James Cameron is preparing to conquer Mars, reports kinonews.ru . The creator of Avatar intends to shoot a stereoscopic documentary on the Red Planet. To do this, it will require installation on a new Markhod called Curiosity, which NASA plans to launch special cameras to Mars already in 2011. Cameron had already met with officials from the aerospace agency on this matter and received fundamental consent. Now the director is one of the participants in the Curiosity research program.

Russia turns into one of the countries, along with Angola, Libya and Iran, which ensure the prosperity of the Chinese, the newspaper writes. In the first quarter of 2010, oil imports to China grew by 29% compared to last year - up to 4.62 million barrels per day. Russia is one of the five largest oil suppliers of China. In March, Russian deliveries grew by almost 20%. But our country is not yet the main player in the Chinese oil market.

The lower house of the Belgian parliament approved a bill prohibiting the wearing of traditional female Muslim clothing in public places - Pararanji, Nichabov, Hijabs and other masking robes, EURONEWS reports. In order for the document to take the form of the law, the Senate, the upper house of the country's parliament, must also vote for it. However, earlier, almost all parties of Belgium have already approved the bill.

In the case of the conclusion of a 25-year contract for the supply of nuclear fuel, Russia is ready to provide Ukraine with a discount “significantly higher than $ 1 billion”. Such a statement was made by the head of Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko, RBC reports. According to him, the longer the term of the contract, the more benefits Russia is ready to provide Ukraine.

The head coach of the London Arsenal Arsen Hungarian said that he was upset by some statements by Andrei Arshavin in the press. First of all, the steering of the London team was upset by those words of Arshavin, according to which the Russian would like to complete his career in the Spanish Barcelona. The leader of the Russian national team never hid his love for the Catalan club. “We cannot come to terms with this attitude of affairs,” said Hungarian. - If you are in Arsenal, then in Arsenal.

The Deputy Chairman of the Provisional Government of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev called himself a "pro -Russian politician." Speaking on the air of the state television channel, he said that national minorities in Kyrgyzstan would be attracted to public administration and promised that the vice-mayor of the capital of the Bishkek Republic would be Russian by nationality. According to him, a number of other appointments from among ethnic Russians will be made.

Public opinion polls conducted on Friday showed that the leader of the conservatives David Cameron won the last third television department, and also provided conservatives with the position of the leading power of the country. Today's consolidated survey prepared by Sky News gives the following result: 38% of the electorate sympathizes with the conservative party, 32% - a party of liberal democrats, 28% - the ruling Labor Party.

The Obama administration declared environmental pollution resulting from an accident on a drilling platform and an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to be a national incident, Voice of America reports . This classification will make it easier for the government to act with urgency. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, President Barack Obama directed federal agencies to take decisive action to deal with the fallout.

Today, at about 12:15 PM in the intensive care unit of the surgical department of the SIZO specialist No. 1 of the city of Moscow (Sailor Silence), 53-year-old Vera Trifonova, who is accused of an attempt to fraud, the press service of the department died. On the fact of death, the investigation department of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the city of Moscow conducts a pre -investigation check.

The Pskov branch of the State Medical Sciences opened a criminal case on the fact of a fire in the Kremlin on April 27, news agencies were reported. Part 1 of Article 168 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was instituted in a criminal case (the destruction or damage of other people's property, committed by careless handling of fire or other sources of increased danger), which provides for imprisonment for up to one year.

California resident, 21-year-old Brian Hogan, may be charged with stealing a prototype iPhone 4G phone, CNEWS reports . Brian found the phone in one of the bars, and then sold it to the website Gizmodo, which posted photos of the phone on the Internet, which was expected to premiere in June. According to Californian laws, if the person who found the item knew who it belonged to and did not return it, then he himself can be considered a thief.

In Kyrgyzstan, the former head of the apparatus of President Kanybek Zoroev was arrested. This was reported by the agency "24.kg" with reference to the lawyer Zhoroev Lyubov Ivanov. According to her, Zhoroev voluntarily came to testify and help the investigation in the case of the April Revolution in the country. "He was arrested for a period of one month, charging under an article on abuse of official position," added Lyubov Ivanova.

Russia and Ukraine will create joint enterprises in the nuclear sector based on Atomenergomash and Turboatoma. Such a statement was made by the head of Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, reports Gazeta.Ru with reference to ITAR-TASS. “The powers of the participants are not always determined by shares, they are also determined by the agreement of shareholders. In this sense, 50 to 50 is not always the best design, but this is possible, ”he said.

Yesterday, in Obninsk, at a meeting of the modernization commission, President Dmitry Medvedev and the Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullin talked about what the special legal regime of the innovation center in Skolkovo will be. Kommersant notes that the center will live under its legislation, which will be much liberal than the current Russian one.

The Central Election Commission of Georgia registered the head of the opposition "Alliance for Georgia" Irakli Alasania as a candidate for mayor of Tbilisi. The official application was entered the first issue of the party list Tina Hidasheli and the representative of the Alliance Zurab Abashidze, reports Georgia Online .