* Two more cases of dead domestic poultry were registered north and southwest of Moscow, regional officials said
* Moscow Region authorities said the outbreaks of dead domestic fowl outside Moscow pose no threat to human health
* Russia's new Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin said he intends to focus on efforts to improve the structure of Russian exports and strengthen integration with CIS countries
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini reaffirmed the Islamic Republic's intention to press ahead with its uranium enrichment activities
* First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia will invest 20 billion rubles (about $760.5 million) in gasification projects in the country's 58 regions in 2007
* American millionaire Charles Simonyi who is set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) as a space tourist April 7 arrived in Moscow for final training