11.   Defence sources said a Russian pilot and Russian technician were on board the helicopter, which was carrying a total of eight people.

12.   Earlier a spokesman at the ministry of emergencies said Russian technicians deliberately set fire to the section of pipeline overnight after discovering a leak at the facility.

13.   Moscow on Thursday announced that Russian technicians have started working on the Bushehr plant, and denied that the reactor could have military uses.

14.   Russian technicians are to begin work on a nuclear power plant in the Iranian town of Bushehr next month, deputy power production minister Yevgeny Reshetnikov said Friday.

15.   Russian technicians voluntarily set fire to a section of a gas pipeline after a leak at the northern Russian facility, a Russian official announced Wednesday.