French police in the quarter of Toulouse, where Mohammed Mera was blocked The French police do not exclude that an extremist suspected of seven murders and blocked in one of the houses in the city of Toulouse may be dead. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of France Claude Gean, for more than 10 hours 23-year-old Mohammed Mer did not get in touch with the police and did not manifest himself in any way.

In Ingushetia, an explosion occurred in the vicinity of Nazran, two people were injured. According to law enforcement agencies, the explosive device worked when the official car of the Republican branch of the Social Insurance Fund drove along the road. The acting director of the Foundation Alikhan Tsechoev and its driver were injured.

The cause of the death of the famous American singer and actress Whitney Houston was a drowning caused by heart failure that arose, presumably due to drug use. These are the opening data that the representative of the investigation announced on Thursday. In the body of Houston, traces of cocaine and other drugs were found. The results of the examination indicate that the singer suffered from drug addiction.

While television is separate, civil society - separately A long -term discussion about public television may well end in creating a channel, only formally independent of the authorities. Parliamentary hearings that were held in the State Duma are brought to such an idea. The discussion of the next project to create public television in parliament aroused great interest - I don’t remember that people known to all viewers of the country stood in the aisles of the Small Hall of the State Duma.

The United States, the EU and the African Union condemned a military coup in Mali, condemned violence in the country and demanded the restoration of the constitutional order. There is no exact information about the whereabouts of the overthrown President Amadu Toure. It is known that he is not in the hands of the rebels. According to some reports, he hides on the territory of the US Embassy in the capital of Mali Bamako. There are reports of looting from the capital.

The French police entered the apartment in Toulouse, where an extremist was blocked, suspected of seven murders committed in the south-west of France in mid-March. The agencies pass from the scene that shots are heard in the house. Earlier, the authorities stated that they want to take the suspect alive. This is a 23-year-old Mohammed Mera, a citizen of France of Algerian descent.

Head of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanca The financial situation of American banks in a gigantic extent depends on the financial situation in Europe. The conclusions of the recent testing of the main American banks who showed that they are able to calmly survive a new serious crisis can be too optimistic. So some American commentators interpret the performance of the chairman of the federal reserve system Ben Bernanke to American lawmakers.

The Indian model Tata Nano (in the photo) - the cheapest mass car in the world - is unlikely to interest Russian buyers. And the new "budget" models of Nissan and Volkswagen? Two leading world automobile companies - the Japanese Nissan and the German Volkswagen - announced this week about plans to create special, cheapest models of cars for the markets of the largest developing countries.

Gleb Morev, OpenSpace Taking advantage of the lull (apparently temporary) in the protests of the opposition, experts and journalists are trying to summarize what they called the "snow revolution" in Russia. Sociologists are trying to give a scientific portrait of a typical participant in rallies and demonstrations of the winter of 2011-2012, and specialists in the field of media and new technologies discuss the role of social networks and Internet media in the organization of protests.

The international (gold and foreign exchange) reserves of Russia for the period from March 9 to March 16 decreased by $ 2.3 billion or almost 0.5% to $ 505.4 billion. This is stated in the materials of the Central Bank. Great than Russia with gold and foreign exchange reserves today have two countries in the world - China and Japan. According to the latest published data, their volume is 3.2 trillion and 1.1 trillion dollars, respectively.

The UN Council for Human Rights on Thursday decided to begin an international investigation of possible violations of Palestinians' rights as a result of the construction of Jewish settlements in Eastern Jerusalem and on the western coast of Jordan. The document proposed by Pakistan and other member countries of the Council on the initiative of the Palestinian autonomy was approved by a majority of votes, only the United States voted against.

Hillary Clinton talks about a new program for the exchange of experience in the management of water resources In the coming decades, the problem of the availability of water resources can provoke conflicts between countries. On World Water Day, on March 22, the United States reported that the lack of water and tightening drought, floods - in combination with the problem of poverty and the weakness of local authorities can even lead to the collapse of states.

The French police special forces stormed the apartment where the Toulouse shooter was hiding. March 22, 2012 Muhammad Mera, suspected of killing seven people, was killed during the assault on the apartment in which he was hiding. This was confirmed by the authorities of France. The siege of the apartment lasted more than a day. The police operation to detain the criminal began on the night of March 21, but the measure began to shoot back, injuring several police officers.

The leader of the nationalist organization "League of the Defense of Moscow" Danila Konstantinov is accused of murder. This was announced by the "Interfax" leader of the Russian movement Dmitry Demushkin - there is no official information yet. Konstantinov was detained this morning after a search was conducted in his apartment in Moscow.

Hockey. KHL. Gagarin Cup. 1/4 finals. Conference "Vostok" (if necessary) "Tractor" - "Ak Bars" 1: 2 (in overtime) Account in series 3: 2 "Vanguard" - "Metallurg" (Magnitogorsk) 3: 2 (in overtime) Account in series 4: 1