Main news of January 4

RUSSIA

* Rescuers have saved all four fishermen who earlier Friday found themselves drifting on an ice floe in Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia near St. Petersburg, a rescue service spokesman said

* A small fishing trawler has sunken near Russia's Kola Bay in the Murmansk Region, but none of the four crew was hurt, a local rescue service official said

WORLD

* The annual truck, automobile and bike Dakar Rally scheduled to start Saturday has been canceled for security reasons, the event organizers said

* Georgian opposition candidate, billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili will stay in London during Saturday's presidential election, his election headquarters' spokesman said

*  Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, will visit the Czech Republic next week to discuss U.S. missile shield plans with his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolànek, the Polish government spokeswoman said

* Over 10 supporters of Georgian opposition presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze were beaten up Friday in Batumi, the capital of Georgia's autonomy of Adjaria, an election campaign official said

* Ukrainian rescue services have resumed search for eight missing crewmembers of a Bulgarian cargo ship that sank Thursday in the Azov Sea between Ukraine and Russia, an emergencies service spokesman said