The American president is trying to establish relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on April 17 in Trinidad and Tobago opened the American summit, at which chapters 34 states are going to discuss the global economic crisis, political disagreements and migration issues. The main news of the fifth summit is the change in the foreign policy strategy of the White House.

18:30 // 04/18/2009 Strong smoke on the road caused a collision under Voronezh 9 cars, as a result of which two people were injured. According to ITAR-TASS , the accident occurred at about 15:00 Moscow time. Along the road leading from Voronezh to Novovoronezh, a dry grass was dry. The ignition area reached almost 10 hectares, and the veil of smoke covered the vehicle. Employees of the traffic police arrived at the place blocked the movement and helped evacuate two victims to the hospital.

17:50 // 04/18/2009 The cold atmospheric front of the Atlantic cyclone, which approached the Moscow region on April 18, will continue to cool the air in the metropolis on Sunday, ITAR-TASS reports. According to forecasts of weather forecasters, on the night of April 18 to April 19 in Moscow, thermometers will show from 2 to 4 degrees of frost, in the region from minus 1 to minus 6. In places wet snow and rain will take place. The impulses of the north-west wind will reach 12-15 m/s.

12:30 // 04/18/2009 The X-ray Observatory of the Teses on board the Russian satellite Koronas-Photon recorded the largest emission of a substance from the atmosphere of the Sun over the past year: a prone of the lands was thrown into the interplanetary space 50 times larger than the diameter of the Earth. The speed of the released substance reached several hundred km per second, however, the plasma may not overcome the attraction of the sun and fall back.

13:40 // 04/18/2009 The list of candidates for Sochi mayor was reduced to six people, the city election commission was reported on April 18. The municipal election commission canceled the registration of a candidate for the post of head of the city Viktor Kurpitko. Also, earlier, according to the personal statement of the ex-leader of the Democratic Party, a member of the Party "Right Delivee" by Andrei Bogdanov, he was removed from the election race.

11:10 // 04/18/2009 On April 17, police officers detained two Georgian citizens in the south-west of Moscow, who are suspected of robbery on the apartment of businessmen in early April. Part of the abducted was seized from the detainees.

14:10 // 04/18/2009 Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, whose canonism is not recognized by world Orthodoxy, seized the temple of the UOC in the subordination of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Sumy region. According to RIA Novosti , the capture occurred on a passionate Friday on the eve of Easter holiday. The UOC -KP has not yet responded to this information. Source: gzt.ru

10:47 // 04/18/2009 A storm warning was announced on Saturday April 17 in St. Petersburg. From 10.00-13.00 Moscow time, according to forecasts of weather forecasters, it is expected to strengthen the north-west wind to 15-17 meters per second, RIA Novosti reports. The Ministry of Emergencies in St. Petersburg warns the townspeople about the need to comply with safety measures in connection with bad weather.

15:40 // 04/18/2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expects that the program for co -financing mortgages in the constituent entities of the Federation will reduce the mortgage rates from the current 20%, RIA Novosti reports. "We have a special fund that is engaged in a mortgage, more precisely, not even a fund, but an agency of mortgage housing lending.

16:10 // 04/18/2009 On April 18, in the hall of the Moscow Musical Theater named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, the 15th Golden Mask ceremony, the main theater award of the country, was held in Moscow. The award for the first time took place in an absolutely unusual format. When announcing the results of the competition, only the nominees of the prize and media representatives were present.

15:23 // 04/18/2009 The fertile fire, which is considered one of the miracles of Orthodox Christianity, came down on Saturday, April 18, in the temple of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. According to RIA Novosti, the fire fires after the prayer for the sending of the miracle of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilus and tens of thousands of pilgrims, who filled the temple, the square in front of it and adjacent streets. Source: gzt.ru

12:50 // 04/18/2009 The Russian outrage will make it possible to hear the night Easter service in the main cathedral of Russia - the Cathedral of Christ the Savior - all over the world. According to ITAR-TASS , the festive worship for the Russian-speaking audience will be broadcast on the broadcast of the Voice of Russia, and it can also be heard on the website of the radio company.

11:40 // 04/18/2009 On April 17, the head coach of the Shakhtar football club Mircea Lucescu signed a new contract with the Donetsk club, which enters into force on April 18, 2009. According to RIA Novosti , the terms of the contract have not yet been reported. Source: gzt.ru

15:50 // 04/18/2009 On April 17, a collection of brands with the image of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln was sold at an auction in New York for a record amount of about $ 2 million. The collection belonged to a resident of Georgia, who collected it for more than 30 years. According to ITAR-TASS , for $ 149.6 thousand, a block of eight marks left the hammer, on which the image of Lincoln by mistake was printed upside down.

16:50 // 04/18/2009 The Gandbaths of the Volgograd Dynamo resigned the championship in the Cup of the European Handball Federation (EGF), RIA Novosti reported. On April 18, the wards of Viktor Ryabykh on their site outplayed the German Leipzig in the response to the semifinal match - 24:20. However, this was not enough to enter the EGF Cup final, since on April 13 Dynamo lost in Leipzig with a difference of 10 goals (15:25).