Main new of October 4

RUSSIA

* Georgian special forces are suspected of plotting the Friday blast in the South Ossetian capital that killed seven Russian peacekeepers, a spokesman for Russia's top investigation body said

WORLD

* Colombia's defense minister said that Russia's increasing military presence in Latin America would lead to a return to the time of the Cold War

* Iran declared that it was losing trust in the six countries negotiating with it over its nuclear program following a new UN Security Council resolution against Tehran's activities

* The European Union has condemned as an act of terrorism the explosion in the South Ossetian capital that killed seven Russian peacekeepers

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he would hold consultations Tuesday on the dissolution of parliament

* Kazakhstan's top election authority declared parliamentary elections valid a few hours after polls closed

* South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity signed a decree Saturday establishing an emergencies ministry for the republic, a government spokeswoman

* Six miners were killed in a gas blast in southeastern Ukraine, a local rescue squad spokesman said

BUSINESS

* Russia and North Korea began the reconstruction of a railroad from Russia's Khasan to North Korea's sea port of Rajin, a project estimated at 150 million euros ($207 million)

* A 1,100 km leg of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline was opened in Russia's Far Eastern republic of Yakutia