The British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen signed an agreement on the shooting of the sequel of the film Borat-2. This was announced on Thursday by the executive producer of News Corp. Rupert Murdok, reports Reuters. Murdok did not report the details of the filming, but confirmed that the contract with Cohen was signed. “He signed a sequel contract for us,” said the American billionaire, which owns the Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox, where the first film was shot.

The American photographer Spencer Platt won a competition among media photographers called World Press Photo . The first place of the jury was awarded to him for a photograph, which captures the careless Lebanese youth passing in a red convertible against the backdrop of Beirut quarters destroyed by Israeli bombs. One of the girls sends SMS from a mobile phone, the other, in dark glasses, clamps his nose with a scarf.

The Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev calls the hardest problem of drug addiction among miners. According to him, this year it is planned to send 25 million rubles from the region’s budget to combat drug addiction, which is 10 million rubles more than in 2006. “We have a difficult problem - drug addiction among miners. It has already been officially established that among the causes of accidents with human victims - the use of fire on some mines underground for the preparation of drugs.

The eight -year -old Brazilian boy miraculously survived after the attack on him anaconda, the length of which exceeded five meters. The giant snake suddenly attacked when he played with friends by the river. Anaconda crawled to the boy and, wrapped in rings, began to strangle and bite him. The cry of other children who were on the shore came running his grandfather Joachim Pereira.

In the United States, the fashion model Anna Nicole Smith died, Skynews reports citing her lawyer. The star of Playboy magazine, the film actress and the widow of the billionaire died at the age of 39 in Florida. She had the thoracic daughter Danielin and her husband Howard Stern. “I confirm that she died. This is the same shock for me as for you,” lawyer Ronald Rail told reporters, noting that he knows nothing more.

In France , the court ended in the case of Philip Valya, the editor -in -chief of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo , on the pages of which 10 cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad were placed. Most of the caricatures have already been published by the Danish newspaper Jyllens-Posten, and added several more French weekly on their own initiative.

Conflicting information comes about the participation of the main Iranian negotiator on the atomic problem of Ali Laridzhani in the 43rd International Conference on Security Policy on Saturday. Discussion of the situation around Iran’s nuclear program will take a prominent place on the forum. As expected, about 250 state and political figures, including the President of Russia, will take part in the Munich Conference.

Two weeks before the presentation of the most prestigious Oscar Cinema in Hollywood, repair work is urgently underway. The workers are trying to repair the sagging section of the Glory Alley in Hollywood as soon as possible in front of the Kodak cinema, where the ceremony of the awards of the American Film Academy will be held according to tradition.

More than two thousand officers who committed intentional crimes in the ranks of the Armed Forces are serving in the Russian army, the chief military prosecutor of the Russian Federation Sergey Fridinsky reported, RIA Novosti reports. "The officers who are convicted of committing intentional crimes should not serve in the army. Now there are more than two thousand in the country, and last year we had several dozen relapses - a re -committing crimes by convicted officers," Friedinsky said.

British actress Helen Mirren replenished her collection of awards for her role in the film "Queen". The prize for the best female role was awarded to her on Thursday the London community of critics, reports Reuters . The award Mirren became one of the four, which received this film at a ceremony in London. Other awards in the nominations "For the Best British Film", "Best British Director" of 2006 (Stephen Freirs), "Best Screenwriter" of the Year (Peter Morgan).

In the Rostov region, a verdict was sentenced to a teacher who was accused of cruel treatment with students. The justice of the judicial section of the Kuibyshevsky district sentenced the defendant to a fine. The physics teacher was found guilty under Art. 156 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (non -fulfillment of duties on the education of a minor). The court sentenced him to a fine of 2 thousand rubles in state revenue.

Russia believes that the system of control over weapons in Europe is in a state of crisis, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov at an informal meeting of the Russian Council at the level of ministers of defense in Seville on Friday. "It is not due to our fault that the entire system of European control over weapons is in a state of crisis, primarily because of the dead end under the contract on ordinary armed forces in Europe," Ivanov said.

Half of Russians today, long before the start of election campaigns to the federal authorities, is ready to give their votes to President of Russia Vladimir Putin and his permanent political support - the United Russia party. This is evidenced by recent surveys of the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion.

In order to avoid colds, especially during severe frosts, it is very useful to rinse your nose with soapy water daily, RIA Novosti said the chief therapist of Moscow Leonid Lazebnik. “I advise everyone without exception daily in the morning and evening to rinse the nasal sinuses with soapy water. Returning home after work and raining your hands, apply soap foam to the little finger and rinse the nasal sinuses,” he said.

The City of the City of the Chusovo Perm Territory on Friday sentenced the accused in the case of the collapse of the Dolphin pool in December 2005, the chief engineer of the Uralpromekspert company Alexei Shvetsov. The expert was sentenced to 4 years in prison with serving a sentence in a colony settlement, ITAR-TASS was told in a court of Chusovoy.