* The Russian Embassy in Norway confirmed that Russian fishing boats had been detained in Norwegian territorial waters
* A Russian health official said Russia had a bird flu vaccine, but it had yet to be tested
* The Latvian justice minister recalled controversial "loyalty" amendments to the law on citizenship
* Canada said it would allocate an additional $55 million to help Russia destroy chemical weapons under a G8 program
* Gazexport, a subsidiary of Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom, said natural gas deliveries for January-September were up 9.3% year on year