The head of TNK-BP Robert Dudley does not intend to leave his post on his own. “I keep my intention to stay in the company's management and lead it to success,” he told reporters today. He noted that for 5 years, as the head of the company, his role was to comply with the "balance of interests of both shareholders." “I believe that I am able to hold it, and I will try to maintain this balance in the future,” Dudley emphasized.

The authorities of the Galapagos Island, on one of which the volcanic eruption began, began to evacuate the famous giant turtles. The volcano Cerro Azul, located on the largest island of the archipelago, began to erupt the lava a few days ago, reports the RSN. On Friday, a group of wildlife protection experts who visited the scene of the incident came to the conclusion that the eruption of the volcano threatens the colony of Galapagos skulls living at its foot.

Bahrain authorities first appointed a woman of Jewish origin by the ambassador. Hood Azra Ibrahim Nunu became the first Jewish in the history of the Arab states, appointed by the ambassador. At the moment, it is not known exactly where exactly she will represent her country, CNN reports. Bahrain, a small Arab state in the Persian Gulf, has no diplomatic relations with Israel. The population of the country is just over 700 thousand people.

The American Dunkin 'Donuts snack network removes its advertisement due to complaints that it supposedly contains symbols of Islamic extremism. In a cold coffee advertising, a TV presenter of the culinary programs of Rachel Ray was depicted. A black and white scarf is tied on her neck, which vaguely resembles the traditional Arabic kufia. In Russia, such a scarf is traditionally called "arafatka" in honor of the former leader of Palestine.

Hundreds of believers gathered in Butovo, at the former shot training ground of the NKVD. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy Second held a solemn worship in memory of those who died during repression. According to archival data, only in 1937-1938 more than 20 thousand people were destroyed at this training ground, including hundreds of clergymen. And now annually the Orthodox Church celebrates the day of memory of those events.

There are still no connections with the Lenin Minks by six miners, but rescuers do not exclude that they can be alive. This was reported in the headquarters for the liquidation of the accident, which is headed by the Governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev. Currently, rescuers continue to disassemble the rubble. The work goes slowly, as the blockages are disassembled manually, and the threat of the collapse of the roof is also preserved, the Vesti TV channel reports.

The blondes of Moscow today gathered at the flowerbed near the main building of the Moscow State University in order to sign an appeal to the State Duma with a request to make their official holiday on May 31, as well as to ask the government to put a monument to Marilyn Monroe. According to RSN, the GZ Moscow State University today for the first time gathered bright heads not in a figurative, but literally.

The wife of Brazil’s ambassador in Honduras died as a result of the disaster of the A-320 passenger aircraft, which occurred on Friday at the international airport of the capital, the city of Tegusigalpa. According to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Jeanne Neil, together with her husband, Ambassador Brian Nile, returned to the place of work from the summit of the countries of the Central American Integration System and Brazil, which ended in a neighboring salvador.

Dima Bilan’s fans wrote an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with a request to erect a monument to the winner of Eurovision 2008, the Monument to Bilan was made before the competition. The sculptor portrayed Bilan in the image of Gaya Julia Caesar with a laurel wreath on his head. However, it has not yet been possible to collect money for the manufacture and installation of the monument.

On March 30, NNEGC Energoatom and the American company Westinghouse signed a contract for the supply of nuclear fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, in 2009 American-made fuel assemblies will be delivered to Ukrainian nuclear power plants for test operation. In 2011–2015 At least 3 out of 15 Ukrainian reactors should be reloaded with American fuel assemblies.

In the open championship of the French tennis, matches of the third circle were held, and in the men's solitary discharge there was no longer a single Russian. On Saturday evening, he dragged his racket and left the tournament Nikolai Davydenko, who intended to get to at least the semifinals. A year ago, he succeeded, but now Davydenko can observe Davydenko’s further stroke only from the side.

The Nepal government formally notified the former King Giangendra that he should leave the palace within two weeks. Last Wednesday, as reported by Polit.ru, the country's parliament almost unanimously abolished the 240-year-old monarchy and proclaimed Nepal to the republic. Official paper was handed over to the ex -ruler on Friday - on the day of the Nepalsky national holiday.

The military authorities of Myanmar (Burma) called on their citizens to eat frogs. According to them, international assistance does not bring any results due to the stinginess of those who provide it. Therefore, it is better to cope yourself. An article with similar statements by representatives of the junta appeared in the local press. The country's leadership also says that he will abandon humanitarian supplies and assistance, which acts 10 times less than necessary.

The Russian railway troops began to restore the railway in Abkhazia, destroyed during the years of the Georgian-Abkhaz war. According to the Ministry of Defense, units and special equipment of the railway troops of Russia, without weapons, take part in the work. The restoration of the road and infrastructure is carried out in accordance with the decision of the President of Russia on the provision of humanitarian assistance to Abkhazia and at the request of the government of the republic.

The elephant, who received the nickname “Osama Bin Laden” for killing 11 people and wounded dozens in the east of India in the past few months, shot dead, local authorities said on Saturday. The killer elephant, terrorized villages in two Indian states, destroyed crops and houses. Police and team from foresters took part in the operation to destroy the elephant, Gazeta.Ru reports. It took 20 bullets to kill Osama. In order to make sure the elephant’s death gathered, hundreds of people gathered.