* President Vladimir Putin signed a number of legislative documents, including a bill on amendments to the law on Russian citizenship

* The Ukrainian TV said another case of the bird flu virus had been registered in the settlement of Solnechnoye in the Ukrainian autonomy of the Crimea

* The Russian Foreign Ministry appealed to all political and religious forces in Iraq to reach national accord

* Five militants have been killed in a special operation in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a local law enforcement official said

* The defense for Valentin Danilov, a Russian scientist sentenced for spying for China, filed a claim to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a lawyer for the defense said