the law enforcement officer - from appearance to personal life and moral principles.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : Today it became known that the leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the United Civil Front Olga Kournosov and still six OGF activists are called to the Investigative Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office. The local election man accuses them of falsification of documents.

Irina Lagunina: Russian ecologists are waiting for a response from President Medvedev -last week he was transferred more than one hundred thousand signatures against mass construction in Russian megacities of garbage plants. Says Lyubov Chizhova. Lyubov Chizhova: About the plans of the Moscow government to build 6 garbage plants around the Russian capital by 2012, it became known last year. The initiative of the Moscow authorities was picked up in St.

A storm warning has been announced on Sakhalin today for a day. The hydrometehules of the region indicates a high danger of snow avalanche due to a powerful cyclone coming to the island from the Japanese Sea. In the upcoming weekend, breaks of power lines caused by sticking of wet snow, violation of the transport communication and damage to roofs are also possible.