Incidents

The plane with 140 passengers onboard made an emergency landing in Karaganda. The President of Airport Sary-Arka JSC Daulet Hamzin, informed the agency.

Cuba is concerned that the oil spill from the Gulf of Mexico will reach its coast, which will be "a catastrophe," the agency reports citing RosBusinessConsulting.

Two snow leopards, found on April, 20th among other animals in Kurmanbek Bakiev's private zoo, died of hunger, the agency reports citing the news agency Regnum.

Kyrgyzstan was struck by a 6-magnitude earthquake at 12.38 local time. The earthquake reached 6 points in some areas of the Osh region. Director of the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan, Kanat Abdrahmatov, informed, the agency reports citing the news agency 24.kg.

British Petroleum will need $1.25 billion to liquidate the consequences of the accident in the Gulf of Mexico, the agency reports citing the press service of RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

Unknown criminals exploded a bomb targeting a police mini-bus in the Istanbul suburb Kucukcekmece (Turkey). According to Anatolia news agency, 15 people were injured, including some offices, the agency reports citing ITAR-TASS.

Oil from the damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico will, probably, be spilling until August. The main adviser of the American President for Energy, Carol Browner, reports referring to information resource Vesti.

The Vanuatu coast in the Pacific Ocean was hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).