Russian engineers have developed a Gazelle truck with an autopilot, which itself travels along the roads thanks to satellite navigation. However, on the streets of cities, a new version of a car, popular among operators of route taxi and delivery services, you will not find: the only copy is presented at the All -Russian Festival of Robotics, writes Reuters . The GAZ GAZ gave their car to the organizers of the festival.

The first rehearsal of the upcoming Victory Parade began on the Red Square of the capital at 22:00, under the battlefield, from the passage of the team of drummers of the Moscow Military Musical School, Interfax reports.

The Ministry of Health took on the put in order of the social and labor sphere, in particular relations between "social partners" - employers and trade unions, the newspaper "Kommersant" writes. The fact that the system of social partnership, in which the state acts as a third party - a guarantor, needs serious refinement, are confident in the research institute of labor and social insurance.

The people's deputy from the opposition bloc "Our Ukraine is the People's Self -Defense" (NUNS) Oles Donia is hospitalized with a concussion. He allegedly received it during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday. This, as RIA Novosti reports, said the press service of "People's Self-Defense" with reference to the deputy of Taras Stetskiva.

Russia has developed a draft intergovernmental agreement on the adoption of children, which should now be considered and signed by the United States. The Commission from the United States is expected in Moscow on April 29 - then it will get acquainted with the full text of the document, but for now it has information only about its main essence. This was announced by the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child under the President of the Russian Federation Pavel Astakhov, Interfax reports.

The "steel foxes" from Magnitogorsk won the playoffs of the Youth Hockey League (MHL), becoming the first owners of the Kharlamov Cup. On the eve of the fourth match of the final series up to three victories, Magnitogorsk defeated the Kuznetsk Bears in Novokuznetsk - 3: 2 and completed the series with a score of 3-1. The author of the "golden" goal was Bogdan Potekhin.

On Monday, Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek authorized the arrest of the ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Moldomusy Kongantiev. According to Azimbek Beknazarov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, Konantiev was charged with abuse of authority.

The Tenth Arbitration Court of Appeal declared illegal the results of Mosleskhoz auctions for the lease of forest plots in the Moscow region in December 2007, the Federal Antimonopoly Service said in a statement. Thus, the court upheld the appeals of the FAS, the press release notes. A scandal surrounding auctions for the lease of forest plots in the Moscow region broke out in the spring of 2008.

The DFKI BREMEN Robotics Department of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence introduced the female robot “female” at the Hanover industrial fair intended for interaction with everyday objects. The Android woman named Ayila is part of the project “Semprom-Semantic Product Memory), Membrana.ru reports with reference to DVICE. In particular, she knows how to endure and sort boxes, boxes or bottles of various sizes and a variety of mechanical properties.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev accepted all Armenians Garegin II in Baku Catholicos, the Interfax-religion portal reports with reference to local media. Garevin II arrived in Baku to participate in the World Interreligious Summit. At the meeting held the day before, Aliyev and Garen II noted the meaning of the summit to strengthen the inter -religious dialogue.

The Russian-British oil company TNK-BP plans to invest 4-5 billion dollars a year in order to increase production by 2-3%annually, the financial director of the company Jonathan Muir told reporters. Last year, TNK-BP, the third largest oil company in Russia, received five billion net profit when 1.69 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, reports Reuters. Muir said that the company hopes to complete 2010, adhering to its production growth plan of 1-2%.

The bill introduced by the Government to the State Duma, which introduces administrative responsibility for disobedience to the requirements of the FSB officers and the obstruction of their work, is primarily aimed at strengthening pressure on the media, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. The media editor, who did not obey the FSB request to remove the publication from the site, may be arrested for 15 days, the publication notes.

In Switzerland, three members of the Italian anarcho-ecological group IL Silvestre were arrested. From the preparation of the attack in the building of the research laboratory of IBM (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory) near Zurich is suspected. The detainees face the accusation of the acquisition, concealment and distribution of explosives, as well as the preparation of the attack, reports CNews.ru with reference to the Swiss agency Swissinfo.ch.

The American ABC television channel showed a video in which the "Christmas terrorist" Umar Faru Abdulmutlab is engaged in fire training, writes the British newspaper The Times . On the targets - the British flag, the Israeli six -pointed star and the inscription UN (UN). Of interest is the presence of other militants who train side by side with Abdulmutlab.

The head of the religious police, Mecca Ahmed Ben Kasim al-Gamidi, was dismissed for his loyal attitude to free communication between people of the opposite sex. In a recent interview with the Saudi newspaper Al-Gamidi, he said that he considers such communication a “natural affair” and does not see “sufficient grounds for prohibiting it,” reports the Interfax-religion portal with reference to the American newspaper Star Tribune.