Main news of November 4

RUSSIA

* Russia celebrated its new national holiday, National Unity Day, with pro-Kremlin and opposition parties holding meetings and rallies across the country

* President Vladimir Putin urged the nation to unite for the sake of the country's development as Russia celebrated National Unity Day

* Russia's Defense Ministry denied Georgia's reports that Russian aircraft had allegedly penetrated the Georgian airspace

* Three people were killed after a fire swept through a retirement home in the Tula Region in central Russia, the regional emergencies center said

* GAZ, a leading Russian automaker, said it intended to launch the production of British Maxus light trucks in 2009

WORLD

* Some Pakistani opposition leaders and activists were detained following President Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule and suspend Pakistan's Constitution

* Kurdish rebels freed eight Turkish soldiers captured during an ambush near the Iraqi border two weeks ago, CNN-Turk TV channel said

* Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni acknowledged that there were problems at talks with the Palestinians on a blueprint for a peace deal

* Georgia's Defense Ministry said that three aircraft allegedly penetrated its airspace from Russia

* China's first lunar probe, launched from the Xichang Launch Center in the country's southwest on October 24, will reach the moon's orbit Monday morning, the Chinese news agency Xinhua said