The full -length cartoon "Shrek The Third) broke the cash register records for animated paintings: according to preliminary data, for the first weekend of the North American rental, revenue from the sale of tickets for this film amounted to $ 122 million. In four countries outside the United States, including in Russia and Ukraine, fees exceeded $ 13 million. The representative of the DreamWorks studio noted that the success of the film surpassed the expectations of producers.

The program is conducted by Oleg Vinokurov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tel Aviv Rovshan Huseynov takes part. Oleg Vinokurov: The Israeli government decided to expand hostilities against the radical groups of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the gas sector, but rejected the military recommendations on conducting a large -scale ground operation. The government also announced a “special position” on the territory of Israel from the gas territory, actually giving it the status of Odfrontova.

In April, Russian GDP growth amounted to 7.1%, and from the beginning of the year 7.7%, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref said. According to the official forecast of the Ministry, the growth rate of the Russian economy in 2007 should be 6.5%.

The parliament of Afghanistan pretended to the powers of a woman -deputy - for a public insult to the meeting. Malalai Joya said that the parliament is "worse than the stable, where cows and donkeys at least benefit." The 29-year-old Joya used to spoke sharply about parliament, where most places were occupied by former field commanders and Mujahideen. Many of them are brought to human rights activists in the lists of war criminals.

Iranian President Mahmud Akhmadidjad arrives today on a visit to Belarus. In Minsk, the negotiations of Akhmadijad with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will be held. The rest of the visit program has not yet been reported. Iranian-Belorussian political and trade and economic relations intensified at the end of last year-after the visit of Alexander Lukashenko to Tehran. A number of agreements were concluded between the two countries.

Belarus and Iran agreed to expand cooperation in the oil and gas sphere. Minsk received an offer to produce oil and gas in Iran, process and export raw materials, ”said the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, after negotiations with the head of the Iranian state, Mahmud Akhmadinjad. Akhmadinjad arrived in Minsk on a two -day visit.

Two Italian banks - Unicredit, the largest in the country, and Capitalia - announced the upcoming association. As a result of the transaction, in which Unicredit will buy Capitalia Bank for almost $ 30 billion, the world larger than the Bank of the World and the Second in Europe, after the British HSBC.

The march of disagreements in Samara passed despite the tactics of intimidation applied by the authorities In Moscow, a press conference of the leaders of the “Other Russia” movement was held, at which Harry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov summed up the results of the “Marshals of the Disagent” who held in Samara and Chelyabinsk. Neither Kasparov nor Limonov, as you know, was allowed to fly to Samara on Friday to participate in the march of disagreed.

Ecologists of the University of California in Riversite of California-Riverside found in resin mine the Rancho La Brea Rancho La Brea, hundreds of new types of unusual bacteria that can survive and develop in oil and natural asphalt (natural asphalt). Once in the soil mixed with oil about 28 thousand years ago, bacteria adapted to these conditions. Bacteria contain three previously unknown classes of enzymes that can split oil products.

A powerful explosion occurred on Sunday evening in the capital of Lebanon - Beirut, in an area inhabited mainly by Christians. According to preliminary data, a woman died. The exact number of victims is still unknown. According to Lebanese television, the bomb was laid at a large shopping center. In the north of Lebanon, on Sunday, a conflict broke out between government troops and Islamists. 22 soldiers and 17 militants were killed.

The program is conducted by Victor Nechez. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Volgograd Oksana Zagrebneva takes part. Victor Nechezin: The mayor’s election took place in Volgograd. Most of the votes were gained by a deputy of the regional Duma from the Communist Party Roman Grebennikov. The former mayor Evgeny Ishchenko is in preliminary imprisonment in connection with accusations of abuse of powers. Oksana Zagrebneva: On May 20, the early elections of the city mayor were held in Volgograd.

In the north of Lebanon, fierce battles continue in the area of the city of Tripoli for the second day. Government troops and tanks are firing at the camp of Palestinian refugees, where the militants of the Fath al-Islam group settled. At least 65 people were killed in battles. Among the dead are civilians. Dozens of people are injured. Livan government members believe that the group acts in a direct pointer in Syria, which seeks to destabilize the situation in the country.

The program is conducted by Victor Nechez. The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Victor Nechez: the cessation of the construction of office buildings in the center of Moscow, the demolition of five -story buildings and the construction of skyscrapers are the main components of the updated master plan of the capital. Once again the document, the chief architect of the city, Alexander Kuzmin, calls the plan of the plan.

In Moscow, activists of the pro -Kremlin movement "Our" began an indefinite anti -estonian picket near the building of the European Commission. Several dozen movements of the movement install a bell that will call from 8 a.m. to 10 pm every 15 minutes-until the student Mark Siryk is released in Estonia. 18-year-old Sirk is suspected of organizing riots on April 27-28-in connection with the transfer of a monument to the Soviet warrior-liberator.