Saudi Arabia - for the first time in 22 years - sends his ambassador to Baghdad. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iraq Hoshiyar Zebari. The Saudi ambassador was withdrawn from Iraq in 1990, after the start of Iraq aggression, which was then headed by Saddam Hussein, against Kuwait. The current decision means the complete restoration of diplomatic relations between countries.

The initiator of the rehabilitation of women burned at the decision of the church vessels of women became Cologne In Germany, a public discussion unfolded about the official rehabilitation of the martyrs of the Inquisition - women burned on fire by decision of church courts on charges of a devil.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian entrepreneur Alexander Lebedev denied reports that his account was blocked, and he cannot continue to finance the New Gazeta, which he is a co-owner. "It’s just that there is no money on this account, because the money needs to be earned, and more than 100 inspectors are sitting in the National Reserve Bank, which are not known what they check." The organization on safety and cooperation in Europe is outraged in which the Russian media are forced to exist.

Basketball. NBA. Regular championship "Denver" - "Minnesota" 103: 101 (in overtime). Timothy of the brain ("Denver") 4 points "Golden STAT"-"Los Angeles Clippers" 104: 97 Los Angeles Lakers-Portland 103: 92 "Phoenix" - "Washington" 104: 88 "Utah"-"San Antonio" 102: 106 "Oklahoma City"-"New Orlean" 101: 93 "Dallas" - "Boston" 89:73 "Houston" - "Memphis" 97:93 "Miluoi" - "Orlando" 90:93 "New York"-"New Jersey" 92: 100 "Chicago" - "Atlanta" 90:79

On Monday, thousands of residents of the city of Domodedovo, Moscow Region, encountered the largest violations in the work of public transport in recent years. This was reported by the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights. The movement of route taxis has been canceled, passengers are forced to transfer to buses with an increased interval of traffic. Domodedovites intend to contact the government and the prosecutor with a demand to return the minibus.

Tank of the Syrian Army in the vicinity of Damascus The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Syrian authorities to agree on daily ceasefire in the regions of military operations for at least two hours - to enable assistance to the civilian population. In the area of the city of Homs, where armed detachments of supporters of the opposition operate, the artillery shooting of residential quarters with government troops does not stop.

In Damascus on Tuesday night, government forces opened fire on demonstrators. According to the opposition activists, at least four people were injured. Yesterday, when shelling the security forces of the Baba AMR district, five people were killed. It is also reported that near the Turkish border, when attacking the rebels on the government motorcade, five military personnel were killed and two more were captured.

Natalia Ivanova On February 21, a ceremony of awarding the prize laureates Ivan Petrovich Belkin is held in the library of foreign literature on February 21. Jury (Leonid Yuzefovich, Ekaterina Genieva, Anatoly Kurchatkin, Valeria Pustovaya and Natalia Ryazantseva) will name the name of the winner. The prize is awarded for the best story of the year.

The population not trusting the ruble has contributed to the outflow of capital from Russia The Russian authorities failed to stop the outflow of capital from the country - according to the Ministry of Economic Development, in January its volume amounted to about $ 17 billion. Experts expect a change in the situation no earlier than the middle of the year - after the completion of the presidential election campaign.

Minister of Finance Greece Evangelos Veniselos arrived at a meeting with colleagues in Brussels In Brussels, on February 21, the Ministers of Finance of the EURO of the EUROUNTENITY February on February 21 came to an agreement on the allocation of international financial assistance to Greece in the framework of the second program of salvation of the country from default. This decision was expected not only in Athens, but also in world financial markets.

In Ukraine, a criminal case has been instituted against officials of the correctional colony of the city of Berdyansk on charges of exceeding the authorities with the use of violence, as well as in gross violations of labor legislation. During an emergency prosecutor’s audit, the facts of cruel treatment and unacceptable conditions for their detention were revealed.

Supporter of the Party of Freedom and Justice with the flag of this organization In Egypt, the Muslim Brothers organization, which received the greatest support for voters according to the results of the parliamentary elections, called for the immediate resignation of the government approved by the military authorities.

The commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, American General John Allen made an apology - in connection with the new reports of the inappropriate treatment of military personnel with Muslim religious literature, including copies of the Holy Book of Islam - the Qur'an. The statement says that an investigation of a recent incident is being conducted at the military base of international forces in Bagram, where - as states - several copies of the Koran were burned.

Doctors of the forensic medical service take out the body of one of the dead in a fire in a prison in the city of Komiaagua, 15 Fevrail 2012. In Honduras, relatives of hundreds of prisoners who died during a fire broke into the morgue on Monday, demanding the issuance of the remains. The police used tear gas to make people leave the room. In a fire in the prison of the city of Komiaagua, 359 out of 850 prisoners burned last week. The prison, built in 1978, was designed for 250 people.