Incidents

The broken BP well in the Gulf of Mexico is finally 'dead'. Thad Allen, the US pointman for the government's response to the disaster, informed, the agency reports citing ITAR-TASS.

The pipeline Kirkuk - Ceyhan has exploded in the southeastern Turkey, through which the country imports oil from Iraq. As a result of the accident, two people died and one person was injured, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

The Indian coastguards are battling with oil spill, which has appeared in the Arabian Sea near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Mumbai after a collision of two large ships, reports referring to an information resource Vesti.Ru.

Kazakhstan will assist Russia in putting out natural fires, the agency reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Emergency of Kazakhstan.

About 4.9 million barrels of oil, or about 779 thousand tons have been spilled in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A group of experts of a number of profile departments of the American government, including the Department of Energy and the Geological Service created for making such calculations informed on Monday evening, the agency reports citing the information portal NEWSru.

Natural factor became the reason of Kuzembaev mine accident in the Karaganda area, vice chief of the regional emergency department, Vladimir Pfarger, informed the agency.

Vice Director of the Frontier Service of Committee of National Security of Kazakhstan, Amangeldy Abylkanov, informed during a briefing today that two citizens of Kyrgyzstan have been killed and a frontier guard have been injured at the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border, the agency reports.

The airport Syaoshan in the city Hangchow in the east of China was closed for an hour because of an unidentified flying object (UFO), the agency reports citing Vesti.Ru.

The city Kyzyl and the village Borbash of the Batkensky area and Osh city of the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan hit an earthquake yesterday, July 7, at 23.03 local time, the agency reports citing the press service of the Emergency Ministry of Kyrgyzstan.