Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin supported the proposal of the Russian Academy of Sciences to discuss the issue of joining the International Astronomical Consortium using the Southern Observatory in the Chilea mountains, Interfax reports.

A resolution that requires Barack Obama to clarify the goals and role of the country in a military operation in Libya was a resolution was adopted by the House of Congress. 268 legislators spoke out in her support, against 145. The initiator of the resolution was the speaker of the House of Representatives John Bayner.

The number of victims of explosions and a fire in the military arsenal in Udmurtia increased to 78. This was reported by the Republican Ministry of Health. "As of 12:00 Moscow time, 78 people applied for medical help, 36 people were hospitalized, including 14 with injuries of varying severity and 22 people with stress reactions and exacerbations of chronic diseases," the Ministry of Health said. 5 people were discharged, in the institutions of the republic’s healthcare remains 31 victims.

The fate of the soldier, who served in one of the fire units of the military warehouse in Udmurtia, where a large fire and explosions of ammunition began on Friday, is still unknown. The official representative of the Central Military District Colonel Yaroslav Roshchupkin told the Interfax agency that the fate of the missing soldier is "clarified".

The Anticrisis Foundation of the EurAsEC approved the allocation of a loan for Belarus in the amount of $ 3 billion, Dmitry Peskov, spokeswoman for the head of the Russian Federation, told reporters. "The finance ministers of the countries included in the EurAsEC approved the allocation of a loan for Belarus in the amount of $ 3 billion for three years," Peskov said.

A scandalous incident occurred in a football match of the tenth round of the second division between Saturn-2 near Moscow and the Tver Volga. In the 36th minute in the center of the field in the struggle for the top ball, the player "Saturn-2" Fedor Pronkov struck the lobby in the face of the Volga defender Albert Gadzhybecov. The chief judge Alexei Matyunin from Moscow quickly showed the offender the yellow card, while the victim continued to lie on the lawn.

Most of the Russians permanent work (71%) consider themselves happy, of which 18% called themselves "absolutely happy", showed a survey conducted by the Superjob.ru portal among 3,000 respondents older than 18 years. As sociologists found out, working no more than 6 hours a day, Russians consider themselves the happiest - unambiguously call themselves 22% of citizens working from 4 to 6 hours a day; Rather, 61% of employees whose workload does not exceed four hours a day.

NATO troops on the night of Saturday first used Apache helicopters in a military operation in Libya. This was reported today by the command of the alliance. According to the commander of the NATO Operation "United Protector" General Charles Bushar, the use of these machines will allow you to track military equipment, equipment and enemy troops with greater efficiency, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, William Haig, arrived in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday to meet with the leadership of the Libya transitional council (PNS), AP agency reports. In the city of Benghazi in East of Libya, the rebels formed a transitional national council that declared itself the only legitimate authority in the country. Some Western countries recognized the National Council of Libya, others sent their representatives to Benghazi.

Like his predecessors, US President Barack Obama notified Congress that the US Embassy would not be transferred from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, reports The Washington Post . The statement says that the decision was made for considerations of state security and in accordance with the interests of the United States of America. According to the law adopted in 1995, the embassy can be transferred to Jerusalem, but this decision must authorize the president.

Heavy rain helped firefighters in Pugachevo, in the military arsenal in Udmurtia it remained to eliminate 12 foci of smoke, ITAR-TASS reported in the Republican Administration of the Ministry of Emergencies. "The fire in the residential area and the administrative part of the warehouse was eliminated. The liquidation of 12 foci of smoke is completed on the territory of the technical part of the warehouse," the Republican Ministry of Emergencies said.

Football players of the Belarusian national team performing in group D, in their field, tied 1: 1 with the France team in the qualifying match of the European Championship 2012. Recall that in September, the Belarusians beat the "tricolor" on the "herd de France" .

FIFA began an investigation regarding the possible contractual basis for a friendly match between Nigeria and Argentina. This friendly meeting ended with the victory of the African team with a score of 4: 1, Daily Mail reports. In the course of the game, the main referee of the match appointed two ambiguous penalties.

The plane, which was following the flight of Barnaul - Antalya, on Saturday evening, landed in emergency at the Emelyanovo Airport Krasnoyarsk, there were no injured, the duty part of the police officer reported. “Yes, really, the situation was. The plane sat down, all passengers were planted from it, placed in hotels,” the agency’s interlocutor said, without specifying the number of flight passengers.

The Serbian tennis player Novak Jokovic did not have enough just one victory to equal the legendary American John Mcurean in the number of victories in a row at the start of one season. In the Roland Garros semifinals, Djokovic lost to Federer with a score of 6: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 and, thus, the “counter” of his victories stopped at the number 41. The Macinraus accounts 42 in a row at the start of the 1984 season.