111.   The shooting lasted several hours at a wood mill that troops had inspected the day before, ITAR-Tass news agency said, citing security officials.

112.   The source of the fuel oil spill near the Baltic port of Klaipeda is a mystery, the Interfax news agency said, citing ministry officials.

113.   The three companies aim to cut the costs of developing and building nuclear power plants through the joint venture, Kyodo news reported citing officials from Toshiba and Hitachi.

114.   The two sides are to work out a specific cooperation plan within six months, the report cited Rosaviakosmos officials as saying.

115.   The workers grossly violated fire regulations, ITAR-Tass said, citing fire officials in Moscow.

116.   The Xinhua News Agency reported the end of the talks, citing officials of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

117.   There were no Russian casualties in the attacks, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported, citing an official at Russian military headquarters in the North Caucasus.

118.   Three servicemen were taken hostage in the incident, although one later managed to escape, the news agency said, citing regional officials.

119.   Two locomotives and four cars of the passenger train derailed in the collision, which set off a fire, the Interfax news agency said, citing railway officials.

120.   TV Azteca later cited officials as saying there were no explosives found at the Senate.