One of the most famous American prisoners is Charles Manson, sentenced to a life -long period of imprisonment for involvement in the murder of 7 people in August 1969 - for the next, 12th time, refused on parole. The decision was made by the department for the execution of punishments in the state of California, where Manson is held in prison in the city of Korkoran. Next time, he will receive the right to apply for release after 15 years. Now Charles Manson is 77 years old.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Vladimir Putin , elected to the presidency, called the main directions of his work in this position. He announced priorities, speaking in the State Duma with a report on the work of the government. As the first direction of his work, Putin called the solution to demographic problems. According to him, it is necessary to take "steps to save and development of the people." Another goal of Putin is to arrange the territory of Russia.

The strong earthquake that occurred today off the coast of Indonesia is unlikely to cause abnormally high waves - tsunami - in the Indian Ocean. The Indonesian authorities initially abolished the warning about the threat of tsunami, declared a few hours earlier, but then resumed it - after a powerful re -push. On the coast of Thailand, people were evacuated to elevated places.

In Kamchatka near the sea pier in the village of Avacha, the Sukhon Semushkin dry truck is drowning. There is no crew on board, but there is a danger of fuel spill. Rostov the Great Rostov, a rescue vessel of Rostov the Great, approached the emergency vessel. Water pumping from the machine department began.

Vladimir Putin The court must decide the issue of canceling the results of the election of the mayor of Astrakhan, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple Corporation and a number of large book publishers. He is charged with a cartel conspiracy to overstate the prices of electronic books.

Radio Liberty correspondents who arrived in Astrakhan together by deputy Dmitry Gudkov and Ilya Ponomarev, where the hunger strike of the ex-candidate for mayor Oleg Shein and his supporters, are reported from the scene.

The Indonesian authorities extended a warning about the danger of tsunami in the Indian Ocean. To the north of the Achech province today, an earthquake of magnitude 8.7 occurred. Western agencies report that underground shocks were felt in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and India. The Indian authorities also issued a warning about the tsunami, which announced the probability of ocean waves up to six meters high, capable of reaching some sections of the east coast of India.

Irina Lagunina: In Lithuania, the 20th anniversary of the passport of an independent republic was celebrated. Over the years, a passport, which has been one of the attributes of statehood for any country, has undergone great changes: from a state where it was not difficult to fake to a high -European model of a high degree of protection and biometric data, which allows Lithuania to travel without visas and in the United States. Our correspondent in Vilnius Irina Peters says.

Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, elected by the president, considers the main achievement of his government the stabilization of the economy and the growth of the population. Among the problems, the prime minister called property stratification, saying that it is necessary to make mechanisms for determining the minimum wage and the subsistence level more fair. Putin makes a report on the work of the government in the State Duma.

Vladimir Putin reports on the work of the Government for 2011 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on April 11 reports on the work of the government over the past year. This will be his last report in the rank of prime minister-in May Vladimir Putin takes office. Experts believe that the Russian prime minister, as last year, will highly appreciate the activities of the government.

Football. Championship of France. 30th round "Marseille" - "Montpellier" 1: 3

In the south of Yemen, today about 30 people died during the third day of armed clashes. According to the authorities, at least 25 killed-Al-Qaeda militants. The battles began after extremists attacked a military base in the province of Abyan. Over the past year, the militants associated with al-Qaeda took control of part of the territory in the south of Yemen. The United States and its allies express fears that Yemen can become one of the main areas of the fight against terrorists.