Main news of September 30

WORLD

* Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program will break for two days as participants work on the wording of a document on the country's denuclearization, the top Chinese envoy said

* Early parliamentary elections designed to end a protracted political crisis fueled by rivalry between the president and the prime minister began in Ukraine

* Japan plans to extend economic sanctions against North Korea for another six months over the lack of progress in the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals, a Cabinet spokesman said

* Tokyo is ready to join any proposed international economic sanctions against the ruling junta in Myanmar, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told journalists

* Tehran will continue cooperation with the UN atomic agency to avoid tougher sanctions over its disputed nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said

RUSSIA

* Violence hit Russia's north Caucasus republic of Daghestan early Sunday as nine civilians and a senior police official were shot dead by unknown assailants in separate attacks, a police official said

* Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he was certain that the March 2008 presidential elections would see "unexpected" candidates entering the race